Attack Deception: Pause, Read Cover, Then Speed the Open Side

Summary

Tanner shares a pro deception pattern: when you get a dead ball you could attack, pause behind it, watch where the opponent sits to cover, and dink it back instead.

On the next dead ball you already know their cover — speed up the other side without thinking. The first “fake attack” buys the read for the real one.

Key takeaways

• On first dead ball: pause, read cover, dink
• On next dead ball: speed up the open side
• Deception = use one ball to scout, the next to punish

Action items

• In drilling, force one “scout dink” before any speed-up is allowed
• Call out opponent cover side before you attack