The Open Post Motion Offense - with Lason Perkins Dear Basketball Coach, If you run any type of motion offense -- or if you're looking for a new offense, secondary offense, or delay of game offense, then you need to seriously consider the Open Post Offense DVD. As with all products on our website, we have personally selected and reviewed this DVD. We only offer a select few DVDs that we think are the best and we highly recommend this DVD to coaches at any level. Just a couple reasons you would want to use this offense include: It gives you great spacing. You can use it with any talent level. It's good for youth and all ages. There is constant movement. It's EASY to teach. You can score lots of points with it. It can be used as a primary, secondary, or delay of game offense. What is the Open Post Motion Offense? The Open Post Offense is a "type" of motion offense that Lason Perkins has developed and had great success with over the years. Coach Perkins developed specific motion offense "rules" that make this offense unique and make it very flexible for coaches at any level. As implied by the title, the offense utilizes an open post (spread) alignment. This makes the offense easy to teach and also makes it very flexible. You can use this offense whether if you have all guards or you have several good post players. The offense is based on spreading out the defense and lots of movement. What's in the DVD?
Chapter 1 - Introduction History - how the open post offense came about Why use the OPEN POST offense? "A Little Extra" Chapter 2 - Basic Elements You start by learning the main rules and concepts of the offense. Coach Perkins's philosophy is that Movement + Passing = Points. He goes over the simple motion offense rules that give you organized movement, good passing, and lots of points. Fundamental rules On-court explanation with Coach Perkins Chapter 3 - Points of Emphasis Coach Perkins explains 7 important concepts that you need to emphasize so you can maximize scoring opportunities and make this offense effective. Catch and face the basket Be ready on the weak side Reasons to use the dribble Ball reversal Verbal and visual communication Shorten the passing lane Defensive transition Chapter 4 - Cutting Series Now you get into the main components and options of the offense. You get on court demonstrations and whiteboard diagrams so you can learn exactly how the offense works. Basic cutting action Fill cut Back cut Wing to corner Corner to wing Chapter 5 - Screening Series Coach Perkins demonstrates the "screening series" using the whiteboard and on-court demonstrations.
Basic action Hitting the curl cutter Hitting the screen stepping back Wing to corner pass Wing to top pass Chapter 6 - Entries In this chapter, Coach Perkins goes over several entries to initiate the offense. The entries are optional and ideas for you to consider. Box entry 1-4 entry 2-3 entry Flares entry Stacks entry Chapter 7 - Super Scoring Options Coach Perkins explains the reasoning behind the upcoming set play options and why you want to get the ball in the hands of your best scorers. Chapter 8 - Baseline Options (Plays) In this chapter, Coach Perkins demonstrates several set plays that utilize action on the baseline and then transition right into the Open Post Offense. The plays include: Circle baseline option Cavs baseline option Spartans baseline option X baseline option Chapter 9 - Post Options (Plays) In this section you get 5 plays you can run through the post. All the plays easily transition back into the Open Post Offense. Sonic post option Drop post option Bang post option Hawk post option Lob post option Chapter 10 - Pick & Roll Options (Plays) Corner pick & roll
Elbow pick & roll Double high pick & roll Sixer pick & roll Step out pick & roll Side pick & roll Chapter 11 - Special Adjustments In this chapter you learn how to handle various situations you'll face when using this offense and how to make adjustments based on the defense. Special adjustments for aggressive defenses. Special adjustments for saggy defenses. How to handle defensive switches. How to exploit a defender who stays near the basket. How to utilize dribble handoffs. Chapter 12 - Fast Break Entry Coach Perkins shows you how he uses his fast break to transition into the Open Post Offense. Chapter 13 - Practice Drills Coach Perkins shows you a few important drills to help build and improve the Open Post Offense. Pass & cut drill 2 ball shooting drill Dribble back drill The DVD is 70 minutes long. Why Should You Consider this Offense? This is an excellent DVD that we think almost all coaches will enjoy and benefit from. Here are a few reasons that we think you should consider the Open Post Offense DVD... Easy to teach, Easy to Learn. This offense is so easy to learn that even if you don't want to have it as your primary offense, you can still use it as a 2nd option. Since it's easy to teach (yet very effective), you have lots of time to work on other things (like fundamentals skills and games situations).
Good for small or big teams. If you have a group of quick guards or some big post players, you can make adjustments to make this offense work for you. Great for a delay game. You could employ this offense simply for delay game purposes. Spacing - "Offense is spacing. Spacing is offense." With this offense, it creates plenty of space for your players to maneuver. You get lots of movement that is very difficult to guard. Emphasizes basic offensive concepts that every team should know. Even if it's not going to be your primary offense, it is a great building block to teach your players how to play the game. Even if you don't use this specific offense, we think you'll get lots of great ideas and rules that you might want to implement in your own motion offense. Lastly, we know this offense works. We have personally used a simpler variation of this offense and even though it was very simple, if you showed a little patience, it worked extremely well. The Open Post Offense adds a few variations that will make it even more effective. We really like the options and rules that Coach Perkins added. We think this is an excellent yet simple offense that any team can run. What Age Group Is This For? This offense works for any age level -- it's great for youth & high school teams. This would be a motion offense that I would recommend for youth teams or high school teams.