Gary Williams: Mastering the Flex Offense

with Gary Williams,
University of Maryland Head Men's Basketball Coach;
2002 NCAA Champions

As coach of the 2002 NCAA championship team, 25 wins in the NCAA tournament, and an overall winning percentage of .641, Gary Williams has learned to master and implement a winning offense: The Flex. In this video, Williams uses on-court demonstration to coach and teach a winning Flex Offense. With emphasis on the half-court offense, Williams goes through a step-by-step process, guidelines, and multiple principles and plays for successfully executing the Flex. He shows how to create and maintain proper spacing and positioning, utilize on and off the ball movement, and perfect perimeter and post-entry passing; this includes effective screens, basket cuts, post flashes, and attacking the overplay. He then goes through multiple Flex sets and special plays to break down the defense and create scoring opportunities against straight man-to-man defense, switches, and pressure defense, including late-game situations. In addition, Williams shares counters that can be used to combat various defenses. Use this video to master the Flex offense to help build a winning team and tradition!

72 minutes. 2004.

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