8 Bill Self high low motion offense breakdown drills with animations!

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If you’ve read our Bill Self high low motion offense complete guide and want to implement this offense, here are 8 drills you can use at your next practice.

These drills breaks down actions in this offensive system into smaller segments you can use to get your players accustomed to it. Once they get an idea, you can start running 3 on 3, 4 on 4 and 5 on 5 with rules that force them to use these actions.

The drills simulates:

Getting the ball in the high and low post
Off ball screen actions
Options for the guards to penetrate.

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Here are the drills:

High low entry
1-4 backdoor cut
1-4 fade entry
3-5 dump entry
Low post entry
3 on 3 – Single down
Penetrate drill
Drag dribble switch drill

High low entry

This is the bread and butter of the high low offense: the 2 forwards go high and low.

Instructions

1 forward cuts to the top to receive pass from wing guard
Forward can pass to low foward
Or forward can shoot from the top.

1-4 backdoor

This drills simulates a scenario where the defense denies the wing entry pass. The forwards come up to get the ball and then the wing has to back door cut to get open.

1-4 fade entry

This drill simulates the high post entry where the high post forward screens for the point guard for a 3 point shot.

3-5 dump

This simulates a dribble entry where 3 will V-cut and then dump it to 5.

Instructions

Point guard dribbles towards 3. Simulate 3 getting denied by defense.
3 cuts to basket.
5 sets a down screen for 3.
1 passes to 3 or 5. If pass to 3, 3 dumps to 5.

Low post entry

This drill simulates the staggered screen on the strong side wing entry.

3 on 3 – Single down

This 3 on 3 drill simulates the single down screen set by the forward. The guards have to read the defense in 3 scenarios:

If defense chases and behind, curl.
If defense denies ball, V cut.
If defense goes under, go over and foward slips.

Instructions

3 on 3. 1 forward and 2 guards.
Forward must pass ball and then set a screen for guard on the other side.
Play 3 on 3. Forwards can choose which side to pass.

single-down-1 — If defense chases, curl off screen.

single-down-2 — If defense denies ball, V cut.

single-down-3 — If screen goes under, forward slips.

Penetrate drill

You don’t always have to go through your big men. You can set picks in the high post for the guards to penetrate.

Drag dribble switch drill

A variation of the penetrate drill, if the penetration is not there then the guard can use a drag dribble to create space and dump the ball down inside. A drag dribble is simply just moving backwards instead of forcing your way into the lane.