Been running this offense, when the situation called for it, since I learned it by watching UNC and Phil Ford run it in 1978. Quick story, 25 years later we lost to a team 3 times in one season by 1, 8, and 20 pts and then met them again in a regional semi final. I had to do something different because they had more talent than us. Got a quick lead in that game and went four corners (we called it Carolina) the entire game and made them play a lot of defense. No shot clock in high school basketball. Went on to win that game by 13 pts. My big guy had 5 windmill dunks because of guard penetration.
I recently got back into coaching and found this offense right before the end of season tournament. We made it to the championship game and faced a team that beat us by 30 points in the regular season. This team scored 72 points in their semifinal game and looked unbeatable. We paired this offense with a full court press on D. We held them to 24 points on our way to victory!! Thank you for sharing! I feel like you share in our championship!
@@EzzysOji my dad did a 20 year break too lol. Head coach in the late 70s… got out to start business, got back in to coach me early 2000s. Thanks for watching
Yeah, that's a good offense to run for end of the game when your ahead. But, we also have a shot clock where I coach (high school), so needless to say we still have to hit some rim and get the rebound if we don't score or get fouled to to get a shot clock restart.
You need very good guard play with this to work and multiple very good guards that can take people off the dribble. It is a delay tactic, but honestly with great guards anything can be.
Agree. I don’t think they need to be superior in talent, but they need to be trained and disciplined. Running this without guards you trust will backfire surely
@@MattHackenberg I think you do need guards superior in talent to run this set if you goal is to create scoring opportunities by beating guys off the dribble. If you are only using it as delay then I agree, you need solid guards that are smart and can handle trap/pressure defense.
@@RobertSmith-ow5kf Yes, agree. The concept has no “actions” to help create advantages, only spacing. In theory, we run sets/actions to make it easier to score, as opposed to just running an open gym offense. So with no actions to help create, talent becomes the driving factor. I never ran this apart from a game management strategy when the defense had an incentive to extend, like being behind or it being obviously advantageous for them to want a faster paced game
Winning basketball simplified: Box out, rebound, find the outlet man (one nearest the halfcourt line, preferably), run the fastbreak if the numbers are there, if not set up your offense, score, build at least an 8-10 point lead...repeat throughout the game, run the 4-corner offense at 1:30, win.... Oh, yeah....and play defense.
