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Spread Offenses:
North Carolina - Four Corners
| Basic Continunity
| Baseline Action
| Leftside Options
| Player Exchange
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Coach Dean Smith's patent "Four Corner" offense has been a trademark for the University of North
Carolina over the years and is probably the most recognizable of all the spread offenses. However,
it does require having a player with special ballhandling skills and one on one capability. By spreading
the floor by having a player in each corner, it not only creates a one-on-one isolation situation, but more importantly it allows for a single
player to take control of the game, minimizing ball handling errors and turnovers. Deploying the Four Corner offense
definitely, it reduces the number of opponent's offensive possessions and, thus, their opportunities to get back into
a game.
Basic Continuity Right Side:
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With players spread out in each corner, it creates a isolation situation for O1 to attack the defender one-on-one. |
Whenever, defender X1 cuts off O1's dribble penetration, O1 passes the ball to one of the corner players and then creates a
lead to receive a return pass. |
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Drive: When O1 receives a return pass from O2, O1 dribble penetrates to the basket. |
Kick Out Pass: If Defender X1 stops O1's dribble penetration, O1 passes to O3 and
creates a lead to receive a return pass. |
Kick Out Pass: When O1's dribble penetration is stopped, O1 has a pass option to either of the baseline
corner players stepping out. |
Baseline Action:
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Anytime the passing lane to the baseline corner player stepping out is overplayed or
denied, O5 makes a back cut to the basket looking for a feed from O1. |
Upon receiving a pass from O1, baseline corner player has the option of passing to
the opposite corner player cutting to the basket. |
If/when O5 defender sags off to help out on O1's dribble penetration, O5 back cuts
to the basket looking for a drop pass from O1. |
Basic Continuity Left Side:
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Drive: When O1 receives a return pass from O3, O1 dribble penetrates to the basket. |
Kick Out Pass: If Defender X1 stops O1's dribble penetration, O1 passes to O2 and
creates a lead to receive a return pass. |
Kick Out Pass: When O1's dribble penetration is stopped, O1 also has a pass option to baseline
corner player O4 stepping out. |
Player Exchange. Return Pass Denial.
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Whenever the defender X1 overplays and denies a return pass to O1, O2 exchanges positions with O1
and dribble penetrates to the basket. |
If the return pass to O1 is overplayed and denied by defender X1, O3 initiates dribble penetration
exchanging roles and positions with O1. |
© 2004 Ernie Woods, HoopTactics
 "More Than Just Stats"
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