Motion Offense Basketball Animation

"We do not have an offense that involves patterns. I do not believe in teaching plays, I believe in teaching our kids how to make plays." - Bob Knight

Motion offense is a flexible offense that features player movement, floor spacing, passing and cutting, and screening. The origin of "motion offense" is usually credited to coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma State, and his assistant Bloomer Sullivan (who became a great coach in his own right at Southeastern Oklahoma State University). It was further developed and popularized by coach Bob Knight at Indiana, who used screening as a key part of the offense.

Rather than running set plays (which can also be used in motion offense), players move within a basic set of rules. Players move freely to open areas on the court. This allows for more flexibility than just running set plays, and is usually effective against any kind of defense - man-to-man, zone or "junk" defenses.

Motion offense can be run with almost any set - 3-out, 4-out, 5-out, etc. Once the basic concepts are learned, special patterns and plays can be designed by the coach to take advantage of his team's offensive strengths.

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