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Bob Schlosser:

Comprehensive Guide to the

Flex Offense

Table of Contents

1. Continuity 2

2. Counters 4

3. Drills 9

4. Entries 18

5. Transition 29


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Continuity

Table of Contents

Flex Continuity 3


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Continuity

Flex Continuity

14

5

23

- 2 reads defender and goes high or low off of the flex

screen

- 1 fades to the corner; does not down screen because it

gives better spacing within offense

1

45

2

3

- Players need to catch in triple threat, use ball fakes and

shot fakes

- Cutters need to have hands up and ready

- Screeners need to step out on their screens

- Need to be quick but dont hurry

14

5

2 3

- Flex screener pops up to get ball reversal

14

52

3

- Continuity continues


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Counters

Table of Contents

Backdoor 5

Duck In 6

Go 7

Pass Off Elbow 8


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Counters

Backdoor

14

5 23

1

4

523

x5

- Eliminating the down screen in the flex offense gives

more room to run a backdoor counter against teams who

like to deny the ball reversal

1

4

523

- If 5 does not get the pass, he clears to the corner and 1

cuts to the top for a ball reversal

14

523

- Into regular flex continuity


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Counters

Duck In

5 2

14

3

- If teams start to switch the flex screen, the flex screener

can run a duck in after setting the flex screen


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Counters

Go

14

5 23

- If the flex defender starts to cheat into the lane, 2 can

call a GO counter which will send 5 across the lane and

will pop 2 to the top


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Counters

Pass Off Elbow

14

5 23 1

4 5

23

- Anytime a player passes off of the elbow down to the

corner, the top players will double stagger away for the

corner man

- 3 can look to enter the ball to the post from the corner or

hit the player coming off of the staggered screen

1

45

23

- 4 clears to the corner and 5 pops for ball reversal

- 1 can also look for the high low feed on the post seal

1

4

5

23

- Back into regular flex continuity


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Drills

Table of Contents

Pivoting Drill 10

Backdoor 11

Pull Thru 12

5-on-2 13

5-on-3 14

Cutter 3 x 3 15

5-on-0 Drive and Kick 16

Scramble to Flex 17


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Drills

Pivoting Drill

1 4

5 3

232 5 3 2

- Players set dummy flex screens and then pop to the top

focusing on catching with an inside pivot and getting into

triple threat

- After the guard to guard pass, the passer fades to the

corner and then gets in back of the line

1

45

3

232 5 3 2

- Run the same actions from the other side focusing on

insidge pivots and triple threat

- New player steps in on the left side

1 4

5 3

2

32 5 3 2


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Drills

Backdoor

1

2 3 4 5

C

C

- Coach denies the elbow pass

- Cutter back cuts on denial

- Cutter can use a fist hand signal for the passer

1

x1

2x2

- Can progress to 2 on 2


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Drills

Pull Thru

C

C1

2345

- Catch the ball on an inside pivot and get into triple threat

position

1

2345

C

C

C

- Rip the ball thru and finish a left handed lay-up

- Next player steps in

- Work both sides of the floor

Option: Have another coach/manager with a blocking pad

under the rim to bump the person finishing

- Players should come off of 2 feet


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Drills

5-on-2

14

5 23 x3 x5

- Defense can guard any 2 offensive players

- Defense tries to deny offensive players making them

learn to work on back cuts. They do not have to worry

about playing help defense

- Need 5 passes before taking a shot

1

4

523 x3 x5

- Work on back cuts and the rotations after back cuts


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Drills

5-on-3

1

253

4

x3 x2x5

- Drill starts with a Pass Off the Elbow

- Run the drill till you get a flex score from a non defender

offensive player

1

25

3

4

x3

x2x5

- Run the drill till you get a flex score from a non defender

offensive player


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Drills

Cutter 3 x 3

5 x5 4 2x2x4

1

- Offense tries to get a score on the flex cut

- Defense cannot switch initially

- Then allow the defense to switch forcing the offense to

make the read and counter


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Drills

5-on-0 Drive and Kick

1

5 23

4

- Run flex offense for 5 passes

- After 5th pass run a drive and kick action on the weak

side

- All five players must get a drive and kick shot so they

need to communicate with each other to get each player

in a position to have a drive and kick shot


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Drills

Scramble to Flex

1

2

45C

3

- Players run in a circle until the coach puts the ball down

on the ground

- The closest player sprints to get the ball and everyone

scrambles to balance out the flex positions

1

2 3

4

5

- Run flex continuity


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Entries

Table of Contents

1-4 19

Invert 20

Ball Screen 21

2 Out 3 In 22

Box to Box 23

Skip Pass 24

Special 25

Double Stack 26

BLOB 27

SLOB 28


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Entries

1-4

1

4 5 23

- PG choses a side which will force the opposite box up to

the elbow

