Paint Touch Motion Offense: Expose & Exploit Defensive Weakness!

with Jon Coffman
University of Purdue Fort Wayne Head Coach;
2022 Horizon League Coach of the Year;
2022 Horizon League Regular Season Champions;
2016 Summit League Coach of the Year;
2016 Summit League Regular Season Champions;
University of Purdue Fort Wayne Assistant Coach from 2011 to 2014;
Colgate Assistant Coach from 2009 to 2011;
Stetson Assistant Coach from 2001 to 2009;
Played collegiately for Washington and Lee

The game of basketball is becoming positionless at all levels. Devising an offensive system to take advantage of the new trends and adapt it to your players is a challenge of every coach. In this video, Coach Jon Coffman takes you through his Paint Touch Motion Offense; you will get:

• On-court breakdown
• Transition ball screen principles
• Dribble penetration reads and options

This offense has principles that will help you as you modernize and adapt your offense for the modern game!

Transition Ball Screens
Coach Coffman stresses the importance of being aggressive in all phases of offense and searching for the best shot and best advantage as they present themselves. In the opening segment of the on-court presentation, Coffman takes you through different drag and early ball screen scenarios.

Coach Coffman teaches his players to attack the tag when running a ball screen and breaks down each option and way to do so. Off-ball movement is an important aspect of an attacking ball screen offense, and he teaches his players how to mess with the tag with missiles, pin-ins, flares, interchanges, and combos.

Coffman allows his players to use several different actions while playing off the ball, including using the flare screen. On empty-side ball screens, often you will have a side of three that forms. Coach Coffman provides several solutions on how to work through this while putting pressure on the help defense.

Paint Touch Motion
After showing the transition phase of their offensive attack, you will then see how it simply flows into their Paint Touch Motion Offense. The main component is attacking the paint and creating double gaps for perimeter penetration. Coach Coffman emphasizes ball movement, player movement and spacing" and shows different ways that his teams create space and attack space. You will see how he teaches passing and cutting to open driving lanes for ball handlers for example, the wing clip cut, blur cut, and wing gap cut will all take the defense out of the way to create gaps on the wing for drives into the heart of the defense.

Many times, players get into the paint and struggle not knowing the options that they have just created. Coffman shares the different teaching techniques and cue words they use to get players comfortable managing the paint touch playing off two feet in the paint, keeping their dribble alive, and keeping the ball moving. The kickstand and ID flip movements will keep the ball moving and keep the defense on their heels.

Utilizing the Post Player
You can't forget about the post player! Coach Coffman shows how they involve posts in his offense. Ways to get the ball inside off dribble penetration and ball movement are detailed. You will also see how to incorporate reverse ducking with your post player, where the ball handler reverse pivots as the defensive momentum is moving the opposite direction.

A great way to use posts in the Paint Touch Motion is to utilize ball screening concepts. The step up, spread, and low and below ball screening actions are all explained in detail.

Get ready to increase the aggressiveness of your offense and put pressure on the rim! Even if you do not want to run a dribble penetration style offense, the teaching techniques will surely help you better coach your players to understand moving off the ball and reacting to the dribble.

59 minutes. 2024.