Coach Matt McMahon shared his ball screen motion offense he currently runs at Murray State University on the NABC Championship Basketball Webinar Series. This is my favorite clinic I’ve participated in so far. Coach McMahon had great teaching points and accompanying video. I’ve compiled my notes from the presentation.

Matt McMahon – Ball Screen Motion Offense – Murray State University

• Culture – most important part of your program, how do you define it? 5 core values and 5 team standards
• Core values – hard work, unselfishness, toughness (ability to move on and focus on the next most important thing) accountability, joy (celebrate winning, enjoy the experience of playing at IFHS and have fun)
• Team standards – be early, bring the juice (high energy) put the team first, have a high level of communication, alignment (aligned to the same mission/goals)
• “As a leader you are responsible for creating a winning culture that drives behavior and produces winning results” – Urban Meyer “Above the Line”
• Ball screen motion foundation – spacing, ball reversal, paint touches, screening, shot selection, free throw line, limit turnovers, offensive rebounding
• Why ball screen motion? 1. Give players freedom within structure and organization. 2. Ball moves quickly from side to side 3. Everybody has a role on offense. 4. Creates high % scoring opps. 5. Run it out of simple formations/alignments 6. Use it in multiple situations (secondary, HC, SLOB, OBU). 7. Features multiples playmakers on your team. 8. Can blend your favorite actions/quick hitters into the offense. 9. Players use it in pick up/open gym settings. 10. It’s simple!
• 1-4 to begin – sets it up with a UCLA cut, sprint into ball screen which starts the motion – UCLA cut goes opposite 
• Coming off the PR, the opposite high post pops for catch in the slot – first look is to the roller
• Same side wing spaced NBA three FT line extended – on eye contact he goes backdoor
• Corner lifts for PR – now we’re into continuity
• Teaching points – Make the forwards man guard multiple actions (UCLA screen into ball screen)
• When PG lifts from corner, we want it to be one movement – step into the pass and sprint into the ball screen to get the guard downhill
• Ball screen terminology – setting the screen, arrive alone and make your defender late
• What angles do you teach on the side ball screen? We want the screeners crack to the opposite corner of the screen or at the rim
• Goal for the guards coming off ball screen – get your shoulders and hips squared to the rim as quickly as possible and get downhill
• Different alignments help with the overplay on the wing – 4 high at the elbow, big man curl around and pin the defender on the elbow
• Opportunities out of the 1-4 to catch rip and go on the wing
• Ball screen action ran as a secondary action – guard to guard exchanges on the weak side – more important than what you run is how you develop players (sprint into ball screen, pocket pass, one hard dribble baseline spin back to middle finish)
• Counter when the defense blitzes the ball screen – 3 outlets (sideline, middle, back) screener pop sideline, 5 flash middle, PG come back to ball – playing 4 on 3 go make a play
• Finishing packages – design 2 on 0, 3 on 0 to take same shots in practice they’ll take in games (player development) game shots game passes
• Weave – dribble weave directly into ball screen motion
• Weave slip – counter with a slip to the sprint ball screen
• Slip isn’t there, big sprints into ball screen action (read the defense – roller, the duck in option, the corner shooter)
• You can jump to make a pass, do not jump to find a pass
• Counters – Cross Down – Wing has been back cutting on the reversal, stop and set a cross screen for the roller, pin down for the screener
• Secondary Cross Down – Same action out of secondary
• Stagger – On the DHO, big attack the defenders top foot – the wing cutter comes off stagger after the DHO out the same side he cut from
• UCLA, PR, Lift, DHO, Slip, Stagger, Cross Down
• Against the ice coverage – pop the roller directly into DHO with the PG