Below you'll find over 100 basketball plays for youth, middle school, high school, and college coaches. These basketball plays are organized by category, to help you find what you need:

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Below you'll find 7 youth basketball plays that are perfect for players ages 7-13. Not only will you see the plays, but you'll hear expert coaches providing the nuances and key teaching points that lead to game-time execution.

Of course, basketball plays should be a minimal part of your offensive attack at the youth level. Additionally, you should use simple basketball plays. Complexity often leads to confusion.

If your team can master a couple of these, while also learning basic offensive principles, you will be in great shape!

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It seems that almost everyone loves to draw up set plays and come up with new ways to get easy buckets for their team.

It's not surprising because there's nothing more exciting than drawing up a special play to get a basket when you really need it!

But before we get too far, let's define a set play so we're all on the same page...

What is a set basketball play?

A set play is a strategically planned and choreographed sequence of movements to get open shots and score points.

Set plays are quick hitters to score points at a certain point during the game. They should not be your entire offensive system.

When should you use set basketball plays?

A set play typically adds a twist to an offense. It gives you the opportunity to show the defense something different to keep them off balance. Plays can run into your motion offense, or you could choose to run a play after running your offense for a certain amount of time.

Set plays are most commonly run out of the following special situations:

• After time outs
• At the beginning of games (right after the tip off)
• At the end of the game
• When your offense is stagnant
• After your secondary break

How do you choose the right set plays for your team?

To choose the right set plays, you need to consider the following:

• What offense will you run? It's best to choose set plays that have the same formation as your offensive set. So for example, if you run your primary offense from a box set, it's best to choose plays that have a similar box formation. This way the defense doesn't get a cue to what's coming.
  
  
• What type of talent do you have on your team? This is important. If you have a phenomenal post player that is great at scoring inside, then you'll want to choose lots of plays that will get them open inside. If your post game is poor but you have great shooters and ball handlers, then choose plays that spread things out and keep the defense off balance. You'll need to carefully consider your players strengths and weaknesses when choosing your set plays.
  
  
• What coaching style do you have? Not much needs to be said about this because it happens naturally. But this is a consideration. Are you a conservative coach that likes to slow things down and execute in the half court? Do you want to run and gun? Do you want to shoot lots of three pointers? All this will reflect the plays that you choose.
  
  
• What are your plays designed for? Most coaches have a dozen or so plays in their back pocket to deal with various situations. So the first thing you should do is make a list of the various situations you want to be prepared for. Here are some types of basketball plays you might want or need:
  • Plays to get post players open
  • Plays when you need a basket
  • Basketball plays for end of game situations
  • Plays for the end of periods

But keep in mind, sometimes less is more, it's better to just have a few good plays, that your players become really good at, rather than overloading your team with too many basketball plays.

Here are 16 Tips For Running Effective Plays

Tip #1 - Stress execution

The reason that set plays work so well is that you have the opportunity to practice them ahead of time. However, if you don't stress execution and make sure your players are doing things correctly, then your plays will be lack luster.

You'll need to make sure that your players are setting solid screens, rubbing off screens shoulder to shoulder, setting up their man before the screen, cutting quickly to the basket, and so on.


Tip #2 - Stress concentration

Again, the reason set plays can be effective is because they can be practiced and executed to near perfection. This means your players really need to concentrate to run it correctly. The concentration starts in your practices and continues into games.


Tip #3 - Make sure players know their roles

If the key to a certain play is to have a screener that jab steps to set up their man and set a solid back screen, make sure they know their job. It takes five players all working together to make the play successful.

As always, communicating with your players and letting them know their roles makes you more successful. This gets your players to take ownership, feel more involved, and improve the execution of your plays.


Tip #4 - Timing

Timing is critical in order to run plays effectively. It can also be one of the trickiest things for coaches and players to master.

If your screener leaves too early, then your shooter will be open before the ball gets to them. And by the times the ball arrives, the defense has already recovered and the open shot is gone!

You'll need to constantly monitor and be aware of your timing.


Tip #5 - Practice

The recurring theme to all these tips revolves around practice. Practice is where points are scored. You should continually practice and refine your plays so your players know their roles, fundamentals, and everything so they can run the play in their sleep. Repetition, repetition, repetition!


