Teaching the 5 Out Motion Offense (2024)

What are some tips to teach the basic of the motion offense to Kindergartners and 1st graders? Pass, cut, make sure all 5 positions are filled. What else should I be teaching my team of such young players? Any drills, etc. that I could use to implement the motion offense to this age group? How do I get them to move without the ball? They just want to stand there with their arms up or run right to the person with the ball.

Thanks!

I play on my high school's JV basketball team as a Freshman and I was so excited but I end up playing not that much minutes for the season. Any advice on trying to get more minutes next season Thanks

Daniel

Ray:

We run a 5 out and we rely heavily on screening and cutting to score. We only dribble to create a passing angle, get out of trouble, or Attack a closeout.

After a pass, the passer screens away while the new ball handler has to hold the ball for a 2 second count while the screening action develops.

The cutter must wait for his screen and set his man up. We teach this by walking his defender in. Once the screener arrives, the cutter reads his defender and makes the appropriate cut. He can curl, straight cut, backdoor, or flare.

The rule is "One to the Ball, One to the Hoop". If the cutter straight cuts to the ball, the screener cuts to the hoop and posts up. If the cutter curls, the screener pops back to the ball. We talk a lot about attacking the hoop vertically with cuts, post ups, and dribbles (attacking closeouts). We limit our kids to 3 dribbles.

One other rule that helps Attack the rim vertically are isolated Backdoor cuts and that is triggered by a defender stepping on the 3 point line while denying a ball reversal. When this happens, we automatically cut backdoor. We call it the "Read Line". We got that from Rick Torbett''''s Read&React Offense.

I hope that helps. Again, we score by attacking the rim vertically (north and south)

My favorite wa y of playing the game! In fact..... I would do that IF I didn't like the tempo, winning or losing.

My philosophy was to control the tempo.

Jeff,

Thanks for putting up this site. Great resources. I was a High School Varsity Assistant for 7 plus years and recently found myself coaching my daughters 3rd and now 4th grade girls hoops club team. I went to the 5-0 motion this year and it has definitely helped improve the girls understanding of fundamental concepts of the game. The one drill that helped my team out the most was a having a girl at the top of the key and a coach on d in front of her. She passes to a wing,(with a light defender) and then does a basketcut towards the ball side(important that they set the coach up with a jab step opposite the way they pass before cutting). The wing then passes to the cutter for a jump shot or lay up. The area that is most difficult at the lower levels is the abilty of the passer to get the ball to the cutter around a defender. This drill has helped improve both cutting and passing.

One point on the 5-0 motion that needs to be addressed is how to enter into the offense. The screening angles are not optimal so their is a high risk of teams overplaying and getting a steal/fast break. I have switched mid season from getting the players into their spots as has been diagramed, to starting the offense with the baseline players exchanging and coming off a downscreen by the 2's and 3's. It has helped us get into the offense with a greater success for those teams out there without a strong point.

Thanks again for the site. Best of luck.

Matt