Set Plays

Skip

How to run Skip — 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
Skip — frame 1 diagram
2 cuts to the top; 3 cuts to the right low post
Skip — frame 2 diagram
2 dribbles to the right wing; 1 passes to 2; 2 passes to 3; 5 cuts to the lane; 1 screens near the right wing; 4 cuts to the basket; 2 cuts to the right wing
Skip — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the right block

Use Skip when your point guard can screen away and still threaten the weak side. Your one man sets a screen at the wing and the skip pass swings the ball quickly before the defense can close. It attacks the moment help defenders cheat toward the ball side.

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