Set Plays

Twirl Over

How to run Twirl Over — 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
Twirl Over — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 5; 2 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 cuts to the left perimeter; 1 cuts to the right perimeter
Twirl Over — frame 2 diagram
4 cuts to the right perimeter; 5 screens near the right perimeter; 3 cuts to the left perimeter; 5 passes to 2
Twirl Over — frame 3 diagram
5 screens near the top; 4 screens near the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the right wing; 3 passes to 5

Run Twirl Over when you want to move the ball quickly and keep the defense scrambling across the floor. Your five sets a perimeter screen to free your wing, and as the ball swings baseline to the other side, you get a second layer of screens at the top and elbow to find an open shooter coming off the left. The double-screen action at the end puts two defenders in conflict — you attack whichever one gets caught.

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