Basketball Plays | Ettore Messina CSKA Moscow Horns Hi-Low Option Play by Aziz Qarouach

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September 18, 2013

Today’s basketball plays are on Ettore Messina and a CSKA Moscow Hi-Low Option Set Play

The Horns Set Play alignment has both post players coming high near the three point line on each side of the lane and when both set ball screen for the point guard, it looks like a “horns” on a bull. This is a basic horns set play alignment. The point guard is in the middle and the shooters are in the corners. You can run this offense against man to man or zone defenses. You will get pick and roll action, great shots for your shooters and the ball in your best post player’s hands.

The point guard will come off the ball screen looking to go to the basket or kicking the ball out for shooter. If the point guard decides to not attack then he can use the hi-low option into a pick and roll for the shooting guard. Feeding the post from a hi-low option allows for no help on the post. It’s a great half court set play that Ettore Messina has run to great success and you should take a look at it.

Ettore Messina is one of the best international basketball coaches in the game today. Famed Italian coach Ettore Messina, who served as a coaching consultant to coach Mike Brown last season, is going back to Europe to coach CSKA Moscow. Ettore Messina previously coached CSKA Moscow from 2005-08 and experienced great success, winning two Euroleague championships and four Russian SuperLeague titles in four seasons with the team.

We are proud to welcome Coach Aziz Qarouach who is the Head Coach of Chabab Rif Hoceima CRA 1st division Morocco. He is an excellent international basketball coach who is going to show several different basketball plays from the Euroleague and how they do basketball skill development over there.