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RadDad2005 wrote:

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badnjanes wrote:

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What are the chances we see this team pressing all over the floor ?

That would be one use of so many smaller players.

if they are quick and well coached maybe. They have all but two of those things.

This motion offense uses four perimeter players and one post player, and is a good offense to use when your team has good outside players and only a few post players such as we currently have.

The post player normally moves as the ball moves, using the low blocks, anywhere up and down the lanes, paint area, elbows and high post (free-throw line area)... basically anywhere she can get open for a pass inside. Outside players should be moving, screening for each other. Lots of constant movement, screening and cutting is what makes this work. Less dribbling and more passing will be something that I like to see and looking for the person for the open shot. Players will need to react quickly without hesitation for this to work (and be able to see the floor).

More substitutions will be necessary to keep the players fresh on the court, especially if we constantly press on defense. With the layers of G's that Stone has that should be no problem bringing in fresh G's. Given the team's size they will still have major problems inside. With poor O-rebounding they will need to take lower-risk shots. It will be interesting to see this in action, but I will not make any judgments on it's effectiveness until they play in conference against the major D1's. Too many cupcakes in pre-conference and they should win most of their pre-conference games no matter what offense they run. This will be Stone's version of the 4-G offense that we expected she would go to considering the lack of post recruiting.

good4buck wrote:

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I think I understand how it works thanks to Bud and Skyhook. My next question: Is this type of offense hard to defend? Would an opponent get overly tired chasing the cutters and fighting through the screens? Or would the defense know where the cutters are coming from and slide by the screens?

Bud Foster wrote:

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good4buck wrote:

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I think I understand how it works thanks to Bud and Skyhook. My next question: Is this type of offense hard to defend? Would an opponent get overly tired chasing the cutters and fighting through the screens? Or would the defense know where the cutters are coming from and slide by the screens?

Here is my stock answer as to what offense is the hardest to guard and I say this completely seriously. It's the one with the best players. So my answer is it depends. It depends on how hard the players cut, how well they screen, how adept they are at feeding the post, shooting, scoring in the post. I'm not trying to be a smartass when I write this, but it depends on how good they are.

good4buck wrote:

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and is going to a 4 out and 1 in. Heard about it on the radio. Can someone explain how that offense works? thanks

Q. You talked about your new offense. I guess what led to the changes? And does your offense have a name?

Lisa Stone: It's four in, one out. That's what it is. It's a four in one out motion offense. What brought about the changes? Our personnel. This offense fits our personnel better. Really it's going to look a lot like the swing. The swing is four around one, as well, but we're trying to stretch it out a little bit more, a little more screen reads, a little more freedom to play, and hopefully get to the foul line more, more post touches, screens that lead to scores. But it's a four-around-one motion offense. That's the title.