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MOTION

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Phase 1 - Screen Away, C u r l / P o p "M o t i o n"

The base action i n "Motion" is pass and screen away, reading the defense with complimentary
cuts. The screener can screen o r slip. The screen receiver can straight cut, back cut o r tight curl.
One player goes towards the r i m and the other pops back t o the ball. The screener should have
his b u t t t o the ball. The screen receiver needs t o come o f f tight - h i p t o h i p using the screen. 5
must read the action before moving the ball o r dribbling (do n o t dribble without a purpose). I f the
cut is busted, we want our players t o fight the contact and try t o seal t o show chest t o the passer
like a post u p (especially our forwards). We want t o finish the cut t o the paint and look t o post u p
f o r a hi/low. We need t o p o p back t o the ball with hands and feet ready t o shoot o r drive the
catch, reading before catching the ball. Every pass i n motion is a screen away with these options.
Against switching defense, i f we don't slip the screen we want t o back cut (countering a straight
cut) after receiving the screen, like a curl with a sharper cut.

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Phase 2 - Slip
Before screening away, the screener can dive t o the basket any time his man gets above his
screen. On the slip, the screener needs t o plant hard and snap his head and hands back t o the
ball. Slipping works best against switching defenses, creating confusion o n the switch. We still
maintain complimentary cuts with 2 popping t o the ball o n a straight cut.

Note: Any time we center the ball we want a down screen and fill o n the other side t o occupy the
defense.

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Skip Pass

4 Early Curl 1

CONSIDERATIONS
Skip Pass
When secondary defenders help o r b u m p cutters, we need t o be able t o throw a skip pass and
shoot the ball o r attack a closeout

Early C u r l
When we pass the ball t o the interior b u t get walled o f f by help we learn t o immediately read the
collapsing help and move the ball t o the open man o n the perimeter. Catch t o score, and read the
help. If the receiver draws 2 o r 3 defenders, he needs t o kick. This is a good way t o get paint
touches i n a 5 o u t set.

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Rule # 1
Anytime we are denied, we have 2 options: 1 . Back cut and fill f r o m behind 2 . Down screen and
fill. There are n o v-cuts o r juking t o try t o break open. This applies t o being denied after
screening and popping t o the perimeter. I f we down screen, and the ball is passed t o the opposite
side, the screen just turns into a double away.

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Rule # 2 - D r i b b l i n g
Use dribble f o r 3 reasons only
1 . Attack the r i m o n a straight line drive
2 . Improve a passing angle
3 . Break a 5 second count

On penetration, we use a push/pull movement technique. When penetration is at a player he

pushes. If he is i n the corner, he dives. I f he is behind the penetration, he pulls t o the tail lights. I f
the ball handler picks u p his dribble, we make second cuts.

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Rule # 3
A crab dribble initiates another t w o man action. The player being dribbled at can receive a DHO
o r cut back door i f overplayed.

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Rule # 3 Continued
On a dribble at we read the DHO/back cut and then fill f r o m behind, straight u p the sideline.
When passing t o the player filling behind, we follow the pass and brush cut underneath, creating
a dribble drive gap. We want t o catch the ball with with the intent t o t u r n the corner and drive o f f
the brush screen

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MY STORY
Thanks for checking out this document! I’m Coach Matt Hackenberg from Canton, Ohio, home of the
Pro Football Hall of Fame. I’m passionate about the game of basketball. My love of the game started
when I was 7 years old. My dad came home from work one day to find me playing in a mud puddle in
our driveway, feeling pity that his dirty son had nothing better to do, he asked “do you want to go to a
basketball camp?” I replied, “sure,” and quickly followed that up with, “what’s a basketball camp?” I at-
tended the camp, and a love affair with the game blossomed.

Growing up I used basketball as an outlet, met most of my friends through the sport, and learned
countless valuable lessons about life as I refined my playing skills. I ended my high school career as
a 1st team all-state player in Ohio in 2004, and went on to play small college basketball at Kentucky
Christian University, amassing over 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in my four year playing career.

After college I moved back to Canton and immediately began coaching at East Canton, a small rural
high school. We had a great team returning, and had an exceptionally memorable 20-0 regular sea-
son. As a first year assistant coach, I thought, “this coaching thing is easy,” convinced I was much
more than just a bystander for a group a talented kids that worked hard for their incredible achieve-
ment. When those players all graduated, I got a real baptism in coaching, staying at the same school
as an assistant for the next two years and working with a limited roster that didn’t produce many wins.
It was a eye-opening experience, fully comprehending that there are a lot of intelligent people in the
coaching community, and that I didn’t know nearly as much as I thought.

In 2012, at 26 years old, I got my first head coaching job at St. Thomas Aquinas, a small private
school in the area. Taking over a program that hadn’t achieved true success in quite some time but
had a decent run of athletes coming through the pipeline, something magical happened. We went on
an unprecedented four year run, winning our district (equivalent to the “Sweet Sixteen” of the NCAA
Tournament) all four years, and making it to the state finals one season, losing to a very good team.
My time at St. Thomas taught me a lot of things, most notably how important a strong support staff is
and also how important character is with the players on a team.

Due to the success at St. Thomas, I was able to parlay that success into a coaching job at Canton
GlenOak, a large public school in the area. GlenOak is most known for sending CJ McCollum and
Kosta Koufos into the NBA. My time coaching at GlenOak didn’t overlap with the aforementioned, but
they’ve been great supporting the program as they continue their professional careers. GlenOak is a
top-notch school in one of the toughest basketball conferences in the state of Ohio. It’s a great place
to learn how to build a basketball program and expand my coaching skills.

So that’s me. A basketball junkie following my passion as a career. I write these guides and make
Youtube videos mostly for me, to provide clarity of thought around basketball concepts I’m trying to
master. I enjoy sharing my independent basketball studies with the world and getting feedback. I
enjoy getting emails asking for advice about basketball. I enjoy having a little extra spending money in
my pocket when people are gracious enough to pay for the things I write and videos I make. So thank
you for the support, and let me know if I can help you, as a coach or fellow basketball enthusiast, in
any way.

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