10 basketball cuts to get open and receive a pass, and the 11th cut is Allen Iverson Cut.

There are 10 major basketball cuts to get open and receive a pass for an individual on an offensive situation.  Here are the 10 major cuts plus one extra cut:

1. Backdoor Cut
2. V-Cut
3. L-Cut
4. Curl-Cut
5. Flare-Cut
6. Deep-Cut
7. UCLA-Cut
8. Front-Cut
9. Shallow-Cut
10. Flash-Cut
11. Iverson-Cut

The following link gives the detailed explanation of the cuts and they are frequently used and seen on introductory to advanced levels of games.

The Iverson Cut is named after Allen Iverson and it is a cut where a player starts cutting from a baseline to the wing vertically, and usually receives a ball outside of the three point line.  It is amazing to see how this cut is named after a player which tells much of the influence to the game by the hall of fame.

How many more cuts are there?

SMB7S Coach Seita

http://www.basketballforcoaches.com/cutting/