Offence Flex specials

| 1 1) Flex cut and clear
a) Hold
Post isolation. 1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5 and keeps going, 5 ducks in. |

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| 3 b) Fist
1 slides away, 5 ducks in then continues to ballscreen for 4.
Fist is an option in Flex Hold if 4 has no pass.
See Maryland flex. |

| 4 c) European play #7
The ball is reversed from 1 to 3, 2 flex cuts and keeps going, 5 picks and rolls.
See Offence - European (play 7). |

| 5 d) Phoenix Suns 1 Twist mensbasketballhoopscoop.blogspot.com
2 flex cuts on ball reversal to 3 then clears, 4 screens away for 1.
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| 6 4 twists to set a ballscreen for 1. |

| 7 2) Rip
2 backscreens for 4
See Offences - Hubie Brown triangle, Nets, Flex variations.
1 passes to 4 who passes to 3, 2 flex cuts then backscreens for 4, 5 comes high as 4 cuts to the basket.
(Rip-get option - 4 sprints into a pick and roll with 3, 2 clears to the weakside corner) |

| 8 5 picks and rolls on a pass to 2.
Variations - 4 and 5 stay low,
- 2 goes one-on-one from the top (Hubie Brown) - 4 cross-screens for 5 on a pass to 2 (see North Carolina fast break).
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| 9 Kickback option
If 4 passes back to 1 (e.g., 3 is denied), look for a lob pass off the backscreen.
5 will again ballscreen on a pass to 2 out top.
See Larry Brown, North Carolina.
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| 10 3) Argentina ballscreen
2 flex cuts on the pass to 4, who swings it to 3 and follows to pick and pop, 2 backscreens for 4 then pops out to the wing.
See Argentina flex offence.
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| 11 Regular flex cut
4) New Jersey Nets series (see Nets offence)
1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5, then 4 passes to 3.
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| 12 a) Power
3 passes back to 4, 5 cross-screens for 2, who goes under, 5 ducks into the middle.
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| 13 b) Cross
2 cross-screens for 5, 4 downscreens for 2.
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| 14 Cross-fist - 4 comes back out to pick and roll on a pass to 2 out top, 1 and 3 go down to the corners, 5 replaces if 4 rolls.
See Fast breaks - Memphis, Serbia U18.
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| 15 c) Cross-get
5 ballscreens for 3, 4 goes to the weakside low post, 2 comes out to the weakside slot, 1 spaces away.
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| 17 a) Back
4 passes to 3, 2 backscreens for 5, 1 and 4 stagger screen for 2.
Old Dominion - 5 re-screens for 2 then posts ballside.
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| 18 b) Panther
5 and 1 stagger screen for 2 (4 doesn't pass to 3).
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