- Can work on Pass Off Elbow, direct post entry, or basic

Flex continuity

1

4 5 23

- Pass Off Elbow

1

4 5 23

- Direct post entry


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Entries

Invert

5235

1

- Posts start in the corners and wings start on the block


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Entries

Ball Screen

1

4 53 2

- Pitch back option for 3 coming off of the down screen

from 4

1

4 53 2

-Drive and kick option

1

4 53 2

- Into regular flex offense

14

53

2


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Entries

2 Out 3 In

253

1 4

- Start in a 2 out 3 in set

2 53

1 4

- 3 bottom players run continous flex action

- Flex screener always steps out to the corner after

setting the flex screen

2 53

1 4

- On a pass off the elbow, run a post to post screen

2 5 3

1 4

- Run a shallow cut with a dribble if you cannot make a

guard to guard pass


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Entries

Box to Box

1

4 53 2

- 1 can look to 5 in the post after setting the back screen,

pass off elbow to the corner or ball reversal to 4

- Run regular flex options

1 4

53 2

- 4 can also look for the high low feed to 5


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Entries

Skip Pass

1 4

5 23

- 2 runs a flex cut

1 4

523

- 5 steps out to the corner and receives a skip pass from

1

- 2 sets a flex screen for 3

1 4

52

3

- 1 and 4 set a double staggered screen for 2


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Entries

Special

1

4 5 23

- Run flex offense with just GO moves for the entire

possession instead of the regular flex cut

- This will allow you to keep a post on the blocks because

he will constantly be making a GO move across the lane


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Entries

Double Stack

24 53

1

- 2 comes off a double screen for a jumper

- 3 flashes to top

- 4 clears to corner

2

4

5

31

- Into flex offense


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Entries

BLOB

1

453

2

- 3 curls tight around stack

- 2 comes off of a double screen from 4 and 5 to receive

the ball in the corner

1

45

32

- 4 pops to get a reversal and 5 dives

- 3 screens for 1

- 3 clears to the corner

14

5 32

- Back into flex continuity


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Entries

SLOB

4

1

5

2

3

- 5 and 2 down screen

- Ball comes to 2 and then reversed to 3

4

1

52

3

- Into flex offense


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Transition

Table of Contents

Right Entry 30

Left Entry 32

Dribble Thru 34

4 Trailer 35

Transition Drill 36

Transition Counter 1 37




Blue Set 41

Red Set 42


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Transition

Right Entry

14

5 23

- Run a numbered break

- 5 to the rim the ball side block

- 2 right corner

- 3 left corner

- 4 trailer

- 1 pitches ball ahead to 2 and then exchanges with 4

- 4 receives ball from 2

- 3 comes in tight on block

1 4

5 23

- 4 reverses ball to 1

- 2 comes off of baseline screens

- 5 ducks in

1 4

52 3

- 3 diagonal screens for 4

1

42

3

5

- 1 screens for 3 to get ball reversal


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Transition

Right Entry

1

42

3

5

- Into flex continuity


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Transition

Left Entry

1 4

3 2

5

- Run the same options from the left side

14

325

- 3 comes off of double screen

- 5 ducks in

14

325

- 2 diagonal screens

1

4 3

2

5

- 1 screens for 2


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Transition

Left Entry

1

4 3

2

5

- Into flex offense


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Transition

Dribble Thru

14

253

- 1 can also dribble thru forcing 4 to shallow cut

14

253

- Can run the same transition options

1

42 5

3

- Into flex offense


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Transition

4 Trailer

14

5 23

- You can also hit the 4 man trailing

14

52 3

- You can then run the same actions you run with a right

and left side entry

1 4

52 3


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Transition

Transition Drill

1

54

3

2

C

- Players run in a circle

- Coach makes a shot

- 4 takes the ball out of bounds

- 2 gets wide right

- 3 gets wide left- 5 sprints to rim

- 1 gets outlet and pitches ahead

- 4 trails

- Run flex offense


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Transition

Transition Counter 1

253

14

- Regular right side entry

253

1 4

- If 2's defender starts to cheat under the screen, he can

flash high for a jump shot


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Transition


253

14


253

1 4

- If 2's defender chases, he can curl cut around 3


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Transition


253

14


253

1 4

- If 2 wants to post up his defender he can bump out 3 to

the corner


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Transition


253

14


253

1 4

- 2 comes off of baseline screens from 3 and 5

2 53

1 4

- 4 can bump 3 back to the block and then come off of a

screen from 1


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Transition

Blue Set

14

5 23

- Run normal right side entry

1 4

5 23

- 2 comes under screen from 5

- Ball is reversed to 1

1

4

52

3

- 2 comes off a double staggered screen for a 3


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Transition

Red Set

14

5 23

- Run normal right side entry

1 4

5 23

- 2 comes off of baseline screens

1 4

52 3

- Ball comes back to 4 who looks to make a post entry to

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