Set Plays

Loop 3

How to run Loop 3 — 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
Loop 3 — frame 1 diagram
5 screens near the basket; 4 cuts to the left block; 3 passes to 1
Loop 3 — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 2; 2 passes to 3; 1 cuts to the top
Loop 3 — frame 3 diagram
2 cuts to the right wing
Loop 3 — frame 4 diagram
1 dribbles to the right wing; 2 cuts to the top; 1 passes to 2

Loop 3 is a quick two-pass sequence that swings the ball and gets 2 into a catch-and-score situation on the wing. Your 3 passes back to 1, and 1 immediately delivers to 2 — the speed of the reversal is the weapon, not the complexity. Run it when you need to move the ball faster than the defense can rotate.

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