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Bob Schlosser:Comprehensive Guide to the
Flex Offense
Table of Contents
1. Continuity 2
2. Counters 4
3. Drills 9
4. Entries 18
5. Transition 29
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Continuity
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Flex Continuity 3
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ContinuityFlex Continuity
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- 2 reads defender and goes high or low off of the flexscreen- 1 fades to the corner; does not down screen because itgives better spacing within offense
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- Players need to catch in triple threat, use ball fakes andshot fakes- Cutters need to have hands up and ready- Screeners need to step out on their screens- Need to be quick but dont hurry
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- Flex screener pops up to get ball reversal
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- Continuity continues
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Counters
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Backdoor 5
Duck In 6
Go 7
Pass Off Elbow 8
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CountersBackdoor
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- Eliminating the down screen in the flex offense givesmore room to run a backdoor counter against teams wholike to deny the ball reversal
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- If 5 does not get the pass, he clears to the corner and 1cuts to the top for a ball reversal
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- Into regular flex continuity
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CountersDuck In
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- If teams start to switch the flex screen, the flex screenercan run a duck in after setting the flex screen
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CountersGo
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- If the flex defender starts to cheat into the lane, 2 cancall a GO counter which will send 5 across the lane andwill pop 2 to the top
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CountersPass Off Elbow
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- Anytime a player passes off of the elbow down to thecorner, the top players will double stagger away for thecorner man- 3 can look to enter the ball to the post from the corner orhit the player coming off of the staggered screen
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- 4 clears to the corner and 5 pops for ball reversal- 1 can also look for the high low feed on the post seal
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- Back into regular flex continuity
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Drills
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Pivoting Drill 10
Backdoor 11
Pull Thru 12
5-on-2 13
5-on-3 14
Cutter 3 x 3 15
5-on-0 Drive and Kick 16
Scramble to Flex 17
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DrillsPivoting Drill
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5 3
232 5 3 2
- Players set dummy flex screens and then pop to the topfocusing on catching with an inside pivot and getting intotriple threat- After the guard to guard pass, the passer fades to thecorner and then gets in back of the line
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- Run the same actions from the other side focusing oninsidge pivots and triple threat- New player steps in on the left side
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DrillsBackdoor
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- Coach denies the elbow pass- Cutter back cuts on denial- Cutter can use a fist hand signal for the passer
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2x2
- Can progress to 2 on 2
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DrillsPull Thru
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- Catch the ball on an inside pivot and get into triple threatposition
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- Rip the ball thru and finish a left handed lay-up- Next player steps in- Work both sides of the floor
Option: Have another coach/manager with a blocking padunder the rim to bump the person finishing- Players should come off of 2 feet
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Drills5-on-2
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- Defense can guard any 2 offensive players- Defense tries to deny offensive players making themlearn to work on back cuts. They do not have to worryabout playing help defense- Need 5 passes before taking a shot
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- Work on back cuts and the rotations after back cuts
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Drills5-on-3
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- Drill starts with a Pass Off the Elbow- Run the drill till you get a flex score from a non defenderoffensive player
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- Run the drill till you get a flex score from a non defenderoffensive player
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DrillsCutter 3 x 3
5 x5 4 2x2x4
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- Offense tries to get a score on the flex cut- Defense cannot switch initially- Then allow the defense to switch forcing the offense tomake the read and counter
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Drills5-on-0 Drive and Kick
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- Run flex offense for 5 passes- After 5th pass run a drive and kick action on the weakside- All five players must get a drive and kick shot so theyneed to communicate with each other to get each playerin a position to have a drive and kick shot
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DrillsScramble to Flex
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- Players run in a circle until the coach puts the ball downon the ground- The closest player sprints to get the ball and everyonescrambles to balance out the flex positions
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- Run flex continuity
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Entries
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1-4 19
Invert 20
Ball Screen 21
2 Out 3 In 22
Box to Box 23
Skip Pass 24
Special 25
Double Stack 26
BLOB 27
SLOB 28
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Entries1-4
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- PG choses a side which will force the opposite box up tothe elbow- Can work on Pass Off Elbow, direct post entry, or basicFlex continuity
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- Pass Off Elbow
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- Direct post entry
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EntriesInvert
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- Posts start in the corners and wings start on the block
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EntriesBall Screen
