Drive & Space Offense

GCA's Play Style

1

Race First, Race Always

Push the tempo every possession

2

Spacing is Oxygen

Keep the floor stretched to stretch the defense

3

Actions or Play Time

Read the defense and choose

Actions

Against pressure zones or man to man

Play Time

Against sagging defense and zones

4

Alignment

Set the floor before the action

50

5 out

50 alignment

Basic

4 out, 1 in

Basic alignment

Joker

Break presses and zones

Joker alignment
5

Find Advantages

Attack the first edge you see

  • Numbers advantage
  • Make 2 guard YOU
  • Close outs
  • Off balance defender
  • Mismatches
6

Dominoes

Once we are in dominoes it's simple — keep dominoes falling, turn small advantage into big advantage

  • Shoot it
  • Drive it
  • Move it
7

Take Our Shots

Get a 7, 8, or 9

7s

Wide open catch and shoot threes. Not off the dribble unless given permission.

8s

Small advantage layups in the smile where you can draw the foul.

9s

Big advantage layups with no defender in front of you.

8

Crash

Everyone crash with rebounding

  • Form a Triangle under the basket
  • Mindful of where teammates are
  • Top two spots crash and tag up