Effortless Offense: Fast Breaks, False Motion and Zone Attack with Coach Bart Lundy

with Bart Lundy,
Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Coach;
Queens University (NC) Head Coach from 2013 to 2022;
2018 D-II Final Four;
North Texas Assistant Coach from 2012 to 2013;
Marquette Director of Basketball Operations from 2009 to 2012;
High Point Head Coach from 2003 to 2009;
2004 National Rookie Coach of the Year;
Queens University (NC) Head Coach from 1998 to 2003;
2003 D-II Final Four;
2001 Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year;
Queens University (NC) Assistant Coach from 1995 to 1998;
Winthrop Assistant Coach from 1993 to 1995;
played college basketball UNC Pembroke and Lenoir-Rhyne

Coach Lundy begins the video by discussing the importance of not making the game complicated for your team. He discusses offensive schemes and philosophies his team focuses on. One of the questions he will ask his team if they don’t get a good look is “did they get a paint touch?”.

Fast Break Build Up
Four Man Break – Coach Lundy likes to use this drill at the start of the season. It is great for conditioning and team building. Here he teaches players to run the right way. The goal is to play fast and organized without making mistakes like traveling, missing shots, or the ball hitting the floor.

Five Man Break – This drill builds off the previous one by including the Big. Here the team starts to learn various actions they can run in the flow of the break. One of the keys is the big setting a dynamic ball screen in transition. Coach Lundy shows how to run single screens and builds up to staggers away. The goal is for the team to play 2-man game on one side with the other 3 players occupying the help defense on the weak side.

Around the Horn – Here the focus is on playing together, getting paint touches, and learning the 4 spots players need to fill in different situations. Post positioning is discussed including two scenarios - one, where a skilled post player will set up and then two, compared to a post player that is not as skilled. Actions off post up is shown. How the players position themselves off the ball whenever someone drives from the perimeter. He also discusses how they position themselves on an offensive rebound.

Offensive Concepts
Zone – Coach Lundy starts this segment with the understanding the team must have that once the ball gets to the corner every kind of zone no matter what it is becomes a 2-3 zone. Lundy discusses what the best zone defenses in the game today do that you have to be aware of. You will learn how effective it can be having players start behind the zone. Coach Lundy demonstrates how ball screens can disrupt the zone and where your most dynamic offensive player should be positioned against a zone.

Simple Concepts – Here players learn to flip sides to move the defense. The use of fade and slip screens, pitch and chase, handoffs and exchanges, and pin downs are just some of the concepts players will learn to do without things getting complicated. Coach Lundy also shows how to add a few wrinkles to these concepts to keep the defense off balance.

Overall coach will show almost 10 different concepts your team can easily run.

For any high school or higher level coaches who are looking for something that can be easily added to what your team runs, this video will definitely has something you can use!

79 minutes. 2024