Set Plays

Screen Down

How to run Screen Down — 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
Screen Down — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
Screen Down — frame 2 diagram
2 passes to 5; 5 passes to 3; 1 passes to 2; 4 cuts to the basket; 5 screens near the lane; 2 cuts to the top
Screen Down — frame 3 diagram
5 screens near the basket; 4 cuts to the basket

Run Screen Down when you need to get your four or five a catch off a downscreen late in the shot clock. Ball movement from the perimeter activates the play, the big cuts hard to the basket, and the screen seals — if the help comes early, the cutter goes behind it.

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