Team Offense

Wide Specials

Wide Specials is an offensive concept involving set plays grafted onto the wide entry.

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What is Wide Specials?

Wide Specials is an offensive concept involving set plays grafted onto the wide entry.

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CategoryTeam Offense
Source volumeBASKETBALL_PLAY_VAULT.md
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Bilingual terms

EnglishWide Specials
Simplified ChineseWide特殊战术
Traditional ChineseWide 特殊戰術

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These graph neighbors help place Wide Specials in the larger basketball map.

Team Offense

Wide Elbow

Wide Elbow is an offensive concept involving ball swings to the elbow (foul line extended).

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5-Out Entry Series: Delay

5-Out Entry Series: Delay: Chicago refers specifically to a DHO for a player who first comes off a pindown screen before receiving the handoff.

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5-Out Entry Series: Wide

5-Out Entry Series: Wide: Wide" is the most common 5-Out entry — the ball is pushed to one side of the floor into a DHO or pindown action.

Team Offense

5-Out Offense: Foundation

5-Out Offense: Foundation is an offensive concept that the 5-Out offense has become the dominant NBA and college system because it.

Team Offense

5-Out Entry Series: Delay

5-Out Entry Series: Delay: Chicago refers specifically to a DHO for a player who first comes off a pindown screen before receiving the handoff.

Team Offense

Core Spacing Principles

Core Spacing Principles is an offensive concept that all five players are spaced beyond the arc or at the elbows at any given time.