INTERMEDIATE SET PLAYS

7C. "North-South" Up-Pick (Strong-Side)

• The strong-side crease player triggers the play running to perform a north-south up-pick for the strong-side shooter. 

• At the same time, the point player begins to drag towards the shooter, who seals their check towards the middle. 

• As the point player and crease player are arriving at the shooter position, the strong-side shooter slips off of their seal towards the outside lane (Option #1) and the picker rolls towards the middle lane (Option #2). 

• If neither of those two options are open, the weak-side shooter filling into the point position is likely to be open (Option #3).

7D. "East-West" Up-Pick (On-Ball)  

• Players get into a "dice" formation, immediately or disguised within a regular passing cycle. 

• The ball is then passed to the strong-side shooter, which triggers the player in the middle (power forward) to set an east-west up pick on-ball. 

• The strong-side shooter comes overtop of the pick and shoots (Option #1), passes to the picker who has since rolled to the net (Option #2), or passes to the off-ball crease player who has moved up into the soft spot (Option #3).