Basketball Plays

This drill puts players in live 3-on-3 situations using only Horns-based actions. It reinforces spacing, timing, and offensive execution while challenging defenders to communicate, switch, and contain within the Horns framework. It also encourages players to apply multiple variations of Horns—not just run a script.

This drill trains both offensive decision-making and defensive pressure within the Horns setup. Offensive players work on making live reads out of an elbow entry, while defenders focus on denying entry passes, applying tight ball pressure, and disrupting timing—exactly the kind of resistance they'll face in a real game.

Horns Elbow Get is a variation of Horns High-Low Action

Horns Stagger is a stagger action out of the Horns alignment. Blast is another term for a backdoor cut. Combining the two creates a Horns Stagger variation.

Horns Flex: perhaps the most well-known and oldest offensive action out of the Horns setup

A high-low pass out of the Horns alignment is effective when you have a big who can pass from the high post and another who can establish strong position inside.

The split action is when the ball is passed from the point guard to one of the bigs at the elbow, and the point guard they immediately screens for the other big at the elbow or for the player in the strongside corner. This creates a quick two-man screening action on the perimeter, commonly referred to as a "split."

Zoom Action is an action where the player receives an off-ball screen and handoff to initiate the offense. Horns Zoom is Zoom Action in Horns alignment.

The ball handler can initiate the offense by passing to one of the bigs at the elbow, then immediately following the pass to receive a simple handoff. As soon as the pass is made, the opposite big cuts hard toward the basket, looking to draw help or slip behind the defense.