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Thru UCLA/Rip Fist

How to run Thru UCLA/Rip Fist — 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 UCLA/Rip Fist — frame 1 diagram
2 cuts to the right wing; 3 cuts to the left wing; 4 passes to 3; 4 cuts to the left low post; 5 screens near the free-throw line
Thru UCLA/Rip Fist — frame 2 diagram
2 dribbles to the right wing; 2 cuts to the free-throw line; 2 passes to 4; 1 screens near the free-throw line
Thru UCLA/Rip Fist — frame 3 diagram
3 passes to 4; 2 cuts to the right corner
Thru UCLA/Rip Fist — frame 4 diagram
4 cuts to the right block; 1 dribbles to the right wing; 1 cuts to the lane
Thru UCLA/Rip Fist — frame 5 diagram
1 passes to 3; 3 passes to 5

Use Thru UCLA Rip Fist when you want a quick three-man ball-movement sequence that ends with your 5 in a post position. Your 1 skips to 3, 3 immediately finds 5 — simple, fast, and it exploits any defensive miscommunication on the UCLA-series read. You are using the Thru series action to occupy help defense before delivering a clean post entry.

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