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Animated Basketball Plays, Offenses and Defenses

These animations help show the important motion and timing of plays, offenses, and defenses.

From the Coach's Clipboard Basketball Playbook

Animated Basketball Plays & Diagrams

Use these animated diagrams to visualize plays, offenses, and defenses, and understand the timing of each action.

Watch plays develop step-by-step
See timing, spacing, and player movement
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These animated basketball play diagrams help demonstrate the movement of plays, offenses, and defenses and the important timing of the action... and there are many more in the Premium Members section (see below).

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

Player Tips

Core skills and techniques for player development.

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

Man Offense

Motion offenses, sets, and structured half-court actions.

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 5-Out Open Post 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

Zone offenses and plays for attacking zones.

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

Using a secondary break to transition quickly.

Fast Break Secondary Break Coach Sars Secondary Break Secondary Numbered Break

Press Breakers

Breaking pressure and attacking full-court presses.

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

Plays, Quick Hitters

Plays for attacking man-to-man defenses.

3-2 Motion Plays Advanced 3-2 Motion Plays 4 Out-1 In Motion Offense Plays Michigan State Sets/Plays High Pick and Roll Plays 90 Series 1 Series 2 Series 50 Series Redhawk 3-2 Hi-Lo 3-2 Weave Screen Plays Heat America's Play Loyola Michigan Miami Ohio Buckeye Demon Blazer Isolation 2 Baseline 3 2-3 Zone Plays Tip-Off Play Half-Court Buzzer Beaters Full-Court Buzzer Beaters 3-on-3 Plays

Out-of-Bounds Plays

Sideline and baseline out-of-bounds plays.

Sideline Plays Baseline Plays vs 2-3 Zone Baseline Box Plays Baseline Stack Plays Baseline 4-Low Plays Miscellaneous Baseline OB Plays

Defense

Man-to-man, zone, and pressure defensive systems.

Man-to-Man Defense Pack-Line Defense Triangle Defense 2-3 Zone Defense 1-3-1 Zone Defense 1-2-2 Zone Defense Amoeba Defense Match-Up Zone Defense 1-2-2 Viking Half-Court Press 2-2-1 Half-Court Press Full-Court Press Defenses Match-up Press Defenses

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More Animations (Members)

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

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

Trouble-Shooting

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