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- Pitch back option for 3 coming off of the down screenfrom 4
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-Drive and kick option
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- Into regular flex offense
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Entries2 Out 3 In
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- Start in a 2 out 3 in set
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- 3 bottom players run continous flex action- Flex screener always steps out to the corner aftersetting the flex screen
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- On a pass off the elbow, run a post to post screen
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- Run a shallow cut with a dribble if you cannot make aguard to guard pass
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EntriesBox to Box
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- 1 can look to 5 in the post after setting the back screen,pass off elbow to the corner or ball reversal to 4- Run regular flex options
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- 4 can also look for the high low feed to 5
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EntriesSkip Pass
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- 2 runs a flex cut
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- 5 steps out to the corner and receives a skip pass from1- 2 sets a flex screen for 3
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- 1 and 4 set a double staggered screen for 2
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EntriesSpecial
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- Run flex offense with just GO moves for the entirepossession instead of the regular flex cut- This will allow you to keep a post on the blocks becausehe will constantly be making a GO move across the lane
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EntriesDouble Stack
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- 2 comes off a double screen for a jumper- 3 flashes to top- 4 clears to corner
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- Into flex offense
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EntriesBLOB
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- 3 curls tight around stack- 2 comes off of a double screen from 4 and 5 to receivethe ball in the corner
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- 4 pops to get a reversal and 5 dives- 3 screens for 1- 3 clears to the corner
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- Back into flex continuity
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EntriesSLOB
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- 5 and 2 down screen- Ball comes to 2 and then reversed to 3
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- Into flex offense
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Transition
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Right Entry 30
Left Entry 32
Dribble Thru 34
4 Trailer 35
Transition Drill 36
Transition Counter 1 37
Transition Counter 2 38
Transition Counter 3 39
Transition Counter 4 40
Blue Set 41
Red Set 42
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TransitionRight Entry
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- Run a numbered break- 5 to the rim the ball side block- 2 right corner- 3 left corner- 4 trailer- 1 pitches ball ahead to 2 and then exchanges with 4- 4 receives ball from 2- 3 comes in tight on block
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- 4 reverses ball to 1- 2 comes off of baseline screens- 5 ducks in
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- 3 diagonal screens for 4
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- 1 screens for 3 to get ball reversal
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TransitionRight Entry
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- Into flex continuity
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TransitionLeft Entry
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- Run the same options from the left side
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- 3 comes off of double screen- 5 ducks in
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- 2 diagonal screens
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- 1 screens for 2
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TransitionLeft Entry
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- Into flex offense
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TransitionDribble Thru
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- 1 can also dribble thru forcing 4 to shallow cut
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- Can run the same transition options
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- Into flex offense
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Transition4 Trailer
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- You can also hit the 4 man trailing
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- You can then run the same actions you run with a rightand left side entry
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TransitionTransition Drill
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- Players run in a circle- Coach makes a shot- 4 takes the ball out of bounds- 2 gets wide right- 3 gets wide left- 5 sprints to rim- 1 gets outlet and pitches ahead- 4 trails- Run flex offense
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TransitionTransition Counter 1
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- Regular right side entry
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- If 2's defender starts to cheat under the screen, he canflash high for a jump shot
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TransitionTransition Counter 2
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- Regular right side entry
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- If 2's defender chases, he can curl cut around 3
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TransitionTransition Counter 3
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- Regular right side entry
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- If 2 wants to post up his defender he can bump out 3 tothe corner
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TransitionTransition Counter 4
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- Regular right side entry
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- 2 comes off of baseline screens from 3 and 5
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- 4 can bump 3 back to the block and then come off of ascreen from 1
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TransitionBlue Set
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- Run normal right side entry
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- 2 comes under screen from 5- Ball is reversed to 1
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- 2 comes off a double staggered screen for a 3