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Trail Covered

How to run Trail Covered — 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
Trail Covered — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense, 1 defense)
Trail Covered — frame 2 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 5 cuts to the lane; 3 cuts to the left wing; 5 passes to 3
Trail Covered — frame 3 diagram
5 screens near the basket; 4 cuts to the right wing; 1 cuts to the right wing; 2 cuts to the left corner; 3 dribbles to the left wing

Call Trail Covered when you want your big to initiate the action and free up a wing shooter. Your 5 man cuts to the lane to receive and immediately kicks to 3, then seals with a screen near the basket so 3 can dribble into open space on the left wing.

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