Hitters

6.4 5-Man Hitters

**Stack plays -- how they are built **

• Stack (Core) -- a three-man game: double high ball screen from the top, attacking the paint.
• Double -- a double high ball screen from one wing to the other wing. Also "high screens into Celtic from I formation."
• Celtic -- the 3MOB stagger (6.8).
• Double Celtic (Core) -- "actually two plays": Double, then Celtic. Screen to stagger.
• Stack Celtic -- a combination: Stack's double high ball screen, Spain action, swing into stagger. "Spain to stagger."

The January master filed Stack and Double as Early Offense: Stack flows into Top 3MG, Double into 3MOB. (reference detail) Placement is settled in the Teaching Record C9.

**Joker family -- quick hitters out of the Tiger shape **

Like Trigger, but different things happen when the ball goes to the high post.

• Joker -- on high-post entry, look for Joker action passes . Scissor cuts off the high post.
• Splits -- "Just like Joker is easy ball movement into Joker action, Split can be easy ball movement into Split action." The Split action itself is not written.
• Buzz -- not written as a Joker-family call. ("Buzz" as a word: hit the post after the roll. )
• Away -- not written.
• Batman -- "batman is really an early offense, like pop or weave or kick"; "if you hit batman on top, can run eagle plays." Earlier compilations call it a scissor hitter from 2-3 high. (reference detail)
• Fang -- named in the family. See section 2 on the shared name.

Scissor rules (reference detail):

• Both cutters go at once; nobody waits.
• Cut as fast as you can, and touch the block with your foot.
• Slice cutter: weak side of the high post to the ball-side block.
• Alley-Oop cutter: strong side to the weak-side block.

The Tiger category, Jan 14 : Fang Side Fist, Fang Rub, Fang Push, Fang Kick, Fang Lift, Joker, Batman.

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