Press Break Baseline Bomb - Youth Basketball Plays

by Peter
(Westminster, CO)

Here is one way to set up for a press break that could go for a quick hit score.

You will want to have your best passer throwing in the ball.

The other players set up in a box one on each corner of the key. One on each elbow and one each on the blocks.

The players in the blocks go up to set screens for the players at the elbows. The player on the elbow closest to the ball on the baseline cuts towards the ball. The player that set the screen for him releases down the court.

The player setting the screen on the elbow on the opposite side of the ball fakes the screen and goes toward the baseline stepping out of bounds.

Note: This play can only be run when the other team has just scored a basket.

The player passing the ball in has the option to pass to the player on his side that the screen was set for, or they can pass to the player that has stepped out of bounds at the baseline.

If they pass the ball to the other player that is out of bounds they can step in and set a screen for the player that is closest to them.

The player now with the ball has the option of throwing a long pass down the court to the player that set the screen and released. That is where you can get the quick hit score.

If that isn't there they can still get it into one of the other three players.