Inside Tobin Anderson's Offense
5-Out Motion Offense, 3v2 with a Chaser SSG, 5v4 Fratello
5-Out Motion Offense with Tobin Anderson
On this A Quick Timeout podcast, Iona’ Coach Tobin Anderson shares ideas for teaching 5-Out motion offense, screening actions for half-court offense, and suggestions for motivating players through goal-setting.
Q: How do players know which screen to use within the action?
Anderson: A lot of it is based on where you’re at on the court. The guy close to the middle of floor a lot of times should be the screener. If we’re tight, we're going to set back screens. So if we're tight, we're going to set some back screens with either a guard or a big guy. If we’re wide, we love setting flares. We’ll set a bunch of ball screens - a lot of times it's big guys, but we’ll also go guard-to-guard and ghost and play off that. But you know, you got to give a visual and verbal. Visual is a fist in the air. Verbal is talking about what the screen is going to be. Talking early, loud, and often. I actually think you should talk more on offense than you do on defense.
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5-Out Motion Offense with Tobin Anderson
Two years ago, Iona’s Tobin Anderson jumped on the national stage after his #16 FDU Knights upset #1 Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. After that, Anderson’s unique pressing defense and 5-Out motion offense began receiving attention from coaches at all levels.
Here are diagrams, film clips, practice clips, and my personal clinic notes from Anderson’s Motion Offense…
SSG of the Week: 3-on-2 with a Chaser
In Coach Anderson’s 3v2 with a chaser drill, the trail defender puts pressure on the offense to get a quick score. Teaching the offense to pass the ball ahead in fastbreak scenarios.
This is part of a two-day open practice video from Championship Productions. Get the full video here.
Play of the Week: Anderson’s FDU Knights Clear Curl
A play from Anderson’s run in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. This quick hitter creates a couple scoring opportunities while clearing out an entire side for the driver off the middle ball screen.
Team Drill: 5-on-4 Fratello
Here’s an up-tempo, outnumbered drill to put the defense at a disadvantage and set the tone for playing with pace on both sides of the basketball.
Get the full practice video here.