Set Plays

Gator

How to run Gator — 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
Gator — frame 1 diagram
3 cuts to the left low post; 1 passes to 5; 1 dribbles to the left perimeter
Gator — frame 2 diagram
1 cuts to the right wing; 4 cuts to the top; 3 passes to 1
Gator — frame 3 diagram
2 cuts to the basket; 4 passes to 1
Gator — frame 4 diagram
5 cuts to the right block; 1 dribbles to the right wing; 3 screens near the left block; 4 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the left low post
Gator — frame 5 diagram
1 passes to 5

Run Gator when you want a quick post entry on the strong side and a screener ready to free a cutter at the elbow. You pass to your five, drift to the perimeter, and look for the ball back after your three sets a block screen — it gives you two reads on one possession.

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