Set Plays

Wave Over

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

Run Wave Over when you want to keep the defense in constant rotation through layered screening actions. Your five and perimeter players exchange positions through a series of cross-screens and dribble handoffs, forcing the defense to communicate and switch on every wave. Call this when you need to create confusion and find a mismatch or open cutter late in the shot clock.

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