Set Plays

Wave Away

How to run Wave Away — 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
Wave Away — frame 1 diagram
4 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 dribbles to the free-throw line; 1 passes to 2; 5 cuts to the top; 2 cuts to the left perimeter
Wave Away — frame 2 diagram
1 screens near the free-throw line
Wave Away — frame 3 diagram
5 passes to 1
Wave Away — frame 4 diagram
5 screens near the left wing; 5 screens near the free-throw line; 1 dribbles to the free-throw line; 5 passes to 3
Wave Away — frame 5 diagram
3 passes to X1; 1 cuts to the top; X2 passes to 2; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
Wave Away — frame 6 diagram
5 cuts to the top; 2 dribbles to the left low post; 3 cuts to the right low post; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
Wave Away — frame 7 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 4 passes to 5; 3 passes to 4
Wave Away — frame 8 diagram
5 screens near the top; 1 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 passes to 5; 3 passes to 4
Wave Away — frame 9 diagram
1 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the left perimeter
Wave Away — frame 10 diagram
4 dribbles to the top; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 dribbles to the lane; 4 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the lane

Call Wave Away when you want to use screening actions to generate a free cutter or a kick-out three on the back side. Your one starts with an on-ball screen, the ball moves away, and a wave of screens clears the weak side so your shooters arrive in space. The layered movement means the defense is always one step behind — make them pay when they overcommit.

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