Start with one complete action that the players can recognize and finish. In Lee DeForest's system, Chin provides the starting entry and a familiar place to return when the wing has no passing option.
1. Establish the floor spots
Put 5 on the ballside block. Set the forwards one step above the free-throw line extended and the guards elbow extended above the arc. During the Chin entry, 5 moves to the strongside elbow. Teach that movement as part of the entry.
2. Teach the complete Chin entry
Player 1 hands off to 3 while 2 and 4 exchange. The ball moves from 3 to 4 to 2 on the wing. Player 3 cuts off 5 when the pass leaves 4. Player 5 immediately changes from the backscreen for 3 to the flare screen for 4.
Use the Chin diagrams and lesson to follow the numbers. Have players identify the pass that starts the cut before adding live defense.
3. Finish the covered-first-option possession
If 2 has no pass, 2 dribbles up and the other players fill. The reversal from 2 to 1 to 4 can send 2 through the weakside UCLA cut off 5. If the wing entry itself is denied, the ballhandler can dribble at the wing for the backdoor.
Practice those two situations separately. A covered cutter and a denied entry require different decisions.
4. Add one Low option
Feed 5 on the block, then run the selected split or cut. The playbook instructs the coach to establish one option before giving the players choices. The Low lesson describes the split, backcut, curl and Laker cut with their finish positions.
After the post passes out, teach the wing dribble-up into Chin. Add the pass-up into Point after the players learn the Point routes.
5. Teach Point with the post holding the ball
Use the Wave entry to help free 5 at the elbow. After 1 passes to 5, 1 chooses Over, Away or Under. Preserve the next action shown in the chosen diagram. Over's page 19 ball screen rolls 5. Away's page 17 continuation keeps 5 high.
6. Progress from rehearsal to a live decision
Rehearse the route, show a specific defensive response, then let the defense choose. Return to the full five-player action after a breakdown. The drill guide explains what each source drill practices.
Advance when players can keep the spacing and continue without a new coach call. The ten-practice outline is an adaptable planning example. Repeat a teaching block when the group needs it.
Keep a useful early attack
Lee's player notebook allows any player to initiate the push after a defensive rebound. Attack an available advantage, then enter the familiar half-court action when that opportunity is gone. Judge pace by the opportunity and the decision.
Use the diagrams with the lesson
Teaching reference: Lee DeForest's Princeton Offense Blueprint, printed pages 6-24.