Tip #6 - Run your plays for the right people

Great coaches get the ball in the hands of the players at the right time so they can succeed. At the end of the game, you might want to get the ball in the hands of your best player. Or perhaps you'll want to position your players on their favorite side of the floor. Bottom line, your plays have to fit your players.


Tip #7 - Maintain good spacing

Plenty of spacing between your players is important because it keeps the defense honest and spread out -- so your offense has more room to cut and drive to the basket.

It's much easier to play good defense against a team that has their players bunched together because there's less ground to cover.

That's why almost all the successful coaches stress good spacing. Not only does it give you more scoring opportunities, but it prevents defenses from easily trapping your team.


Tip #8 - Design your plays to flow into the offense

In a perfect world, all your plays finish in the same formation of your primary offense. This allows you to immediately flow into your offense without hesitating. This means the defense doesn't have a chance to recover and can also reduce your team's turnovers (because they won't have to scramble to reset the offense).


Tip #9 - Put your players in good position to get the rebound

Coaches often overlook offensive rebounding when designing plays and this could increase your scoring significantly. Can you get a second or third shot if a miss occurs? Where are your best rebounders located when the shot is taken?

Make sure to position your players appropriately to set them up for success. If a particular play does not provide you with good rebounding position, you might want to re-evaluate the play.


Tip #10 - Teach players to react to the defense

Even though you want your players to know all the plays, you never want them to become mechanical within the plays. When defenses overplay a pass, the player should recognize this and execute a back-door cut.

Teaching your players how to read the defense and react does take time, but it's time well spent! This pays off late in the season and in the playoffs. Almost all good teams will play this style in the playoffs and into championship games because no coach in his right mind is going to let you get into your set plays.

Why not teach from day one how to make proper cuts and screens based on how the defense is playing? That will make your plays even more difficult to defend.


Tip #11 - Teach the fundamentals

No matter what type of offense or plays you use, you must teach your players the fundamentals.

To get the most from your team, you should teach and emphasize the basics of passing, cutting, screening, setting up the defender, reading the defense, and so on.

This is before you even begin running your plays. They need to know how to dribble and shoot. They need to understand how to do a pivot. They need to understand when to do a back-door cut versus a v-cut. They need to understand when to slip a screen on a screen and roll.

It doesn't matter what level of play you are at, you cannot get away from the basics.


Tip #12 - Have big players screen for smaller guards

If the defense chooses to switch on screens, then this creates mismatches and problems for the defense. You can clear out the lane for your post player or you could clear a wing so your guard can take the bigger, slower post player to the basket. Make sure to try this during scrimmages and practices to make sure your players recognize the switches and mismatches.


Tip #13 - Make sure the help side defense is occupied

Whether you're using one of our plays or designing your own, be sure that the help side of the defense is occupied. What's happening away from the ball? Are your players standing or moving to keep their defenders out of the play?

Some players don't take their part seriously because the ball is away from them. But they need to know their role is just as important, even though they are simply a decoy to keep the defense occupied. As a coach, be sure to keep an eye this.


Tip #14 - Make sure you get the type of shot you want

Your plays should always have a purpose and don't let yourself or your players lose sight. Do you want a lay up out of the inbounds? Do you want to get to the free throw line? Do you want a quick post up?

Sometimes it's really easy for players to force things because they anticipate a certain shot will be open. So be sure your players understand the type of shot you want.


Tip #15 - Run plays from the same initial set

You should use plays that run off your initial offensive sets. For example, if you run a 1-2-2 set, you should use this same set with your plays. It provides simplicity for the players and the defense gets confused more easily.

If the defense knows that you run a certain play out of a certain set, they'll know what to look for. If your plays occur in the same set, they won't know what play comes next.


Tip #16 - Have visual and verbal cues to let your team know which play to run

It's best to have both verbal and visual cues for your players so you can make sure your players get the message. There's nothing worse than having four players run the play to perfection and one guy has no idea what's happening.

Sometimes the crowd is noisy and your players can't hear you. And other times your players have their back to you. So have both types of cues ready for any situation.

