Drills

Rotation Drill

How to run Rotation Drill — a drill you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Rotation Drill — frame 1 diagram
3 cuts to the right low post; X3 cuts to the right low post; X4 cuts to the left low post; X2 cuts to the free-throw line; X1 cuts to the right wing; 1 passes to X3
Rotation Drill — frame 2 diagram
3 cuts to the right block; X3 cuts to the right block; X5 screens near the right block; X4 cuts to the lane; X1 cuts to the right wing; X2 cuts to the free-throw line
Rotation Drill — frame 3 diagram
1 cuts to the right perimeter; 3 passes to X1; X5 cuts to the basket; X4 cuts to the left low post; X2 cuts to the left perimeter; X3 cuts to the right low post
Rotation Drill — frame 4 diagram
1 passes to 2; 2 passes to 4; X1 cuts to the right wing; X2 cuts to the left perimeter; X4 cuts to the left low post; X3 cuts to the lane; X5 cuts to the basket; 2 cuts to the left wing; 1 cuts to the free-throw line; 3 cuts to the right low post
Rotation Drill — frame 5 diagram
4 cuts to the left corner; X5 screens near the left block; X2 cuts to the left low post; X3 cuts to the lane; X5 passes to 2; X1 cuts to the free-throw line; X1 cuts to the top
Rotation Drill — frame 6 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense, 5 defense)
Rotation Drill — frame 7 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense, 5 defense)

Work this Rotation Drill to train your whole group on connected movement — every player is cutting, screening, or filling on every rep, and passes trigger a new wave of action across both sides of the floor. Run it until the rotations feel automatic, because this kind of spacing discipline only holds in games if it's been drilled at speed.

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