Welcome to the 2018 Jayhawks Secret Plays Page! Below you will find out about our plays, and also a few movies that help explain them!
The positions and plays are in the following five main sections:
-- Coach Martin
We have two main positions for starting a play - the "Box" and "Spread".
Each of the positions is described below.
In all of our positions, the point guard is standing just behind the half-court line. This is like a force field because the defense cannot steal the ball there!
In the Box position, the other four players stand on the four corners of the lane (also called the paint).
Just make sure to find an open spot in the box, and wait for the play to be called!
The Spread is really similar to the Box, except that the players scoot out towards the sidelines a bit.
You want to go about halfway between the lane and out of bounds.
Motion is our main offense, and is not an actual play. It is a way to move when you don't have the ball. It keeps going until we get a shot. Professional players like John Wall use motion offenses!
When coach calls MOTION, the players closest to the ball screen away.
If the ball is "up top", the two players at the top of the box screen/pick down.
The two players at the bottom of the box use the screens to come up and get open.
The player with the ball can pass to either player coming up - whoever is most open.
In this example, the ball was first passed to the right side. Now what do the players do?
They "screen away" again. In this case, the ball is on the right, so the players closest to the ball (red and yellow) go and set screens to the left.
The players on the left (white and blue) come around the picks to get open.
The player with the ball can pass to either white or blue - whoever is most open.
Ideally, we want to pass the ball down close to the basket for a shot.
This is the last position we could be in during the motion offense - the ball is on the left side.
The closest players to the ball (yellow and white) still "screen away" by setting a screen to the right.
The players on the right side (black and read) come around the picks and get open.
This example shows the blue passing back to black at the top. We are back in the original setup of motion.
This movement can keep going until we get a great shot.
Our Color play uses a screen (also called a pick) to allow the point guard to dribble to the basket for a layup.
A coach or player will call out a color, and then any number (the number doesn't matter).
If your wristband matches the color, you go and set a pick for the point guard.
It is important that the point guard uses the pick correctly by dribbling around the picker so that his defender is blocked.
The player setting the pick should ROLL to the basket for a pass after the point guard is around them.
In this example example of our color play, the coach or point guard would have called BLACK 7 (or BLACK and any other number).
This is another example of our color play - this time, the coach or player would call BLUE 12.
Notice how the point guard goes to the left (around the blue player's pick).
One last example of our color play - this time it is WHITE 93.
One final thing to remember. After the screen is set, the boy who set it should roll towards the basket to help get the rebound (or take a pass).
This is not shown because Coach Josh is a better basketball coach than animator.
Our Cross play uses a screen to allow the point guard pass the ball to an open teammate.
A coach or player will call out "Cross" and then a color.
If your wristband matches the color, you go and set a pick for the player who is diagonal from you.
If someone comes and picks your defender, you should run around the pick, and get open in the lane.
The point guard should try to pass quickly so the defense does not have a chance to catch up.
In this example, the play would have been CROSS BLUE.
The player wearing the blue wristband sets a diagonal pick.
Then, the red wristband player runs around the pick and gets open in the lane.
The point guard then passes into red, and red goes for the shot!.
One more example of the cross play.
This time, the play would have been CROSS BLACK.
The player wearing the black wristband sets a diagonal pick.
Then, the white wristband player runs around the pick and gets open in the lane.
The point guard then passes into white, and white goes for the shot!.
Our Power play is used to setup a pick and roll.
A coach or player will call out "Power" and then a side (left or right). It is important to remember that this looks opposite from the point guard's point-of-view. The side (LEFT or RIGHT) is based on how the four boys in the box are facing.
This is a double pick, but is not a "sandwich screen" because two different defenders are picked.
The point is to get the first player picking open in the middle of the lane for a pass. The two sides (LEFT and RIGHT) are shown below.
In this example, the play would have been POWER LEFT.
This is left from the perspective of the four boys on the corners - it is opposite for the point guard.
The red wristband player sets a pick, just like our color play (e.g. RED 17).
The black wristband player sets a pick on the red player's defender (on the inside, so red can go into the lane).
Then, the red wristband player runs around the pick and gets open in the lane.
The point guard then passes into red, and red goes for the shot!.
In this example, the play would have been POWER RIGHT.
The white wristband player sets a pick, just like our color play (e.g. WHITE 40).
The blue wristband player sets a pick on the white player's defender (on the inside, so white can go into the lane).
Then, the white wristband player runs around the pick and gets open in the lane.
The point guard then passes into white, and white goes for the shot!.