Once you learn the basics from the article above, here are a few set plays for you to try out:

Basketball Man to Man Plays

Zoom Action Basketball Plays

8 Zoom Sets - More great zoom sets! These plays have various starting points and scoring actions. Something for everyone!

1-4 Zoom Series - 2 Nate Steege plays from a 1-4 set that masks the zoom action and opens the basket area for drives and rolls.

Charlotte - This play is perfect against teams that try to blow up your hand-offs or zooms. Your big flips the action and gets the guard the ball coming back the other way, using the defense's momentum against them.

Zoom Action Offense from Toledo & Pitt - These plays show the different ways D1 men's college teams flow into zoom action. Pick what works best for you and punish the defense.

Uconn & Purdue Zoom Action - Steal some of the best zoom sets from the two best teams in college basketball in 2023-2024 for effective results.

Pacers Zoom Slob - Zoom action can be run with out of bounds plays, too. This play from the Pacers flows into a staggered zoom that opens up a shot or triple gap.

Post Up Basketball Plays

UNI Play - this play starts with a double drag screen and then gets into a screen the screener action to isolate your best player on the block.

Indiana Ghost Hi-Lo - this play uses a ghost screen to shift the post defender. After a quick reversal, the offense looks hi-lo to the post player at the rim.

1-3-1 Cutters - This is a continuity action from a 1-3-1 look that uses back screens to put pressure on the rim and get your team a layup.

Temple 5 out - this is a series of 3 plays from a 5-out look. They show multiple ways to get the ball inside depending on who you want to post up.

Triple - triple uses a variety of screening options to occupy the defense. These prevent them from being prepared to guard the hi-lo that leaves your post open at the rim.

Michigan - a simple 3 out 2 in action that can be a play or an offense for you. It relies on away screens to open up passes to the interior of the defense.

Kentucky - a versatile play that works against man and zone. It has multiple looks to get the ball inside, including a back screen, a hi-lo, and a cross screen.

Loyola - this play has your post setting multiple screens that clear out the basket area before sealing to catch a hi-lo pass and score at the rim.

Duke - Duke creates post-up opportunities for multiple players. It uses rip screens and ball screens to get players in position to catch in the post. The ball movement takes the defense out of position.

Drag - this can be run 2 different ways to isolate your best post player. You can either pick and pop into a hi-lo or you can roll and replace if you want to post your screener. Versatile and easy to learn!

Overload - a 3 out 2 in play that creates a 1-on-1 situation for your best post player on the block or gives your best driver an open side of the floor to attack.

Rolling - this play uses a horns set. It allows you to post the rolling player or set a back screen for the opposite post to put them in position to post off a lob or hi-lo.

4 Out Swing Rattle - a simple play to learn but hard to guard! Rattle puts your 2 best drivers in a hand-off situation while simultaneously running your best shooter off an elevator screen.

Houston Rockets Box Set - Big Man - this play sets 3 screens for your best post player. It starts with a stagger screen and flows into a cross screen. The defense is sure to get lost in the shuffle, allowing your post player a scoring opportunity inside.

5 Quick Hitters for Your Motion Offense - these box plays start the same but end differently. That makes it hard for the defense to know what's coming. Each action uses different types of screens to open up players for shots, including multiple post entries.

3 Man Series Play - this series of plays is out of a 1-4 high look. This is effective because it enables your post to move to the block, preventing the defense from keying in on them from the start of the possession.

Red - another 1-4 high set that has your post player set a ball screen before receiving a cross screen in the post from a guard, making it hard to switch without creating a mismatch.

San Antonio - the Spurs used this play to get layups for Kawhi Leonard during their glory days. It clears a side before setting a back screen that sends your scorer to the rim.

3 Point Man To Man Basketball Plays

UNI Play - This play starts with a double drag screen and then gets into a screen-the-screener action to isolate your best player on the block.

5 Out Zinger - This play uses misdirection to open up a 3-point opportunity. It ends with your shooter taking a handoff that turns into a screen to free them for a 3.

Hammer - Hammer screens are really hard to guard! This hammer action play tricks the defense into helping on a baseline drive while sending a player to the opposite corner for an open 3.

