Set Plays

Twirl Reverse

How to run Twirl Reverse — 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 Reverse — frame 1 diagram
1 cuts to the left perimeter; 2 cuts to the lane; 1 passes to 5; 5 passes to 2; 5 dribbles to the left wing
Twirl Reverse — frame 2 diagram
2 dribbles to the left wing; 3 passes to 2; 3 cuts to the left low post; 5 cuts to the top; 4 screens near the right perimeter
Twirl Reverse — frame 3 diagram
1 cuts to the right perimeter; 3 dribbles to the free-throw line; 3 passes to 5
Twirl Reverse — frame 4 diagram
2 cuts to the left low post; 3 cuts to the top; 4 cuts to the left perimeter; 1 dribbles to the right wing; 4 cuts to the right perimeter; 5 cuts to the right perimeter

Call Twirl Reverse when you want a quick ball reversal to expose a slow-rotating defense. You start the action one way, then your point dribbles to the opposite side while cutters flood the weak side — giving you multiple bodies arriving at different times. The staggered movement on the back end makes it very hard for the defense to tag every threat.

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