Set Plays

Cutters

How to run Cutters — 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
Cutters — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
Cutters — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 4; 1 cuts to the left corner; 2 cuts to the right perimeter; 5 cuts to the right low post
Cutters — frame 3 diagram
2 cuts to the left corner; 1 passes to 4; 5 cuts to the right perimeter
Cutters — frame 4 diagram
3 cuts to the lane; 3 cuts to the left block; 2 cuts to the left low post
Cutters — frame 5 diagram
2 cuts to the right corner; 4 passes to 3; 4 screens near the left low post; 4 cuts to the right corner; 2 cuts to the lane; 3 cuts to the left perimeter; 5 cuts to the right perimeter
Cutters — frame 6 diagram
2 passes to 5; 2 passes to 1; 2 passes to 3; 2 cuts to the left corner; 5 cuts to the lane

Run Cutters when you want immediate pressure on the weak-side block after an entry pass. You kick the ball to 4 on the wing, and 5 dives straight to the right low post — catch the defense rotating late and look for the dump-down right away.

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