Shuffle offense as an offensive strategy in basketball, developed in the early 1950s by Bruce Drake at the University of Oklahoma. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Bruce Drake ( December 5, 1905 – December 4, 1983) was a college men's basketball coach University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U It was later used by Bob Spear, who fast the first head basketball coach of the United States Air Force Academy from 1957-71. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air The shuffle offense is an offense that has all five players rotate in each of the five shuffle positions. So this offense would be an option for a team that has good ball-handlers but is not blessed with height or a strong dominant post player (which is why Spear used it at Air Force, who has a height restriction).
Legendary coach Dean Smith of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also taught the shuffle offense. Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28 1931 is a retired head coach of men’s college Basketball. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research
Further reading
- Smith, Dean (1998). Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28 1931 is a retired head coach of men’s college Basketball. Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 0205291198.
External links
- The Coache's Clipboard: Shuffle Offense
- Offensive Basketball Plays: Formation Shuffle Offense
- HoopTactics: Shuffle Offense
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