Heat Flare - This is a simple horns flare action that the Heat ran for Ray Allen for years. It is tough to switch the flare without creating a mismatch, which often leaves your best shooter open for a 3.

Cincy - Man or Zone - Cincy uses misdirection to create an open 3. After entering the ball to one side, a player comes off a double screen on the other side. The ball is skipped over the helping defender for an open 3.

Flex Skip - If you like flex action, this is a great counter. After the defense is used to the regular pattern, try this play. It takes advantage of a cheating defense to get an open 3.

Uconn Ballscreen Stagger - This play starts with a ball screen to shift the defense. It ends with your best shooter running off a stagger for an open wing 3. Use one of Danny Hurley's best sets to get your shooter a look.

3 3 Point Plays - If you're looking for a trio of 3-point plays for different players, check these out. They are simple but effective, using different actions to free shooters.

Miami - This is the play Kansas used to send the NCAA Championship Game against Memphis in 2008 to overtime. It has a quick 3-point option followed by additional actions.

Gate Elevator - Another deceptive play that uses an Iverson cut to mask an elevator action for your shooter.

Kansas - This play uses multiple stagger screens on and off the ball. It ends with a stagger screen for a shooter to get a shot at the top of the key.

Runner - This play uses a quick reversal and baseline stagger to free your best shooter. It is ideal for short-clock situations when you need a 3.

Ok State - This play uses a ball screen that flips into a flare screen, making the shooter's defender guard two tough screening actions in a row. The flare leads to a skip for an open 3. If that's not open, the big slips for a layup.

Flex Man To Man Basketball Plays

3 Essential Flex Offense Plays - 1-4 High Set - These plays mask your flex action by starting in a 1-4 high. This creative starting point prevents the defense from knowing what's coming.

Swing Variation - This is a twist on the traditional swing offense. It uses back screens, which are hard to guard, to confuse the defense and get an easy look at the rim.

Flex v Switch - Switching is a common tactic against flex teams. This play shows you how to punish teams that switch and get an easy bucket.

Flex Offense Play - Strong Side Ball Screen - This play starts with a ball screen and stagger before flowing into the flex. It's a great way to look for a quick basket before settling into your offense.

Flex Plays - These flex plays allow you to attack where you have an advantage. This package of plays has something for everyone, allowing you to pick what works best for your team.

Flex Skip - If you like flex action, this is a great counter. After the defense is used to the regular pattern, try this play. It takes advantage of a cheating defense to get an open 3.

Flex Pro Plays - Two quick hitters from pro teams that use different formations to set up their flex action. Masking your flex action is a great way to prevent teams from knowing what's coming.

Ballscreen Basketball Plays

Drag - Run this play two different ways to isolate your best driver or best post player. Use either a pick-and-pop into a hi-lo or roll and replace to post your screener.

Billeter Ball Screen - A second option against trapping defenses. This one pops instead of short rolling. Once the ball is reversed out of the trap, you'll have a numbers advantage on the other side.

3 Man Series Play - This series of plays is out of a 1-4 high look. This is effective because it removes the help at the rim, allowing players to attack more easily off the ball screens.

Cross - This play uses two ball screens. The first will surprise the defense because it's for your post. The second is a cross screen to a wing ball screen, allowing the screener to get separation for the ball screen.

Kansas - This play uses multiple stagger screens on and off the ball. The double drag is meant to help your best ball handler break down the defense. It ends with a stagger screen for a shooter to get a shot at the top of the key.

Follow - This play uses misdirection (via a running slip) and a ball reversal to set up a ball screen for your best guard.

Double Drag - Make the traditional ball screen a little more unpredictable by using a simple double drag screen. This clears the basket area for driving and rolling.

Step - This play uses a step-up screen, which means the ball screen is set flat. This makes it really hard for the screener's defender and gets your guard attacking with a head of steam.

41 X - This is a Princeton-based set. It confuses the defense with screening and cutting before getting into the ball screen action. This one puts the defense in a blender!

Temple 5 Out - This is a series of three plays from a 5-out look. They allow you to isolate your best player or get the ball inside depending on who you want to post up.

