Set Plays

Screen

How to run Screen — 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 — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
Screen — frame 2 diagram
4 screens near the left low post; 3 screens near the right low post; 1 cuts to the right wing; 2 cuts to the left wing; 5 dribbles to the left wing; 4 passes to 2
Screen — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the left low post; 4 screens near the left block; 3 cuts to the left corner; 2 passes to 4
Screen — frame 4 diagram
2 dribbles to the top; 5 passes to 1; 5 cuts to the lane; 4 cuts to the right corner; 4 cuts to the left wing; 5 cuts to the top

Use Screen to create a chain of sequential screening actions that force the defense to make multiple decisions in a short window. Your bigs set at both low posts to free the wings, then the ball swings and re-screens as your players clear out corners and the lane — find the mismatch that breaks down.

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