"Being Deceptive"

A Smart Player is Never Predictable

Written by Tilden Corbett

For Sam and Peter Murphy

How to move without the ball (Read the Defense):

V-Cuts

Curls

Flashing

The High Shot

Pick and Roll (PNR)

Pick and Pop (PNP)

How to move with the ball:

Receiving the ball (Triple Threat)

Ball fakes

Jabs

Hands up

Step Backs

Low Post Moves (Drops Step, Up and Under, Spin, The Front)

Pass and Pick Away (PPA)

Drive and Dish (DND)

Give and Go

Reading the Offense:

Eye Reading

The Fake Open Man

Helpside and Recover

Tricks of the Trade:

Pick Your Man

The Fake Open Man

Trapping

The Back Door Signal

The Importance of COMMUNICATION

Verbal:

Defense: (Deny All Inside Scoring)

“Get Back”, “Help-side”, “Trap”, “Watch Mine”, “Deny”, “Switch”, “Slide”, “Look Around”, “Cutter”, “Deny Paint”, “Watch Mine”, “Watch My Back”, “Cut Off Baseline”, “Rotate”, “See Both”, “Back Door”, “Pick Left”, “Pick Right”, “Go Through”, “That’s weak”, “Step Up”, “Get on Top of That”, “Show Yourself”, “Watch Shooter”, “Hands Up (Leland)”, “Get Low (Nash)”, “See the World”, “1-Press 4 Help”, “Man Check”, “Box Out”, “Match Up”, “Find Yours”, etc.

Offense: (Execute)

“Swing It (The Ball)”, “Come Through”, “Motion”, “Pop Out”, “Turn Up The Volume”, “Execute”, “Flash”, “Stay Ball-side”, “For Me”, “For You”, “On Time”, “Stay Put”, “Other Side”, “Rub Off”, “Roll”, “Outlet”, “Crash the Boards”, “Read It”, “Look at the Hand”, “Cut Through”, “GNG”, “DND”, “PNR”, “PPA”, “PNP”, “Box Out”, “Follow Your Shot”, etc.

Non-verbal:

Back Door Signal, Player Control, Use against tight playing defenders

Come Through Hand Wave, Use to tell teammate to rub off pick

Pick, Arm Raise, Use when setting or calling for picks

Watch My Back, Illegal Procedure (in football), Use when fronting a Post Player

Throw Into the Lane, Head Nod with Eye Contact, The “Pick Your Man” trick