Georgia Tech Backdoor - This play starts in a horns formation. It sets two different ball screens for your point guard. If they can't score, it flows into a dribble-at backdoor cut.

5 Quick Hitters for Your Motion Offense - These box plays start the same but end differently. Each action uses different types of screens to open up players for shots, including multiple on-ball actions.

Loyola - This play has your post setting multiple screens, including an initial downhill ball screen.

2 Basketball Pick and Roll Plays - If you have a good point guard, these plays will get them going to the rim. They are quick hitters that put pressure on the defense immediately.

Indiana Short Roll - If you're playing a team that blitzes ball screens, this set will make them pay. It utilizes the short roll to create a 4v3, flipping the odds in your favor.

Slice - This play uses multiple screening actions to set up a middle ball screen. It stresses defensive communication and rotation before opening up the middle third of the floor.

Spurs - This play runs your point guard off three off-ball screens before flowing into a ball screen. Their defender has to navigate four screens to stick with them.

Custer - A simple flat screen for your best player to create an advantage at the rim. It's from Del Harris, and if it worked in the NBA, it will work for you.

Uconn Ballscreen Stagger - This play starts with a ball screen to shift the defense. It ends with your best shooter running off a stagger for an open wing 3.

14 High - This play creates both a handoff and a ball screen for your best guard. These multiple on-ball actions tax the guard's defender and create multiple opportunities to attack.

Reverse - Another gem from the Spurs. The on-ball action occurs after two ball reversals, putting the defense in rotation.

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Clearout/Isolation Man To Man Basketball Plays

Picket Fence - This play starts with an iso for your best player. If that's not open, it continues by sending multiple players towards the rim off cross and back screens.

Custer - A really simple flat screen for your best player to create an advantage at the rim. The flat screen angle makes it impossible for the defense to know which way your guard is going to attack.

4 Out Swing Rattle - A simple play to learn but hard to guard! Rattle puts your 2 best drivers in a hand off situation while simultaneously running your best shooter off an elevator screen.

USC - If you need to give your best player a chance to attack their defender, this is the play. It clears out a side and allows them to attack!

Pop - This play has a handful of scoring options, including a backdoor, a double screen, and a hand off. If none of those generate a shot, your best forward is isolated at the free throw line to attack their defender.

USA - This play uses great spacing to create driving opportunities for every player. From there, you can dictate who attacks or leave it up to your players.

14 low - This is 3 plays in 1. Use a basic 1-4 look with your best ball handler with the ball. From there, use the various options to create an advantage and get your best player going downhill.

Cavs - Cavs combines a quick rip and go situation with 2 off the ball screens. If the defense doesn't help, your driver has an advantage. If they do, the players off the screen should be open.

Basketball Zone Plays

2-3/Even Front Zone Basketball Plays

Double - This play sets a screen on the middle defender and isolates the wing defender. By placing an offensive player on the block and in the corner, the wing player has to guard 2, always leaving someone open.

Overload - This play also screens the middle defender. However, instead of bringing the offensive player behind the zone, this play flashes the offensive player to the front of the rim for a catch and score.

Overload 2 - This version of overload is exactly that. By putting all 5 players on 1 side of the floor, it forces 4 defenders to guard 5 offensive players. This creates multiple scoring opportunities for your team.

Pitt - This play uses an outside ball screen to get a guard downhill. By positioning a player in the same corner and block, this creates a 3v2 numerical advantage for your team.

Shallow - This play starts with a shallow cut. It then runs a shooter through to the corner to overload the screen.

Cincy - Man or Zone - Cincy uses misdirection to create an open 3. After entering the ball to 1 side, a player comes off a double screen on the other side. The ball is skipped over the helping defender for an open 3.

Loop/Stack/Elbow - This play is a family of 3 plays. Two use ball screens to create a numbers advantage while the third uses a stack alignment to do the same. All help you outnumber the defense and create openings.

Kansas Hidden Zone Play - This play uses a double screen for a shooter to mask the true action, which is one of the screeners slipping into an open spot in the zone. Bill Self has used this play successfully for years!

