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Chin: Counters and Reads

How to run Chin: Counters and Reads — 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
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 1 diagram
3 passes to 4; 4 passes to 2; 5 screens near the top; 3 cuts to the left corner
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 2 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 4 screens near the lane
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 3 diagram
3 passes to 4; 5 screens near the top; 3 cuts to the left corner
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 4 diagram
4 cuts to the lane; 1 cuts to the right corner; 5 passes to 1
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 5 diagram
3 passes to 4; 5 screens near the top; 3 cuts to the left corner
Chin: Counters and Reads — frame 6 diagram
5 screens near the left wing; 2 cuts to the free-throw line; 5 passes to 4; 5 passes to 1

Use this guide to teach your players the decision tree inside the Chin system — when the defense takes away the first action, you have a staggered counter ready. Your big screens the top and the lane in sequence, and you hit whichever cutter comes open first based on how the defense rotates. Drilling these reads together means your team can adjust on the fly without stopping to talk.

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