Set Plays

Stack

How to run Stack — 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
Stack — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
Stack — frame 2 diagram
1 cuts to the right block; 4 screens near the lane
Stack — frame 3 diagram
4 passes to 2; 1 passes to 2; 2 dribbles to the basket; 1 cuts to the left wing; 3 cuts to the left corner; 1 passes to 5
Stack — frame 4 diagram
4 screens near the lane; 1 dribbles to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the top
Stack — frame 5 diagram
2 dribbles to the lane; 5 screens near the lane; 3 cuts to the left corner; 3 cuts to the left low post; 1 dribbles to the right block
Stack — frame 6 diagram
1 dribbles to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the top; 4 screens near the lane

Run Stack when you need to get your point guard into a driving lane off a dribble handoff action. You initiate with a pass into the post, then shift the ball side and let the big set a screen in the lane to free your cutter. The key is reading that screen — if your man goes under, attack; if they fight over, the roller is open.

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