A Motion 'Flow' Offense that Utilizes Actions (not Plays) & Building Your Program by Establishing a Winning Culture

with Pat Chambers,
Florida Gulf Coast University Head Men's Coach;
La Salle Assistant Coach from 2021 to 2022;
Penn State University Head Coach from 2011 to 2020;
2019 'Coaches vs. Cancer' Champion Award;
2018 NIT Champions;
Boston University Head Coach from 2009 to 2011;
Back to back 20 win seasons;
2011 American East Tournament Champions;
Villanova Assistant Coach (with Jay Wright) from 2004 to 2009;
2009 Final Four;
played for Hall of Fame coach Herb Magee at Philadelphia (point guard)

Championship programs are tough to build and even harder to sustain. Combining special players with high standards of continued excellence can be a difficult task. It takes a coach who has a vision and a specific plan to adhere to a high set of standards based upon holding one another accountable and building a sense of caring for everyone involved. 

Pat Chambers has been a part of many special basketball programs – including his days as an assistant at Villanova for Jay Wright – that were built upon a philosophy of ‘6 Pillars of Excellence.’ 

In this instruction coaching video, Coach Chambers tackles the topic of building a championship program based upon the ‘6 Pillars of Excellence,’ while also including a valuable, inside look at how to run his 4-Out Motion ‘Flow’ Offense, which is a style of play that players love to run!

Program Building

Taking over a program that needs to be rebuilt from the ground up can seem like a daunting task to overcome. Coach Chambers explains why you need to possess a vision for success and craft a plan for where you want to take players. 

To outline how a coach can tackle this process, Chambers details how to develop a roadmap that guides you along the path toward fulfilling your vision of success. Using what he calls, the ‘6 Pillars of Excellence,’Chambers shares a tangible plan that builds long-lasting relationships and results in players who thrive playing under pressure, while performing at a high level.

Coach Chambers explains how the ‘6 Pillars of Excellence’ – which include Faith, Accountability, Passion, Humility, Gratitude, and Attitude – serve as his base-level foundation. 

Stressing a need to keep the approach simple, Chambers details the actions you can take on and off the court to lead players into high functioning members of society and critical components within your basketball program.

Coach Chambers explains how this plan helps him build a high level of trust through proven, consistent examples of doing what he says he is going to do for his players and then following through on them. Once this has been established, you’ll possess the foundation you need for maintaining a championship-level atmosphere and building a winning program!

Motion ‘Flow’ Offense 

On the court, Coach Chambers outlines several innovative actions that help install a dynamic motion offense and how he utilizes simple teaching concepts that resonate well with players and endears them to the offense.

Beginning with a concept he calls ‘eyes to the rim,’ which serves as the primary starting point for any offense to be a threat, Chambers uses player demonstrations to lay out the nuts and bolts to this motion offense. 

Starting with slot-to-wing and slot-to-slot passing actions, Coach Chambers describes how players learn to cut, exchange and space themselves out to become unguarded within this system.Chambers explains how the simplicity of the offense can become frustrating for your opponents as they continue to have trouble defending it. 

Progressing to ‘drives from the wing, corner and slot’, Chambers outlines how to teach players the actions of ‘jump-stopping and kicking out’ or finishing by relocating just a few steps to keep the defense off balance.

Demonstrating how to use a ‘split action,’ Coach Chambers explains why adding in this screening technique helps ensure that players never stand motionless within this offense.  

This is an outstanding and difficult motion offense to defend as it’s an ‘attack based on simplicity’ rather than over-complicating things for your players.

Coach Chambers has generated sustained success coaching at every level. His ‘6 Pillars of Excellence’ have helped his players thrive on and off the court. This video serves as a blueprint for building a Championship-level program and is a must-watch regardless of whether you are taking over a new program or looking to reinvigorate your current team. 

Chambers offers an important lesson plan for keeping things simple as you teach critical components of your motion offense.

Customer Review: 5-Out of 5 Stars. ‘I love the messaging and approach that Coach Chambers uses to build a champion program. His simplistic approach and strict attention to detail is what every program needs to be successful!’

74 minutes. 2023.