Press Break

4. Press Break

Rule : Strong and Eyes carry the same half-court principles into the full court. Run the play once to break the press. A play is a sequence of actions.

Uptown = a half-court play run in the full court.

Stomp and Side -- Bazz's teaching

Press-break roles :

Spacing :

• Guards start at the elbows.
• They touch the baseline corners.
• They sprint to free-throw-line extended across half court, then flash back in their own lanes.
• SF and WF work the middle two fourths, in north/south lanes.
• IB at midline.

Stomp:

1. First cutter at the free-throw line -- the stompman.
2. Then Draymond or the wide receiver.
3. On a pass back, the inbounder dribbles hard to the middle until stopped and reads the flashbacks.

• Passing order : WF passes to WG, then SG.
• Stomp from horns : hit the middle, then the streaking guard. Goal: layup. No dribble necessary.

Side:

1. Sideman.
2. Second cutter -- two options.
3. First cutter -- two options.
4. Inbounder in the middle, reading two slice cutters.

• The opposite forward goes deep, then flashes behind the cuts.
• Passing order : SF passes to WG on the flashback, then SG on the flashback.

Bazz's Jan 27 one-liners -- Stomp "middle to sideline," Side "sideline to middle" -- summarize these sequences. Paths between the named spots are not written beyond what is above.

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