Set Plays

Wheel

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

Use Wheel when you want to attack with a ball reversal and a sweeping cutter sequence that finishes at the block or elbow. Your one passes to the wing, the bigs clear space through low-post cuts and a free-throw line screen, and the play wheels back to your five for a catch in the middle. It gives you multiple scoring reads off a single initiation.

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