Drag - This can be run 2 different ways to isolate your best driver or best post player. You can either pick and pop into a hi-lo or you can roll and replace if you want to post your screener. Versatile and easy to learn!

Swing - This is a basic zone offense that positions your shooters in the gaps of the zone while having your forward interchange between the high post and short corner. It's a great way to get proper spacing to attack even front zones.

Army - This is a beautiful play that relies on timing and cutting to get a layup or open jumper. It combines a flare/slip on one side with a backdoor cut behind the zone on the other. Hard to guard!

UCLA - If you need an easy basket and momentum-changing possession, try this lob play. It sets a back screen on the wing defender, opening up a lob pass at the rim.

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V. Odd Front Zone (1-2-2, 1-3-1) Basketball Plays

Overload - This play also screens the middle defender. However, instead of bringing the offensive player behind the zone, this play flashes the offensive player to the front of the rim for a catch and score.

Overload 2 - This version of overload is exactly that. By putting all 5 players on 1 side of the floor, it forces 4 defenders to guard 5 offensive players. This creates multiple scoring opportunities for your team.

Shallow - This play starts with a shallow cut. It then runs a shooter through to the corner to overload the screen.

Quick Hitter Vs. 1-3-1 Zone - Most teams resort to shooting 3's against a 1-3-1. This play takes advantage of the corner rotations by screening the middle defender. That leaves the rim unguarded for a layup.

1-3-1 Ball Screen - Ball screens work against zone, too! This play screens the top defender while moving offensive players behind the zone to create a numbers advantage. Your point guard makes the correct read and finds the open shot.

Slide - Slide uses a quick reversal to shift the zone. It then runs a player along the baseline to the basket, looking for a layup. If that's not open, you'll have a skip pass to a shooter open on the opposite wing.

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Basketball Out of Bounds Plays

Baseline Out Of Bounds Basketball Plays vs Man

Wide Open Spaces - Under Basket - This play stacks 3 players together, allowing your 4th offensive player to cut to an open space. If that's not open, the 3 players in the stack can get into various actions that confuse the defense.

Marquette - This play from Shaka Smart uses a unique spin on a stagger screen. It runs your shooter straight up the lane off the stagger, creating an open 3 from the slot.

Gonzaga blob - This is a complete playbook of Gonzaga's best baseline out-of-bounds plays. Use them to become more efficient on out-of-bounds situations.

Line & Box - 2 plays from Coach Don Kelbick. One starts in a 1-4 low before flowing into a hi-lo look. The other one starts in a box and goes into a floppy action for a great shooter.

Post 1 - Under Basket - This is a simple box play that takes advantage of a switching defense. After your post player sets a cross screen, they immediately turn and seal at the rim for a post entry.

Kansas St - Screen the Inbounder Play - This is a 1-4 low look that has 3 scoring options - a post-up, a backdoor lob, and a down screen for a shooter.

Chicago Bulls Vs. Orlando Magic - Baseline

Box Series - If you're looking for a handful of plays you can run from the same formation, this is it. By starting every play the same way, the defense never knows what's coming!

Flash - This play bunches 3 players together on the ball side, opening up the majority of the court for your best player to cut into space. If that's not open, you can flow into various cutting and screening actions out of the triple stack.

Curl - This play starts in a 1-4 low. After getting the ball inbounded, the inbounder curls off a screen to the rim. This often catches the defense off guard and results in a layup for your team.

Drake - This play from Drake uses a baseline screen to shift the defense and set up a gap for a second screening action. Your player will curl into that gap and catch a pass on the way to the rim.

Box Back - This is a unique twist on the traditional play that runs the inbounder to the corner for a 3. Instead, the inbounder sets a back screen for the player in the corner, threatening the rim with a layup opportunity.

Illinois - Illinois won a game with this play. It involves a wing stagger screen where the guard slips to the rim for a backdoor layup.

Line Loop - Another line play that uses multiple screening and cutting actions to send players to the corner for a 3 or the rim for a layup.

Triple - If you need a 3-point play, this is the play for you. It starts with a triple screen for the inbounder before running one of the screeners through an elevator screen going the opposite direction.

Magic - This play came from the Orlando Magic. It starts from a line formation. The offense then uses multiple curls towards the rim to free up a layup or weak-side 3.

