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Breakdown Drills

How to run Breakdown Drills — a drill you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Breakdown Drills — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to C
Breakdown Drills — frame 2 diagram
1 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the basket; 2 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the right corner
Breakdown Drills — frame 3 diagram
2 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 screens near the right block; X2 cuts to the lane
Breakdown Drills — frame 4 diagram
Frame 4
Breakdown Drills — frame 5 diagram
1 cuts to the right block; 2 cuts to the lane
Breakdown Drills — frame 6 diagram
C cuts to the right low post
Breakdown Drills — frame 7 diagram
2 cuts to the right corner; 1 cuts to the right block; X2 cuts to the lane
Breakdown Drills — frame 8 diagram
2 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 screens near the right block; 2 cuts to the lane
Breakdown Drills — frame 9 diagram
C passes to the top; C passes to the lane
Breakdown Drills — frame 10 diagram
2 cuts to the lane; 1 screens near the right low post; 1 passes to C; C passes to 1
Breakdown Drills — frame 11 diagram
Starting alignment (3 offense)
Breakdown Drills — frame 12 diagram
1 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the right low post; 1 passes to C; C passes to 1; 2 cuts to the right corner
Breakdown Drills — frame 13 diagram
C passes to 1
Breakdown Drills — frame 14 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense)
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1 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 passes to the top; 1 dribbles to the right low post
Breakdown Drills — frame 16 diagram
C passes to 1; 1 dribbles to the lane; X5 cuts to the lane; X5 passes to 5
Breakdown Drills — frame 17 diagram
C passes to 1; 1 dribbles to the right low post; X2 cuts to the right block; 2 cuts to the right low post; X2 passes to 2; X2 cuts to the right corner
Breakdown Drills — frame 18 diagram
4 screens near the left block; 5 screens near the left low post; 2 cuts to the right corner; 4 cuts to the basket; 5 cuts to the free-throw line
Breakdown Drills — frame 19 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense)
Breakdown Drills — frame 20 diagram
2 passes to 4; C passes to 5
Breakdown Drills — frame 21 diagram
C passes to 2
Breakdown Drills — frame 22 diagram
C passes to 5
Breakdown Drills — frame 23 diagram
C passes to 2
Breakdown Drills — frame 24 diagram
2 dribbles to the right block; 4 cuts to the right low post; 5 dribbles to the lane; C passes to 5
Breakdown Drills — frame 25 diagram
C passes to 2
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C passes to 5
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X4 cuts to the basket
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C passes to 5; 4 cuts to the lane

Run these Breakdown Drills in practice to isolate the individual reads and passing sequences your offense depends on. Players work through catches, cuts, screens, and ball returns in short segments so every rep is purposeful and teachable. Use them early in practice to sharpen the habits before you run your full system.

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