Bob Huggins: Set Plays for Motion Offense

with Bob Huggins,
West Virginia University Head Coach from 2007 to 2023;
2022 Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee;
935 career wins (#3 all time for Division I coach);
2015 Big-12 Coach of the Year;
2015 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year;
2010 Final Four;
2010 Big East Tournament Champions;
Kansas State Head Coach from 2006 to 2007;
Cincinnati Head Coach from 1989 to 2005;
C-USA Coach of the Decade (2005);
3x C-USA Coach of the Year;
1992 Final Four;
8x C-USA Regular Season Champions;
Akron Head Coach from 1984 to 1989;
1986 OVC Coach of the Year;
played collegiately for West Virginia

Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins has created an offense that is very hard to guard using one of the latest trends in today's game: a positionless, open post attack. His teams use a ton of cutting, filling, and ball reversals to pick apart defenses through constant ball movement.

In this video, you'll get the opportunity to see how Coach Huggins adds various actions to his motion offense to turn his team into a high-powered scoring machine.

Motion Offense Fundamentals

Before adding any actions, first you must come to understand the 5-out motion offense and be able to teach your players how to properly space, cut, and fill within it. Huggins demonstrates how to teach athletes proper spacing along with how to utilize the floor to creating ideal scoring opportunities.

Actions to Score

Next, Huggins installs some of his favorite motion offense strategies. You'll see how players can use a traditional pass and cut action into a screen away to put the offense into position to curl to the basket or slip the screen if overplayed. With a flex cut, Coach Huggins uses a ball reversal and screen away to create backside action as the ball is reversed. Before filling out, players look to step off the lane line and set the flex screen, creating an open layup concept.

If you're looking for a little continuity, then adding T-Game or Triangle to your 5-out offense is exactly what you need. Huggins demonstrates how you can use a flex cut to get into a triangle on the opposite side of the floor. Through this set up, you can use cross screens and down screens to create scoring opportunities.

If ball reversal action isn't open, then use a dribble hand-off to drive to the rim or get the ball reversed so your team can continue with its offense. Huggins even shows you how to install a flare screen to use off of the dribble hand-off option if the defense continues to deny the ball reversal.

Ball Reversals and Post Feeds

To make the offense complete, Coach Huggins demonstrates how to incorporate your post players within the 5-out motion offense as they cut and hold in the paint before filling to the perimeter. You can also use a guard to post up. By using these scoring actions, you will be able to look to reverse the ball and get a post feed at any point in time.

Using today's hottest offense, the 5-out motion, you can create an attack that is efficient and able to score off of multiple actions. Allow Coach Huggins to help you make your offense unguardable and unscoutable when going against any defense!

66 minutes. 2019.