Ball-handler Loses the Advantage, then what...?
Building Concept-Based Offense, Chapter 3
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We’re working our way through ideas for building your offense. I loved the way my friend, Randy Sherman, described the goal of our offense:
Design an offense with enough robustness in the form of reads, counters, options, depth to exist on its own over the course of seasons.
Here’s what we’ve looked at so far:
Chapter 1: Alignment & Player Movement
Chapter 2: Low Post Entry Pass, then what...?
Our player movement helps create space that allows for the ball-handler to attack and create an advantage - for himself or for a teammate. But sometimes, defenders are able to contain the ball-handler, preventing an advantage for the offense. So, then what?
