Andreas Rauh
Andreas Rauh
Published 24 December 2023

5 Out - Dribble Penetration Rotations

In the 5-out offense, when a player drives to the basket all players rotate to fill the spots
Player dribble attacks the zone
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  • 2 drives right into the paint - therefore, everyone else rotates to the right
  • 5, since there is nowhere on the right to go to, cuts baseline. This may look like it causes traffic but it actually provides solid backdoor opportunities and clears out space for 2 to get to the other side of the rim
  • 3, 1, and 4 all cut right
Pass Out
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  • If 2 kicks it out, the offense then goes back to 5-Out Rules
  • 4 and 5 fill up to the next spots
Fill Empty Spot
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  • This leaves one spot for 2 to fill into
  • Now, the offense continues
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