Set Plays

A Set Series

How to run A Set Series — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
A Set Series — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
A Set Series — frame 2 diagram
4 cuts to the top; 5 cuts to the top; 1 cuts to the left wing; 4 cuts to the lane
A Set Series — frame 3 diagram
3 cuts to the left low post; 1 dribbles to the left low post; 1 passes to 3
A Set Series — frame 4 diagram
5 cuts to the left wing; 3 cuts to the lane; 3 screens near the left corner; 1 cuts to the left low post
A Set Series — frame 5 diagram
1 cuts to the right low post; 4 cuts to the top; 2 cuts to the right wing
A Set Series — frame 6 diagram
4 cuts to the right wing; 5 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 cuts to the lane
A Set Series — frame 7 diagram
2 passes to 5
A Set Series — frame 8 diagram
4 cuts to the left block; 3 cuts to the right block; 5 passes to 4; 2 screens near the lane; 4 cuts to the free-throw line
A Set Series — frame 9 diagram
1 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 cuts to the left wing; 4 passes to 3; 4 screens near the left block
A Set Series — frame 10 diagram
5 cuts to the right low post; 1 cuts to the right low post; 2 cuts to the top
A Set Series — frame 11 diagram
3 passes to 2; 5 cuts to the lane; 1 cuts to the lane; 2 dribbles to the right wing; 4 cuts to the basket
A Set Series — frame 12 diagram
1 cuts to the left corner; 5 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 passes to 4; 2 passes to 1
A Set Series — frame 13 diagram
5 cuts to the top; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 4 cuts to the lane; 2 cuts to the right block
A Set Series — frame 14 diagram
5 cuts to the lane; 1 passes to 4; 2 cuts to the free-throw line
A Set Series — frame 15 diagram
1 passes to 2; 4 screens near the left block; 5 screens near the basket; 3 cuts to the right low post; 2 passes to 5
A Set Series — frame 16 diagram
4 cuts to the left perimeter; 1 passes to 4; 1 cuts to the basket; 5 cuts to the right low post
A Set Series — frame 17 diagram
1 screens near the right block; 5 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the basket; 1 cuts to the right wing; 4 passes to 5
A Set Series — frame 18 diagram
5 cuts to the right corner
A Set Series — frame 19 diagram
2 screens near the left block; 4 screens near the left low post
A Set Series — frame 20 diagram
1 screens near the right block; 5 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the right wing; 5 cuts to the basket
A Set Series — frame 21 diagram
4 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the right corner
A Set Series — frame 22 diagram
5 screens near the left block; 4 screens near the left low post

Run A Set Series when you want to chain multiple actions together and force the defense to guard every pass. You move the ball through a wing, trigger a corner screen, reverse it to the high post, and finish with a cutter coming off a block screen — each pass puts a new defender in a decision. It rewards patient execution and punishes any team that tries to gamble on a help.

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