Princeton Offense PDF: Free Chin Set Download

What Is in the Free Princeton Offense PDF

The PDF includes a new cover followed by printed pages 6 through 10 from the Princeton Offense playbook. The first alignment diagram has been corrected to place the ball and post on the same side. The teaching pages retain their original numbering and three-column layout.

1. Princeton Offense Blueprint. The basic starting alignment, the strongside and weakside labels, and the player personnel chart that tells you which player fits each spot.
2. Chin Dribble Weave Entry. How Chin starts, the pass across the top, the coaching point on when the cutter leaves the post, and what happens when the wing has no pass.
3. Chin High. The same entry with a UCLA screen from the post, the weakside exchange, the backdoor for a layup, and the flare screen timing on the weakside.
4. Strongside Entry. Keyed by a pass to the strongside wing instead of across the top. The UCLA cut to the rim, the post stepping out high, and the down screen and flare screen that put the post in two three-man games at once.
5. Strongside Reads. The common read when the defender plays over the top of the flare screen, the post change in the Air Force version, and how the high school version keeps one post player so players learn only two spots.

The Starting Alignment, in Plain Words

Most coaches who search for a Princeton Offense PDF want the alignment first. The playbook is specific about it. The post starts on the ballside block. The two forwards start one step above the free throw line extended. The two guards start elbow extended, about three to four feet above the three point line. If your gym has volleyball lines, the playbook tells you to use those lines as the guard placement line.

The side with the ball is the strongside. The other side is the weakside. In the starting alignment, 5 begins on the ballside block. During the Chin entry, 5 moves to the strongside elbow for the screens.

How Chin Starts

Chin begins with a strongside handoff from 1 to 3 while 2 and 4 exchange on the weak side. Player 3 returns to the guard spot, then passes to 4, who passes to 2 on the wing. If the first options are covered, 2 dribbles up and the other players fill. The reversal from 2 to 1 to 4 can lead to 2's weakside UCLA cut off 5.

Time the backscreen cut with the wing pass. Player 3 leaves when the ball leaves 4 on its way to 2. Player 5 backscreens 3, then immediately flares 4. See the Chin lesson and the existing clinic video.

How to Use the PDF This Week

Start with printed pages 6 and 7, the two pages after the cover. Print them or zoom in on your phone to read the diagrams. Put one page on the whiteboard per practice segment. Walk the alignment 5 on 0, then run the dribble weave entry at controlled speed both directions. Add guided defense before you go live: tell the defender to deny once and sag once, and make the offense pick the right answer. When players can name the defensive trigger behind each read, move to the next page.

If you want the practice-by-practice version of that progression, the 10-Practice Princeton Offense Install Plan is also a free PDF, and it downloads directly with no email. Pair it with the install plan article for the teaching notes.

Free PDF vs. the Full Playbook

The free PDF is the first set only. The full playbook is the whole system. Here is the honest comparison so you know what you are getting.

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