Basic principles of the Dribble Drive Motion

As devised by Walberg, the Dribble drive motion offense is predicated on some basic principles. Like the Princeton offense, it is a "four-out" offense. That is, only one "post" player (generally the center) plays under the basket, while the other four players play the "perimeter", outside of the three-point line. Unlike the Princeton offense, which is built upon passing to players who cut towards the basket, the Memphis offense uses a player (usually the point guard) to dribble-drive towards the basket. Depending on the response of the defense, the driving player can either take a lay-up, pass to the post player to shoot, or "kick-out" pass to one of the perimeter players. If the ball is returned to the perimeter, the player that receives the pass either takes a three-point shot, or dribble-drives to the basket themselves, restarting the entire process.

The offense uses no set plays, and instead relies on the speed and decision making of its players, primarily the point guard. "I feel we're teaching kids how to play basketball instead of how to run plays" says Walberg of his offense. Coaches that rely upon the offense, such as Wahlberg himself, as well as Memphis coach John Calipari, do most of their coaching work in practices rather than games. Calipari himself has changed his coaching style greatly to adapt to the Dribble drive motion style of play.

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