Set Plays

Ball Screen

How to run Ball Screen — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Ball Screen — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3; 1 cuts to the left wing; 3 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 screens near the basket; 5 cuts to the lane; 2 cuts to the right low post
Ball Screen — frame 2 diagram
1 screens near the left wing

Run Ball Screen when you want a pick-and-roll attack on one side while a wing pin-down clears the other. Your 4 sets near the basket to free 2 cutting to the low post, then 1 gets a screen on the weak side to stretch the defense. The two-sided pressure forces a choice — give up the roll or give up the open wing.

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