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Understanding
the Stack Offense
Areas of Strength The stack offense provides every man on the team with a chance to handle the ball. It is designed so that it doesn't matter which player is in the guard position or who is playing the forward position when the offense is initiated. With the exception of the post player every position is interchangable and equal ball handling opportunities are created for the four outside players. The stack offense creates good movement without the ball, it provides good defensive balance and offensive rebounding and it is extremely simple to learn. The stack offense also creates opportunities for individual creativity and the use of individual skills. Movement
without the ball created by the stack offense Basic
positions in the stack offense
The basic pattern continues in figure 2-4. O1 must follow the rule of not standing still and exchanges with O3. O2 moves forward to meet a possible pass from O4 while O5 crosses over in order to follow the rule of staying even with the ball. These movements are used primarily to make the defense have to constantly adjust to the changing of the location of the ball. This also helps to free the forwards for a penetrating pass to start the offense
Figure 2-5 shows what happens when O4 begins to come to the guard position and finds that the defender X4 has closed the passing lane. As shown, O4 reverses to the hoop for a possible pass. The sequence of movements continues in figure 2-6. O4 having not received the pass from O1, hooks back to the original starting position. At the same time, O2 returns to the guard position. Of course, O1 could have passed the ball to O4 on the cut to the hoop or to O2 on the move to the guard spot.
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