
Start Shooter In Corner, Create Top 3-Pointer
The initial movement starts right then utilizes ball reversal and a well-timed downscreen to free the shooter coming high at the top. MORE
From Jay Wright’s Villanova playbook
Weak-side action slows the defense just enough to set up an oncoming double screen for your shooter who curls around the perimeter, comes free on the wing and hits the open jumper.
It’s a great play when you want to create an open 3-pointer off a special situation.
Your shooter is on the weakside block and is the only player near the baseline. Stack a pair of players on the ball-side wing. The final player is at the weak-side elbow.
1 steps toward 4 and sets up as if he or she is setting a screen. 4 takes a step low to draw defensive attention to the screen. 3 and 5 begin to come across the set [1]. 4 doesn’t use the screen and shifts direction to step high outside the perimeter. 1 then curls toward the middle of the set coming off 3 and 5’s double screen [2]. 4 raises his or her hands calling for the ball to force some focus in that direction. 1 continues to curl to the ball-side wing. 2 passes to 1 for the open shot [3].
As 1 moves into the shooting position, 5 dives toward the hoop and 3 clears to the opposite wing. This places 5 in good rebounding position. Having 3 step to the opposite wing forces 3’s defender to stay on that side of the floor.