10 key principles that together provide a structure to facilitate team play yet also create opportunities to maximize the talents of specific individuals on the squad: *parts 6-10 will be posted later*
1) Spacing: On the strong side, players should be spaced approximately 15' apart. This facilitates safe passing distance and provides operating room for the player with the ball while also limiting additional defensive help. A pass more than 15' is in the air too long and subject to interception; a pass less than 15' may be difficult for the receiver to handle.
2) Triangles: Adding a third receiver produces more and better passing angles and scoring opportunities than a simple two-man game.
3) Penetration: The heart of any successful offense is unselfishness, confidence, and constant penetrating movements from spread and balanced areas of the floor. Cuts and screens (think UCLA screen) must be perfectly set-up by faking away from the desired destination, setting yourself up at a 90 degree angle to the direction you wish to go, and then changing pace when you change direction.
4) Passing: Ball movement keeps the defense reacting. Dribbling keeps defenders in good defensive position. But the mere act of passing accomplishes little; when the defense stops one option, the ball must be quickly and strategically moved to the weak-side for immediate attack.
5) Strong/weak side balance: Balance makes things work as they should. To balance an offense, it must have good weak-side action for two reasons: to help make strong-side action work and to create an immediate weak-side attack, should the ball be reversed.
Video clip from John Wooden's UCLA Offense DVD.
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