Baseline out-of-bounds plays

Setup

1. Inbounder on the baseline beside the key; four attackers in a box at the elbows and blocks; five defenders in man-to-man.
2. The inbounder slaps the ball to start; five seconds to get it in.

How it runs

1. The ball-side elbow comes down and back screens the ball-side block's defender; the block cuts to the rim.
2. The screener pops straight out to the elbow; the weak-side elbow lifts to the top as the safety.
3. Inbounder reads the screen: cutter if open, popper if the defence switches or helps, safety if both are taken.
4. Run 5v5 live to a score; then the defence switches or zones to make the attack adjust. Ten reps, swap.

Coaching points

• Screeners stop before contact, arms in: a back screen gives a step of space to a defender who can't see it.
• Cutters wait for the screen, then go: set your defender up with a step away first.
• Inbounder: eyes on the safety to hold the defence, then throw to the target hand.
• Against a zone, the same set flattens out and screens the zone's back line.

Common mistakes

• Moving screens because the cutter left too early.
• Every option run at once, so no one is free when the inbounder looks.
• The inbounder stepping onto the court before the ball is released.