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Elbow Series BLOB

How to run Elbow Series BLOB — an inbounds play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 1 diagram
3 cuts to the basket; 1 passes to 5
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 2 diagram
4 screens near the lane; 5 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the right wing; 1 passes to 4; 4 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the lane
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 3 diagram
4 cuts to the right corner; 5 cuts to the basket; 3 cuts to the right low post; 2 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 passes to 5; 1 passes to X3
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 4 diagram
3 cuts to the basket; 4 screens near the free-throw line; 4 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the right wing; 1 passes to 4
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 5 diagram
1 passes to 2; 3 cuts to the left corner; 4 screens near the basket; 5 cuts to the lane; 1 cuts to the top; 4 cuts to the right block; 4 cuts to the right low post
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 6 diagram
2 passes to 1; 2 passes to 4; 2 passes to 5
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 7 diagram
3 screens near the lane; 5 screens near the lane; 4 cuts to the right low post; X5 cuts to the right block; 2 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 passes to 5
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 8 diagram
3 cuts to the left corner; 1 passes to 5
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 9 diagram
5 cuts to the right block; 4 cuts to the right corner; 3 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the left wing
Elbow Series BLOB — frame 10 diagram
2 screens near the basket; 5 cuts to the lane; 1 passes to 5

Use Elbow Series BLOB when you need a multi-option out-of-bounds play that keeps the defense guessing. You cycle through screens, basket cuts, and ball reversals so no single defender can key on one action — your five cuts to the basket while screeners clear to the perimeter. The sequence gives you a primary cutter, a corner threat, and a high-post safety valve all in one set.

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