3.2 ATTACKING SYSTEMS
(h) RIGHT-ANGLE PLAY
Exercise to keep rotating within the 2-2 system
Four players per korf. See the figure for the basic organisation.
A. A1 and A2 are both supporting players, A3 and A4 are the attackers. A2 has the ball, which is then played to A3 who has previously made an in-out movement. The ball is subsequently played to A4 and then A1, who has moved to the side away from the post. A2 tries to come in front under the post but we assume that this is not possible and so the ball goes back in the opposite direction: from A1 to A4 to A3 and once again to A2 who has again moved away from the post. Thus the ball moves “around” the korf (although it is never played behind the post).
B. As A, but A4 and A3 occasionally take a distance shot. The shots of A4 are rebounded by A2 and those of A3 by A1.
C. The beginning is once again like A. The ball goes from A2 to A3 to A4 to A1. Then A2 arrives in front of the post. A1 plays the ball to A2. A3 performs an attacking action (either running-in or veering-off) and receives the ball from A2 who also rebounds the shot. The players take up the initial positions again and the ball moves round again. Each time A1 or A2 manages to come in front under the post, an attacking action follows.
D. As C, but A2 moves away from the post again after giving the assist. Now there are two possibilities: A3 can shoot, or the ball is played to A2 who can shoot with a half-turn. In both cases, A1 rebounds.
Perform the exercises with defenders – these are especially important for the assist players. Otherwise, the circulating of the ball can be interrupted occasionally with a diagonal pass, or by playing the ball around the back of the post (from A1 to A2 or vice-versa). Other variations for the attackers can easily be integrated.