Zone Play "Baylor": Use Inside Screens to Shred Any Zone Defense
The Baylor zone play disrupts traditional zone coverages with well-timed inside screens and smart spacing. Perfect for youth basketball drills and high school basketball coaching playbooks.
Double BLOB Play: Baseline Out-of-Bounds Set for a Quick Corner Shot or Post Touch
The Double BLOB play is a high-efficiency baseline set designed to free up your shooter in the corner or get your big a post touch. Great for coaches looking to build scoring momentum off inbounds.
Feet Apart BLOB Play: Baseline Out-of-Bounds Action for Easy Paint Touches
Feet Apart is a quick-hitting baseline out-of-bounds play that leverages spacing and screening to generate a scoring look under the rim or in the short corner. Great for teams that need efficient plays under pressure.
BLOB 1: Simple and Effective Baseline Out-of-Bounds Play for All Levels
The BLOB 1 play is a fast, efficient baseline set that gets your best shooter or cutter a quality look. Great for youth and high school coaches needing simple, repeatable scoring actions under the basket.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sideline Out of Bounds Play: Inbounder Back Screen for a Clean Look
This sideline out of bounds (SLOB) play from the Iowa Hawkeyes uses a deceptive back screen by the inbounder to free up an easy scoring opportunity. Simple, smart, and ideal for youth and high school basketball coaches looking to improve their special situations.
Multi-Option Man Offense: Ball Screen & Stagger Play for Versatile Scoring
This play leverages multiple screening actions to free up players on both sides of the floor. The combination of a back screen, ball screen, and stagger action offers a versatile scoring tool perfect for high school and youth teams.
Man-to-Man Offense: Staggered Screens from a Box Set
Use this simple yet powerful play out of a box formation to create separation for your best shooter using stagger screens. It's easy to teach, hard to guard, and great against tight man defenses.
Side-Out Box Set vs Man: Get Your Best Player Going with This Late-Game Action
This sideline play uses a box formation and off-ball screen to get your primary ball handler going downhill. Perfect for man-to-man defense, especially when you need a bucket late in the game.
Attack Man-to-Man with This 1-2-2 Ball Screen Set for Your Point Guard
This 1-2-2 set uses smart movement and spacing to create an effective ball screen opportunity for your point guard. Ideal for high school and youth coaches looking to build simple yet effective offense against man defenses.
Youth Basketball Set Play: Michigan State Action for Shooters & Rim Cuts
This play starts with interior pressure and finishes with clean looks for your shooter. Built to confuse switching defenses, Michigan State blends basket cuts, stagger screens, and smart spacing—perfect for any high school or youth team looking to maximize efficiency from an overload set.
Beat the Switch with “Hit Back”: Simple Man Play to Exploit Mismatches
This misdirection play creates space and punishes defensive switching by giving your primary ball handler a runway to attack a slower defender. Simple, fast, and effective—“Hit Back” is perfect for teams looking to exploit mismatches in man-to-man coverage.
Wolverine: A Smart Counter Set to Confuse Man Defenses
Wolverine is a brilliant counter set that disguises itself as Michigan, only to flip into a triple stagger for your scorer. This man-to-man play keeps defenders guessing and creates clean looks at the basket.
How to Run the Michigan Set Play: Man-to-Man Quick Hitter With Screen Action
Michigan is a powerful set play that flows from an overload alignment into a layered sequence of screens. With multiple scoring options—including a layup off a back screen and a triple stagger for your best shooter—this is a must-have for any playbook.
Zoom Offense Play: Man-to-Man Counter Using “Down” Action
“Down” is a quick-hitting play from a 1-4 high set that uses a handoff and screening action to get your guard attacking downhill. It’s a smart counter to overplayed defenses expecting your standard Zoom setup.
Best Man Offense Play: 'Up' Action Using Zoom from a 1-4 High Alignment
“Up” is a simple yet powerful play using zoom action disguised from a 1-4 high set. It combines modern handoff action with screening to free up your guard or roll man for a clean scoring chance.
SLOB Play: Re-Screen Action for a Late-Clock Bucket
Looking for a crisp side-out play that delivers a clean shot for your shooting guard? This 3-low setup vs man defense uses layered screening, smart decoys, and precise timing to break down defenders and create open looks. Perfect for youth basketball drills and high school coaching strategies.
Baseline Play: Backdoor Counter vs Denial Defense
This 1-2-2 set is built around timing and screening to get your point guard a high-percentage shot at the rim. With proper execution, it can generate easy buckets without needing complex movements.
Baseline Screening Action: Create Open Looks for Your Shooter
This play, designed for baseline inbound situations, uses layered misdirection and screens to free up your best shooter for a clean catch-and-shoot. It's ideal for late-game execution and simple enough to install quickly.
Post Up Your Big: Baseline Play Using 3-High Alignment vs Man-to-Man Defense
This baseline play vs man-to-man defense sets up a clean post-up opportunity for your center using misdirection, double screening, and off-ball movement. A great option when you want to reward your big and confuse help-side defenders.
Split Cuts out of the Post: Reading Defenders
Split action is one of the most reliable and repeatable ways to create movement and shot opportunities out of the post. Here’s how it works, how to teach it, and why defenders struggle with it.