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mattic
08-02-2005, 03:04 PM
Please provide meanings for:

Thumbs

Horns
08-02-2005, 03:10 PM
Horns is based on a type of play where there is a double on ball screen for the pg ( on pick either side), with a good pg, this can be a bitch to defend, we are playing a team in 2 weeks which run this for their pg, who is very good..(for more info on horns, PM me)

thumbs can be alot of different plays.. we run a thumbs down adn a thumbs up..

i am not sure if there is a orignal thumbs type play
fahootie
08-02-2005, 03:39 PM
horns (http://www.cybersportsusa.com/hooptactics/horns.asp)
F-Bomb
08-02-2005, 03:42 PM
horns (http://www.cybersportsusa.com/hooptactics/horns.asp)

That is an awesome site! Thanks mate.
08-02-2005, 03:44 PM
damn fathootie, i was trying to keep that site as least knwon as possible....

i love it.....


im always using hooptactics, and i have teh cybersports stat program on my computer here, which has so amny features, we can really get alot of information from our home games stats then what other people know
Coachpete
08-02-2005, 07:00 PM
Please provide meanings for:

Thumbs

Horns

Basically mate these things are just names for set plays. They aren't standard things and my team's version of thumbs might be called special or red or magic.....whatever.....by someone else.

There's a whole group of words that have become generic for basketball plays. Thumbs,horns,fist,high,low,up,special,regular,hand ,shirt........so on and so forth. They don't always mean the same thing......they're just words that are easy to remember and signal.
mattic
09-02-2005, 03:45 PM
Thanks very much to all that answered and gave their time so generously. :)

I feel almost guilty that I only posted this as a bit of a joke in honour of Gordie McLeod! :lol:

Almost...... :twisted:

The most I expected was a single reply of "lol!" :oops:

But that site is good!
Wallitron
09-02-2005, 04:04 PM
I've seen the term "Pass Around the Horn" used rarely also. I think it's a baseball term when they pass from 1st through to 3rd base. In basketball I think the Horn to mean the Point guy in a 1-2-2 type allignment, and thought "Horns" probably meant the wings spots. Can anyone clarify?

I think the Pigs Horns was running cutters off two guys standing on the wing.

As CP said, these are just things they can call using a hand signal (hopefully one handed so the PG can dribble). Just occasionally they use terms based on what the play actually looks like on the court, or on paper.
15-10-2005, 01:58 AM
in our mens aba team in gladstone.. the pg would signal hawks with both arm (flapping) while dribbling.. rather impressive when there was ball pressure on him :lol:
Poida
15-10-2005, 04:35 PM
Horns is based on a type of play where there is a double on ball screen for the pg ( on pick either side), with a good pg, this can be a bitch to defend, we are playing a team in 2 weeks which run this for their pg, who is very good..(for more info on horns, PM me)


You dont even have a team anymore DP :lol:
15-10-2005, 09:56 PM
gee Try Outs tomorrow should be fun then
Poida
16-10-2005, 03:30 PM
:lol: So what team you got DP?
16-10-2005, 08:33 PM
coaching with the 14 girls.... some good coaches to learn from too, whihc is hwy I moved back - so that turned out fantastic!!!
Poida
16-10-2005, 09:36 PM
Good work mate, lead them to a Nationals title!
aussieBaller
16-10-2005, 09:48 PM
Rock up to tryouts late did we dp.
16-10-2005, 10:13 PM
Good work mate, lead them to a Nationals title!

haha - the 4th team going to nationals this year

AB - me late for basketball.... well there is a first for everything :oops:
(it was more that I had it starting at 10am in my planner.. which wasn't right....)