Case Study: Win Matches With Run And Gun Basketball Offensive Plays

Let me tell you a story about a high school basketball team which focused almost all of its basketball offensive plays on high tempo sets. Their tallest player was only a few inches over six feet, and most of the other players were less than six feet tall. They went to a tournament where the two teams expected to meet in the final had huge players. One of those two teams had two seven-footers, one playing the center position, and the other the power forward position. Yet, this small team which ran a fast break on every single play managed to win the tournament and beat these huge teams. When one of the big guys would dunk on them and waste time celebrating, the Run and Gun team would quickly move the ball up the court and often hit an open three-pointer, negating the dunk on the other end. They were not as physically gifted, but because they used only basketball offensive plays that usually took only seven seconds or less, they were able to wear teams down and beat them with their system and superior conditioning