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Double screen and Flare

How to run Double screen and Flare — 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
Double screen and Flare — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3
Double screen and Flare — frame 2 diagram
3 dribbles to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the right corner; 4 cuts to the left perimeter; 2 passes to 4
Double screen and Flare — frame 3 diagram
3 screens near the right wing; 5 cuts to the right perimeter; 4 passes to 3; 2 cuts to the right wing; 1 cuts to the left wing
Double screen and Flare — frame 4 diagram
5 dribbles to the right wing; 3 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the top
Double screen and Flare — frame 5 diagram
1 screens near the left wing; 4 cuts to the left wing; 2 passes to 4; 4 cuts to the lane; 3 cuts to the right low post
Double screen and Flare — frame 6 diagram
5 screens near the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the top; 4 dribbles to the left perimeter

Use Double Screen and Flare when you want to combine interior screening action with a flare screen on the perimeter to keep the defense scrambling. You move the ball from 1 to 3, use 4 as a cutter, trigger a flare screen on the weak side, then re-enter through 5 at the elbow to set up a final drive or pull-up. The layered actions are designed to create at least one coverage breakdown — be patient and take what the last screen gives you.

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