Set Plays

Baseline

How to run Baseline — 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
Baseline — frame 1 diagram
4 cuts to the left corner; 4 passes to 1; 2 cuts to the lane; 5 screens near the basket; 4 cuts to the basket; 1 cuts to the left wing
Baseline — frame 2 diagram
1 dribbles to the top; 4 screens near the basket; 2 screens near the lane; 5 screens near the basket; 3 cuts to the right low post; 3 cuts to the left low post
Baseline — frame 3 diagram
4 cuts to the left corner; 2 screens near the basket; 5 cuts to the lane; 1 passes to 3; 1 passes to 2

Run Baseline when you want to chain multiple screens together and keep the defense rotating for the full possession. You start with a big screening near the basket before your guard dribbles to the top and triggers a stack of three screeners that floods the lane. The sequence ends with a skip to the corner or a reset pass, so there's always a second and third option if the first read closes.

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