Overload Right

Instructions

1. 1Start spread: point guard up top with the ball, a guard on each wing, the power forward on the right block, the center on the weak-side lane
2. 2The center flashes diagonally across to the ball-side elbow and calls for the entry
3. 3The point guard hits the center at the elbow and fills down to the right wing behind the pass
4. 4The power forward clears out of the right block across to the weak-side block, emptying the strong-side paint
5. 5The right-wing guard cuts down the sideline into the block the power forward just left, and seals
6. 6That is the overload: point guard on the wing, center at the elbow, guard on the block, all on the right side
7. 7Option 1 - the center drops it straight down the lane line to the sealed guard
8. 8Option 2 - the center kicks back out to the point guard on the wing, who feeds the block from the corner angle
9. 9Option 3 - the center swings it across to the small forward lifting to the top, who feeds the block over the top of the defense
10. 10Whichever feed is used, the guard finishes at the rim

Pro Tips

• The seal is what makes all three options work - if the guard catches without sealing, none of the three angles are open
• The power forward's clear-out has to be early; a late clear means two bodies in the lane and no room to seal
• The point guard fills the wing rather than standing at the top, which is what turns a normal entry into an overload
• Read the help, not the clock: option 1 if the defense stays home, option 2 if they front the block, option 3 if they dig from the weak side
• Option 3 is the slowest of the three, so the small forward has to lift as the entry pass is in the air, not after
• The center should catch facing the rim - turning to face gives all three reads at once instead of one at a time
• Run the mirror of it to the left in practice so the set is not a tell as soon as the center flashes