A good BLOB play can be used to create actions that makes it hard for a defense to defend. Good offensive actions can be easier to create in a BLOB play because the inbounds pass will put the offense into a scoring position. When an offense uses simple movements to create hard actions to defend then the offense should be able to get easy scoring chances.
The floppy action is a great offensive action. A player is given the option to use a double screen to one side and a single screen to the opposite. This is hard to defend because the offensive player can read the defender and run away from the defender knowing a screen is going to be there. As soon as the defender picks a side to be on, the offensive player is running to the other side.
This is a great play because it gets into position very quickly leaving the defense no time to understand what is happening. It is a simple play for the offense yet very hard for a defense to defend.
The play starts out in a normal box set. The big(4) cuts out to the corner for the inbounds pass. The guard(2) cuts across the lane using a screen by the point(1). The big(4) will pass the ball up to the guard(2). These 2 passes gets the ball to the guard(2) and starts to get everybody into the right positions.
The guard(2) will dribble to the top of the key to center the basketball. The basketball needs to be centered because the floppy action is a read of the defense. The forward(3) steps into the middle of the lane. The forward(3) will be using the floppy action. They will decide whether to go to the left or the right. This is why the ball needs to be centered. The forward(3) can go to either side of the court. The guard(2) will watch the forward(3) and dribble to the side of the court the forward(3) is moving towards.
The point(1) steps down to the center(5) to give the double screen. The big(4) steps into the block to provide the single screen side. The forward(3) is in between the two screens. The point(1) and center(5) are setting the double screen. The big(4) is setting the single screen. And the guard(2) has the ball centered watching and waiting for the forward(3) to move to one side or the other.
The forward(3) now has the option of the using the floppy action. The forward(3) can run out to the right using the single screen by the big(4). If the forward(3) runs out to the right then the guard(2) will change direction to make the pass to the forward(3) running out to the right.
The forward(3) can also run out to the left using the double screen by the center(5) and point(1). The guard(2) will continue to dribble around the top to pass the ball to the forward(3) running out to the left.
The forward(3) reads their defender to determine which side to run out. The read is made by running away from the side the defender is standing on. If the defender is standing to the right, then the forward(3) will run out left. If the defender is standing on left side of the forward(3), then the forward(3) will right out to the right.
The last option that I always like to include in any floppy action is using the double screen to flow back into a single screen. If the forward(3) runs out to the left using the center(5) and point(1)’s double screen, then the point(1) will run back out to the right once the forward(3) clears the double screen. This counter will get an offense a wide open shot if the defense reads and reacts to the double screen.
If the defense sees the double screen, then a defender will overplay the screen. This is usually the top defender in the double screen. The point(1) is the top of the double screen so their defender will jump over the double screen to help on the forward(3). By having the point(1) run out to the single screen, the defender will be left on the other side of the court. This will leave the point(1) wide open on the backside with the big(4) screening the first defender to react to the point(1). This is a great movement to add to any floppy action.
This is a great play if the forward(3) can read the defense and run out to the correct side. It also gives a good shooter the ability to catch and shoot out of a BLOB play without the defense knowing what it going to happen beforehand. The inbounder corner screen is a play that every coach and just about every player has ran before. This is a similar play but gives the forward(3) an option if the defense is overplaying the corner screen. The forward(3) can run out away from the overplay and still get a wide open shot.
This BLOB play is very similar to the corner screen play but changes just enough to make it completely different. This play adds a floppy action that makes it a very difficult play to defend. The offense has multiple actions to score. This makes it very hard for any defense to stop all possible scoring options.
