Cuse Motion

Coach’s variation from POWLAX

The play, beat by beat

On a high-wing dodge: the top man fades to the other side, the crease mirrors the dodge, and the backside middie cuts the middle.
Dodge down the alley or sweep to the middle. On a sweep only the crease man and the dodger change spots; the shape stays the same.
When their crease defender slides, look for the cutter in the middle: backside defenders who do not talk leave him open. If their low defender rotates up early, the back pipe is open.
Duke's add-on: the crease man sets a pick up top first, then fills the top spot on an alley dodge or the wing spot on a sweep.
This is POWLAX's reading of the Cuse motion, a coach's variation. No second publisher describes a Cuse motion.

Only one source describes it: one coach’s or one program’s own take. We found no second source to check it against. Coach’s variation from POWLAX.

4 beats

Settled offense · 3-1-2 · also called 2-1-3

Coach’s variation from POWLAX

On a high-wing dodge: the top man fades to the other side, the crease mirrors the dodge, and the backside middie cuts the middle.
Dodge down the alley or sweep to the middle. On a sweep only the crease man and the dodger change spots; the shape stays the same.
When their crease defender slides, look for the cutter in the middle: backside defenders who do not talk leave him open. If their low defender rotates up early, the back pipe is open.
Duke's add-on: the crease man sets a pick up top first, then fills the top spot on an alley dodge or the wing spot on a sweep.
This is POWLAX's reading of the Cuse motion, a coach's variation. No second publisher describes a Cuse motion.

Only one source describes it: one coach’s or one program’s own take. We found no second source to check it against. Coach’s variation from POWLAX.