10 Post Isolation Sets
Use these for your bigs (or anyone with a size advantage) on your team
Coach - I wanted to shoot you a few post isolation sets to get your inside finishers some looks inside. Maybe they’ll steal you a few points a game as the season comes to an end and you get into playoff mode.
Before we dive into these post isolation quick hitters, here’s some food for thought:
you don’t need to just run these for your “5 man”. If you have a guard or forward who has a size/physicality advantage that you think you can leverage…put those guys/girls in that spot!
you can teach every player on your roster to be able to score/be playable in the post
Simple drill for this: play “Post 1v1” every day for 3-5 minutes. Player 1 has the ball under the rim facing half court. Player 2 is standing directly behind Player 2. Player 1 flips the ball out to themselves anywhere in the paint. Play 1v1 on the catch. You can play no dribble, 1 dribble, or 2 dribbles.
it will make your team better if every one can drop step, score through contact, and have some type of pump fake/counter move in the post - if players can do those things, they can use that basic footwork on drives, rebound putbacks, transition, etc.
there are a lot of creative ways to get post touches that aren’t just a big man standing on the block - you can run rip screens, you can cut to the rim and seal within your conceptual offense, you can run “throw-over” plays (see below)
NOTE: Paid subscribers, scroll to the bottom for a downloadable PDF with all 10 of these plays.
Whether you have a skilled big man, a guard who can post up, or a mismatch inside - these 10 post isolation quick hitters can help get someone a post touch:
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