> Basketball Animated Diagrams

Animated Basketball Plays, Offenses and Defenses

By Dr. James Gels, From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook
"Helping coaches coach better..."

See more comments...

Coach, looking for an organized library of helpful basketball information? Coach's Clipboard is a long-standing trusted basketball coaching resource used by coaches worldwide, at all levels - a basketball coach's encyclopedia.
Watch Video Register now

Tip: How to use this basketball playbook

These animated basketball play diagrams help demonstrate plays, offenses, and defenses and the important timing of the action. There are many more animated diagrams in the Premium Members section (see listing below). Become a Premium Member now. If you can't view these animations, try updating your browser.

Tip: On mobile phones, the animation controls may appear small. Try turning your phone sideways.

Categories
Player Tips Man-to-Man Offense Zone Offense Plays Out-of-Bounds Plays Transition Offense, Fast Break Press Breakers Defenses

Player Tips

Setting Screens Cutting and Faking Playing Man-to-Man Defense

Man Offense

Motion Offense Principles 3-2 Motion Offense 3-2 Motion Options 3-2 Option Series 3-2 Motion Plays Advanced 3-2 Motion Plays 4 Out-1 In Motion Offense/Plays Open Post Offense Open Post Double-Up Offense Dribble-Drive Offense - Running the Offense 1-4 Stack Offense - more plays Flex Offense Thunder Offense 2-1-2 Offense 1-3-1 Offense Shuffle Offense Youth Swing Offense 4-Corners Delay Offense Spread-Delay Offense

Zone Offense

2-3 Zone Attack Simple (Youth) 2-3 Zone Attack Kansas 2-3 Zone Offense Kansas Zone Plays 2-3 Zone Plays 3-2 Zone Attack 1-2-2 Zone Attack 1-3-1 Zone Attack 4-Out Zone Offense and Plays 5-Out Zone Offense Attacking Junk Defenses Box-and-1 Offense Triangle-and-2 Offense Half-Court Press Breakers

Transition, Fast-Break Offense

Fast Break Secondary Break Coach Sars Secondary Break Secondary Numbered Break

Press Breakers

80-60-40 Press Breakers Simple 1-1-2-1 Press Breaker 4-Across Press Breaker 1-2-1-1 Press Breaker Attacking the 1-2-1-1 Press Attacking the 2-2-1 Press Half-Court Press Breakers

Become a Premium Member and get all the animations listed below:

Read and React Offense
Dribble-Drive Motion Offense
Pete Carril's Princeton Offense
Princeton Offense - Running the Offense
Triangle Offense
John Wooden's UCLA Offense
UCLA High-Post Offense - more
West Coast 1-4 Stack Offense
Wisconsin Swing Offense
Hawk Offense
Horns Offense
Grinnell Offense

5-Out Open Post Flex Offense
Michigan-Style 2-Guard Offense
2-3 Man Offense
2-3 High Patterned Offense
T-Game Triple-Post Offense
Point-Zone Defense
SWARM Defense
Buzz (Twilight Zone) Defense
Circle Zone Defense
3-Up Secondary Break
3-Up Press Breaker
Last Second Situations

Webmasters: feel free to link directly to any of these animations, but no framing please (see Copyright Restrictions).

Trouble-Shooting

When loading an animation, if all you see is a blank window, it may be because you have an older, unsupported browser, which you will need to update. The animated diagrams are now in html5 format facilitating compatibility with most browsers, tablets and phones, including iPad and iPhone.