Animated Basketball Plays

Man Set Plays
Motion
Delays
Continuities
Zone
Out of Bounds
Press
Catch Up Offense

The play at the right is called Butler and is a sample of our animated basketball plays.

All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

Click on the name of the play to see an animation of it. There is no danger to your computer in viewing these basketball plays.

These animated basketball plays are run from a 1-4 high set. Give some thought to running all of your set plays from the same alignment. That is tougher for your opponents to scout and is a consistent signal for your players that you are runing a set play. We like the 1-4 high because it allows for four pressure release passes and it is difficult to deny all four of those passes without exposing the basket.

Bethel--Diagonal upscreen with an America's play double screen for the original screener.

Carolina--Diagonal screen to isolate #3 in the post and finishes with a screen the screener.

Cincy--Double screen for a wing jumper, then a double back screen to isolate #5 in the post.

Down--1-4 low to allow an opportunity for the ballhandler to penetrate and create.

Drake--Double Ball screen with a screen the screener three point shot.

Louisville--Clear out for a lob to your point guard, followed by a little on big ball screen, finnished with a double down screen for a shooter.

Ohio--Isolate a #4 in the low post.

Penn--handback to your #1, clear out, and lob to #4.

Purdue--combination of Kentucky and Butler with the Kentucky cut and then 2 screen the scrreener actions.

Texas--Play with an option for two 3 point shots and a slip screen. Some coaches refer to this as "America's play" because it or a variation is run by most teams.

UMass--A ballscreen play to run after you run UCLA

Utah --upscreen to get your post into the low post finished with a flare screen for your point guard.

Wake Forest--ball screen from the wide wing with a staggered double on the opposite side of the floor.

The following animated basketball plays are paired so that each play has a counter. The naming system is using a college name with the nickname of that school being the counter. So, Jayhawk is the counter to Kansas. That is why they are grouped together.

Butler--Two clear out options for drivers and double screen for a shooter.
Bulldog--counter to Butler if the initial entry is denied finishing with three screen the screener actions.

Kansas--Motion entry with the primary option being a slip screen from the right elbow. Primary purpose is to set up the counter Jayhawk which is a backdoor play.
Jayhawk--Backdoor counter to Kansas with several other options.

Kentucky--Isolation for a one on one drive or three point shot.
Wildcat--Counter to Kentucky if defense goes under the screens.

UCLA--Quick play to isolate any player on the low post
Bruin--Counter to UCLA for a weak side back door.

We have several other animated basketall plays to run against other defenses and in ohter situations. Click on the tabs above to view those plays.

The play is called Butler and is a sample of our animated basketball plays.

Winning Hoops has pulled together the very best basketball plays to attack man-to-man defenses and put them all together on one jam-packed DVD. You can watch one of the palys on DVD for free by clicking on either the image or the text below it.

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All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

These two concepts are critical to floor balance and spacing within a motion offense, but have application to any type of man to man offense, sets, or continuities.

Wide Wing Drive and Space--concept to teach floor balance and spcing when the ball is driven to the basket from the wide wing.

Feed and Space--concept to teach floor balance, spacing, and passing out of a double team from the low post when the ball is fed to the post.

All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

Double Stack is a delay with two players at each elbow and a point at the top of the key. The point will dribble to the wide wing on either side with the perimter on that side, replacing at the point.

Iowa is a delay with three perimeter players playing in a traingle between the free throw line and the ten second line with the two bigs positioned at the wide wings as pressure releases or to go backdoor.

All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

Flex is a continuity offense with several ways to enter and in its basic form is a quick offense for young teams to learn the cuts and screens for. For a great resource for the flex offense, click the link to take a look at A 25 minute video segment on the Flex Offense put together by Coach Josh Stinson at Perfect Practice.

Michigan

Princeton

All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

Click on the name of the play to see it. There is no danger to your computer in viewing these plays.

Overload--movement to spread the defense guards and run a shooter to the free throw line.

Stack--Play for a quick 3 point shot from the corner against a 2-3 zone defense.

This play will result in a quick corner 3 point shot the first time or two that it is run, but will lose effectiveness the more it is run and the zone adjusts.

Eye--Underneath out of bounds play to run against a 2-3 zone.

More than 50 of the game's best plays hand picked by the editors of Winning Hoops Magazine and designed to crack even the toughest-to-penetrate zone defense!

You can preview one of the plays on the DVD shown below and read a review by clicking on either the image or the text below it.

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All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

All players on the court watch the official and the player inbounding the ball. The play starts when the official hands the ball to the inbounder. Taking the time to slap the ball to signal the start of the play is a waste of a part of your five seconds that you have to inbound the ball.

Sideline Inbound Plays

Denver--Last second sideline out of bounds play to win or tie a game.

Denver is a play to save for a last second inbounds play needing a basket to tie or take the lead. It is designed for halfcourt, so part of the play is either dribbling to halfcourt and calling timeout once you gain possession (if the clock alows that much time) or calling timeout to stop the clock, then throwing that inbounds pass to halfcourt and calling timeout. Each of those scenarios must be covered at least weekly with a live clock in basketball practice. The night before a game is good because it saves on up and down and what you practice is then fresh on game night.

Line--sideline out of bounds play against a man to man defense.

You can preview one of the sideline inbound plays on the DVD shown below for free by clicking on either the image or the text below it.

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Under the Basket Inbound Plays

Eye--Underneath out of bounds play against a 2-3 zone defense.

Triple--Underneath out of bounds play against man to man defense.

You can preview one of the under the basket inbounds plays on the DVD shown below for free by clicking on either the image or the text below it.

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We designated a primary inbounder who was always responsible to take the ball out in the full court every time. We felt that would make him or her comfortable and s/he would have much more experience in crucial situations. We also designated a ackup and emergency player in these areas just as we would for any position.

Teach the designated inbounders to expect a press every time s/he inbounds the ball. The opponent can never surprise you with a press because you always expect it.

We want to attack the press to score. Post player on the blocks at our end opposite ball at all times and is stationed there as a finisher and to occupy one defender to make the rest of the defense play 4 on 4 which we feel is an advantage to the offense. Player dribbling the ball chooses a specific side of the basket so post knows where to be.

We always need 3-15 ft receivers in the backcourt available to the ball. When the ball gets to the hash mark, the deep man cuts through. Receivers cross the time line as the ball does. Receivers do not leave the ball in the backcourt.

Transition is four perimeter spacing spots or drive and space spots.

Out of Bounds Reads— ball side middle, weak side, top. Once ball is in bounds, inbounder drags behind the ball

Against man to man press “Clear” clear out for best handler or it could be a clear out for a player who has a poor defender and who has a decided advantage to bring the ball up

Against Zone Press

#1 Side, Side, Box—practice it to both sides

#2 Side, Middle, Box—practice it to both side
#3 Side, Reverse, Box—deep man cuts through
#4 Middle, Reverse, Box— If inbounds pass goes to the middle, a
pass to either side is defined to be a reversal. Inbounder goes to
opposite side of floor than he was on when he passed the ball to
the middle.
#5 op, Go— Once the outside receivers get to the blocks, they
should not get the ball, they turn and sprint down the sidelines
for the TOP option. Pass should be thrown to half court and
on the inside shoulder.

All of our free animated basketball plays have been designed using Plays In Motion Software.

Think about adding something to your system to get quick shots if you are behind the last 2:00 of a game. Perhaps something quite different from what you normally run.

Many college programs go to a high ball screen set when the shot clock is running down. Duke is a basic movement to start your though process.