Set Plays

Lead Covered

How to run Lead Covered — 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
Lead Covered — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense, 1 defense)
Lead Covered — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 5; 5 passes to 3; 4 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the basket
Lead Covered — frame 3 diagram
5 screens near the lane; 4 cuts to the top; 4 screens near the basket; 2 cuts to the basket

Run Lead Covered when your wing entry pass is denied and you need to reset into a back-cut action. You reverse the ball through the five to the three while your four sets a screen at the low post, then your five and four combine to free a cutter to the basket off the screen. Use it when the defense is cheating on your wing touch — their aggression becomes the opening.

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