Diamond

They are pressing full court. Coach calls "Diamond". 3 has the ball out of bounds under our basket.

• 1V-cut and catch facing up the floor.Sell it up the court, come back hard, and catch with your eyes up the floor.
• 2V-cut on the right side and be ready.If 1 is covered, you are the inbound. If not, you are the next pass up the floor.
• 3Inbound fast to 1, then step in behind them as the safety.Get it in before the press sets, then be their way out of a trap.
• 4Flash back toward the ball in the middle.You are the release in the middle. Show your hands and catch high.
• 5Go deep to the far free-throw line.Keep the back defender honest. You are the long pass when the press breaks.

Then the defence shows one of 3 looks: Read: the sideline trap (60%), Read: the middle is denied (20%), Read: no trap (20%).

1 has the ball near the left sideline. Two defenders come to trap them.

• 1Pivot away from the trap and hit 4 in the middle.Stay strong, keep the ball high, and pass to the middle.
• 2Sprint up the right side.When the ball goes middle, you are the pass ahead.
• 3Stay behind 1 as the safety.If the middle is covered, you are 1's way out.
• 4Flash to the middle with your hands high.Give 1 a target in the gap, then turn and face up the floor.
• 5Stay deep and read the back defender.If they step up, you are open behind them.

Then the defence shows one of 2 looks: Read: 2 is open ahead (67%), Read: the back defender steps up (33%).

4 has the ball in the middle, facing up. 2 is sprinting up the right side and nobody is with them.

• 1Run up the left side to fill the lane.The press is broken. Run so we have numbers at the other end.
• 2Catch on the run and attack.You are past the press. Push it and look for the layup or the open player.
• 3Trail the play as the safety.Follow it up the floor, last back, in case of a turnover.
• 4Turn and pass ahead to 2.The press is behind you now. Throw it ahead.
• 5Run to the rim for the layup or the rebound.Be the finisher if 2 draws the back defender.

Press broken. 2 pushes it up the floor with numbers.

4 has the ball in the middle. The back defender comes up to stop 2. Nobody is behind them.

• 1Run up the left side to fill the lane.Run so we have numbers if 5 can't finish.
• 2Keep running to pull the back defender with you.They came up to you. That opens 5 behind them.
• 3Trail the play as the safety.Last back, in case of a turnover.
• 4Throw it ahead to 5 deep.The back defender left. 5 has a clear run to the rim.
• 5Show your hands, catch and go to the rim.Nobody is behind you. Catch it and score.

Press broken. Layup for 5 at the far end.

1 has the ball near the left sideline. A defender is sitting in front of 4 in the middle.

• 1Pass back to 3, the safety.The middle is covered. Reverse it to the open side.
• 2Come back to the ball on the right side.The ball is reversing to your side. Get open for 3.
• 3Catch the reversal and swing it to 2.The press is on the left. Move it to the open right side.
• 4Slide over to the right side of the middle.Get the middle back on the side the ball is going.
• 5Stay deep.Keep the back defender honest.

Ball reversed to the open side. Press beaten.

1 has the ball near the left sideline. The press drops back instead of trapping them.

• 1Push it up the middle of the floor.Nobody is on you. Attack the open space in the middle.
• 2Run up the right side to fill the lane.Get ahead of the ball so 1 has someone to pass to.
• 3Trail the play as the safety.Follow it up the floor, last back.
• 4Get out of the middle and run to the rim.Clear the lane for 1 and get to the other end.
• 5Stay deep, then post up when the ball gets there.Be ready at the far end.

Nobody trapped. 1 brings it up the middle.