Tom Davis and the FLEX offense

[Franisdaman]

The full text of the tweet:

The FLEX offense originated with Dr. Tom Davis, who coached at Stanford, Iowa and BC.

But it was 2 of his assistants, Gary Williams and Bruce Pearl, who modernized the flex offense into what we see today. It's also important to note that it inspired John Beilein's vaunted 'Shuffle Series' (Princeton + Flex).

In the modern era, flex cuts are seen in virtually every offense as a read or as a counter. The only difference is instead of 5 guys being 15 feet from the hoop, like in the early 2000s with Juan Dixon, Gary Williams and the National Champion Terps, spacing has been infused into it.

On target/on time is THE key with the FLEX offense, as demonstrated below with Bruce Pearls' Tigers.

Auburn- Flex
Shallow | RIP |

* Normally the empty side DHO post RIP is the action you get here.

 

[bojihawk44]

Great offense. We ran out in high school and even made a coaching tutorial DVD on it with our coach playing director. Ended up making about $50/player in "royalties" from the sales of it.

CSB.

 

[TailgateTom]

Great offense. We ran out in high school and even made a coaching tutorial DVD on it with our coach playing director. Ended up making about $50/player in "royalties" from the sales of it.

CSB.

Look at you cashing in on NIL before it was cool!

That really is a CSB though--I hope you have a copy still

 

[Fan In Black]

we ran Bobby Knights motion in HS. I loved it. Didn't have to memorize a million sets.

 

[bojihawk44]

Look at you cashing in on NIL before it was cool!

That really is a CSB though--I hope you have a copy still

Haha, no doubt.

Still got the DVD down in my basement.

 

[Hawksfor3]

The full text of the tweet:

The FLEX offense originated with Dr. Tom Davis, who coached at Stanford, Iowa and BC.

But it was 2 of his assistants, Gary Williams and Bruce Pearl, who modernized the flex offense into what we see today. It's also important to note that it inspired John Beilein's vaunted 'Shuffle Series' (Princeton + Flex).

In the modern era, flex cuts are seen in virtually every offense as a read or as a counter. The only difference is instead of 5 guys being 15 feet from the hoop, like in the early 2000s with Juan Dixon, Gary Williams and the National Champion Terps, spacing has been infused into it.

On target/on time is THE key with the FLEX offense, as demonstrated below with Bruce Pearls' Tigers.

Auburn- Flex
Shallow | RIP |

* Normally the empty side DHO post RIP is the action you get here.

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Just a great screen to open the baseline for the layup.

 

[LukaDuka]

Great offense. We ran out in high school and even made a coaching tutorial DVD on it with our coach playing director. Ended up making about $50/player in "royalties" from the sales of it.

CSB.

which is nice