SLOB (Sideline Out-of-Bounds) Basics
SLOB plays are executed from the sideline (not the baseline) when the ball goes out of bounds on the side.
Actions And Plays
SLOB Play Taxonomy
SLOB Play 1 — "Flex": Baseline Cross-Screen with a Down-Screen Continuation The formation is a box with two players at the blocks and two at mid-post.
Direct answer
What is SLOB Play Taxonomy?
SLOB Play 1 — "Flex": Baseline Cross-Screen with a Down-Screen Continuation The formation is a box with two players at the blocks and two at mid-post.
Quick facts
| Category | Actions And Plays |
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| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
What it is
- SLOB Play 1 — "Flex": Baseline Cross-Screen with a Down-Screen Continuation The formation is a box with two players at the blocks and two at mid-post.
Why it matters
- The inbound receiver, with height advantage, lobs the ball over the defense for an alley-oop or a drop-step finish.
- This play is used when the ball-side block player has a size advantage.
How it works
- The inbound is made to one of the mid-post players on the wing.
- A weak-side player cuts hard along the baseline off a cross-screen set by the opposite block player (the flex cut) for a layup.
- Immediately after, the player who set the cross-screen receives a down-screen from a perimeter teammate and pops up for a catch-and-shoot.
- This stagger of a baseline flex cut into a down-screen for the screener is what defines the flex action.
- SLOB Play 2 — "Horns": High-Post Pick-and-Roll Two mid-post players (elbow players) are positioned high.
Reads and counters
- On Flex, the cross-screener reads his defender: if the wall-off help tags the flex cutter, he sprints off the down-screen for the catch-and-shoot pop.
- The inbounder reads the first defender to relax: hit the flex cutter on a clean baseline seal, otherwise swing to the down-screen popper.
- On Horns SLOB, the ball handler reads the screener's defender: pull-up if they drop, attack downhill if they hedge soft, dump the short roll if they hedge hard.
- On Spain, read the low-man tagger after the back-screen pins the roller's defender: stay and the roller has the rim, tag and the back-screener pops to the arc.
- Against a switch on any of the three, attack the mismatch immediately before help loads, or slip the screen before contact.
Teaching cues
- Screen the screener
- Seal and rim-run on the flex cut
- Pop off the down-screen
- Back-screen the roller's man
- Get it in, then attack the switch
Bilingual terms
| English | SLOB Play Taxonomy |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 边线球战术分类 |
| Traditional Chinese | SLOB 戰術分類 |
Learn before and after
These graph neighbors help place SLOB Play Taxonomy in the larger basketball map.
Related concepts
BLOB Play Taxonomy
Play 1 — "Elevator" or "Double High": Creates a Screen at the Free Throw Line The box formation is used.
SLOB (Sideline Out-of-Bounds) Basics
SLOB plays are executed from the sideline (not the baseline) when the ball goes out of bounds on the side.
Inbounds Plays—BLOB and SLOB
BLOB plays are executed from the baseline when the ball goes out of bounds near your own basket or the opponent's basket.
SLOB Plays (Sideline Out of Bounds)
SLOB (Sideline Out of Bounds) plays occur when the ball goes out of bounds on the sideline during the half-court or three-quarter-court phase of play.
Screening Actions in Inbounds Plays
Screens (down screens, back screens, cross screens) are the primary method for creating space in inbounds plays.
Elevator Screens
Elevator Screens (also called Closing Doors) are one of the most difficult actions to defend in basketball.