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Baseline Out Of Bounds Basketball Plays vs Zone

Illinois's Box Z - Baseline Out of Bounds Play Against Zone - A box set that uses screens to create a gap in the zone. The interior screen creates a hole in the zone where you can flash one of your best players.

Post 1 - Under Basket - This is a simple box play that takes advantage of a switching defense. After your post player sets a cross screen, they immediately turn and seal at the rim for a post entry.

Line & Box - 2 plays from Coach Don Kelbick. One starts in a 1-4 low before flowing into a hi-lo look. The other one starts in a box and goes into a floppy action for a great shooter.

Sideline Out Of Bounds Basketball Plays

Sideline - This box play uses a baseline screen to enter the ball. It then flows into a cross screen up top to get your best slasher going to the rim.

Slice - Sideline - This play uses a weak side entry pass. It then runs the inbounder off a stagger screen to the corner for an open 3.

Celtics Handoff - Sideline - This play uses a fake handoff to open up a drive for the player who catches the inbound pass. That same player can also hand it back to the inbounder, who then flows into a ball screen, generating space and speed.

Stagger - This play uses multiple ball screens and great spacing to get your point guard attacking. A great way to flow from the inbounds into an attacking action.

Space - This play takes advantage of the inbounder's defender relaxing. After inbounding, the player sprints to get the ball back and attacks the basket.

Razor - If you need a 3-point shot, this play is ideal. It uses multiple off-ball screening actions to get your shooters an open look.

Milwaukee - This play leverages late-game aggressiveness against the defense. It has a 3-point option, but the real threat is a backdoor pass after the rim area has been cleared out.

Kobe's Game-Winning 3-Pointer Vs. Grizzlies - Sideline - A deceptive play that opens up a 3-point shot by using multiple backscreens. The screeners then come off secondary actions, creating jump shot opportunities.

Iowa - Looking for a layup off a sideline out of bounds? This play runs your inbounder off a back screen after inbounding and looks to get them open at the basket.

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Hurley - This box sideline play starts with cross screens. The inbounder sprints in for a handoff, while the player making the handoff receives a back screen for a pass at the rim.

Lob Play - Another play that gets the inbounder going with speed off a handoff and ball screen. It then flows into a back screen for a lob.

Stack - This play opens up three primary scoring options. It starts from a line and gives you a post player at the rim, a guard with a side to attack, and a shooter coming off a double screen.

X - A box set that flows into a screen-the-screener action. The little-on-big cross screen can open up a post entry, or the down screen can get you an open 3.

Need A 3 - This play uses two stagger screens for your best shooters. If those don't generate a shot, it flows into a step-up ball screen for your guard, who can attack the rim.

Timberwolves - Starting from a box set, this play flows into a back screen for the inbounder. After screening, the screener shapes up for a 3-pointer.

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Press Break Plays

Line - Press Breaker - This 1-4 press break gives your inbounder multiple options to attack the press. It's especially effective for youth teams who can't throw the ball deep.

Cheetah - Press Breaker - This is a special press break designed to take advantage of your opponent's aggressiveness and create a quick layup opportunity.

Indiana - A versatile press formation that works on both the baseline and sideline.

Triple Stack - Perfect against an aggressive press, this play lets your fastest player break deep for an open layup.

Special Situation Basketball Plays

End Of Game Basketball Plays

4 EOG Plays - Special situations are crucial. These plays provide options for low clock situations, including full court, sideline, and baseline out of bounds scenarios, helping your team prep for high-pressure moments.

6 Out Of Bounds Plays Under :03 - When there are less than three seconds left on a baseline out of bounds play, you need an immediate shot opportunity. These six plays give you a chance to score off the catch.

Cross Full Court Play - Designed for shot clock situations, this full court play uses screens to get your best player the ball on the move and attacking the defense.

Free Throw Basketball Plays

Foul Shot Tip-In Plays - Missing a free throw on purpose? These two variations increase your chances of securing a second shot opportunity.

Foul Shot Fast Breaks - A free throw is the perfect time to counterattack. These plays show you how to flip the script and generate high-percentage shots immediately.

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