4-Out 1-In and 5-Out Motion Offense

with Bob Richey,
Furman University Head Coach;
2026 SoCon Tournament Champions;
2023 SoCon Regular Season Champions;
2023 SoCon Tournament Champions;
led Furman to a school-record 25 wins in the 2018-19 season, including wins over 2018 Final Four participants Villanova and Loyola-Chicago

Bob Richey develops his players to ensure they always work hard on the court and has established a culture of success in just a few seasons as the head coach at Furman University. He's done this by running a simple offense that appears complex to opponents.

Richey develops his offensive flow by teaching players how to read what the defense is giving them. His players no longer stall out when defenses take away the first, second, or even third option in a more traditional patterned offense. In this video, you'll get a sample of how Coach Richey teaches his offense, his approach to coaching, his team philosophy, and how he gets the most out of his players.

Philosophy

Furman plays in a tough conference, which requires Richey's players to all be on the same page in order to maximize their talents and abilities and come away with victories. He describes that in order to build a sound program, you must have players and coaches that know the language you want to speak on the floor. Every coach on staff has to know the program's plan and vision and be able to spread them through every teaching interaction with athletes.

Offense

Using a 4-out motion offense, Coach Richey describes the basic terminology that he teaches players that takes his offense to a more complex level. By getting the ball into the post, both low block and short corner, your offense will be able to create space on the strong side and get backdoor layups on defensive overplays. With post players occupying most of the defense, perimeter players can cut and fill looking for open shots. With a kick-out of the post, your guards will be able to take advantage of ball screens to use a pick & pop option or attack for an easy bucket.

Coach Richey uses an offense that is orchestrated based on defensive reads. Players take simple actions and can make them hard to guard because his offense isn't run in a strict pattern. This is a great video if you are looking to evolve your motion offense to center around reading the defense and creating scoring opportunities through cutters.

40 minutes. 2019.