Skip to content
Ball Coach AIBallCoach
Open Ball Coach

5-on-0 offensive flow

Rehearse entries and automatic spacing at game pace. Require verbal calls, hard cuts, and a finish before flowing into the next possession. 5 to 15 players, 2 baskets, about 12 minutes.

Add it to a practice plan
5-on-0 offensive flow drawn on a full court in 3 steps. 1. Fill five transition lanes: The point guard pushes the middle, both wings create width, the rim runner wins the basket, and the trailer arrives behind the ball. 2. Run the entry, then keep moving: The point guard reverses the ball, cuts hard, and the trailer fills the vacated space. The possession continues into the team's next automatic action. 3. Finish the advantage: The wing feeds the rim seal for the clean finish. After the rebound, all five outlet and flow immediately toward the other basket.
1. Fill five transition lanes: The point guard pushes the middle, both wings create width, the rim runner wins the basket, and the trailer arrives behind the ball. 2. Run the entry, then keep moving: The point guard reverses the ball, cuts hard, and the trailer fills the vacated space. The possession continues into the team's next automatic action. 3. Finish the advantage: The wing feeds the rim seal for the clean finish. After the rebound, all five outlet and flow immediately toward the other basket.Credit: Drawn by Ball Coach

What it needs

Players
5 to 15 players
Baskets
2 baskets
Court
Needs the full court
Time
About 12 minutes
Equipment
basketballs, clock, scoreboard or score sheet
Type
Team work, intermediate

Set it up

Use the full court with groups of five and one basketball per group. Place the first five behind the baseline in the team's transition alignment. A coach or player at half court calls one of the team's entries before the ball crosses half court. The next group waits behind the baseline until the possession finishes and the ball is cleared.

Run it

The point guard advances the middle third while the wings sprint outside the lane lines, the rim runner runs to the front of the rim, and the trailer arrives behind the ball. All five players communicate the entry and fill their spots before the point guard begins the action. Run the called entry at game speed with a hard cut, a purposeful screen or exchange, and the next automatic fill. Continue until the offense creates a paint touch, post touch, or uncontested catch-and-shoot opportunity; do not stop after the first pass. Finish the possession, secure the rebound with two hands, outlet, and flow to the opposite basket with players rotating positions on the next trip.

What to coach

Rehearse entries and automatic spacing at game pace. Require verbal calls, hard cuts, and a finish before flowing into the next possession.

Score it

Grade each trip out of three: one point when all five players establish correct transition spacing by the four-count, one when the called entry and the next automatic action are executed with timing and communication, and one for a paint finish or uncontested rhythm shot. A wrong spot, silent entry, jogged cut, or possession stopped after one pass removes the execution point. The group must earn 12 of 15 possible points before changing the entry.

Make it harder

Begin with one entry until the spacing and timing are clean. Add a second entry called after half court, then let the point guard choose between the two from the alignment. Finish by placing guided defenders at the nail and rim so the offense must make the correct continuation without turning the drill into live 5-on-5.

Use it in practice

Add to a practice plan

With a free Ball Coach account. You choose the practice it goes in; nothing is added until you confirm.

Need the whole practice? Build one with the free practice planner.

Where this drill comes from

Ball Coach wrote this drill for its practice planner's drill library. The curricula below shaped how the library organizes practice; no text or diagram is copied from them. The diagram is drawn by Ball Coach.