Set Plays

Thru Hold Smash

How to run Thru Hold Smash — 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
Thru Hold Smash — frame 1 diagram
2 cuts to the right wing; 1 dribbles to the right wing; 3 cuts to the left wing; 4 dribbles to the left wing
Thru Hold Smash — frame 2 diagram
2 cuts to the left block; 2 passes to 4; 3 screens near the left low post; 1 cuts to the free-throw line; 5 cuts to the lane
Thru Hold Smash — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the basket; 1 dribbles to the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the right corner
Thru Hold Smash — frame 4 diagram
3 screens near the left wing; 1 cuts to the top

Run Thru Hold Smash when you want to attack the left side of the floor off a dribble hand-off and a screen-the-screener action. Your 4 brings the ball to the left wing, 5 cuts hard through the lane, and 3 sets a screen at the left wing to spring the primary scorer. You are using movement and misdirection to collapse the defense before the final screen frees your shooter.

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