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Message: [QUOTE="ConnEd, post: 5194635, member: 895"] Press and run. You need easy buckets in the open floor. I like a 1-2-1-1 with your best ballhawk on the third line to intercept the passes over the top and your best on-ball defender up front to harass the ballhandlers into the traps. Press break would be my other top focus since they'll be pressed until they prove they can break it (and score). Both are also fast-paced with everyone involved, so the kids stay tuned-in during practice. Scoring against set D's, especially zones, is not easy at this level. Teach the basics on offense. Give-and-go and pick-and-roll/pop. You're probably lucky to have one kid that can set a decent screen. Off-ball screens can work, but the kid getting the screen almost never waits for the screen to arrive. Against zones, focus on getting your best scorer to find seams from the weak side while the rest of the kids just move the ball quickly and cut to space. [/QUOTE]