Set Plays

Motion Secondary

How to run Motion Secondary — 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
Motion Secondary — frame 1 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 4 passes to 5; 2 cuts to the right low post; 3 cuts to the left low post; 5 cuts to the lane; 4 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 dribbles to the right perimeter
Motion Secondary — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 2; 5 cuts to the left block; 1 cuts to the top; 2 dribbles to the right block; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
Motion Secondary — frame 3 diagram
2 passes to 3
Motion Secondary — frame 4 diagram
3 passes to 5; 4 cuts to the lane; 3 cuts to the right corner; 1 cuts to the left wing
Motion Secondary — frame 5 diagram
1 passes to 3; 5 cuts to the right block; 3 dribbles to the basket
Motion Secondary — frame 6 diagram
3 passes to 2; 2 passes to 5
Motion Secondary — frame 7 diagram
2 cuts to the left corner; 4 cuts to the lane

Run Motion Secondary in early offense to flow directly from transition into your motion principles before the defense can set. You push the ball to the wing and trigger a series of reads — cutters through the lane, relocating bigs, and ball reversal — so every possession becomes a motion rep rather than a stagnant set. It keeps your players reading and cutting instead of standing, giving you multiple looks off a single action.

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