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. 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. The play is called Butler and is a sample of our animated basketball plays. Animated Basketball Plays 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. The plays are named with colleges and mascots not to imply that those schools run those plays, but to be able to pair the plays with their counters in a way that makes sense to our coaches and players. Animated Basketball Plays The remaining plays do not have counters posted at this time: 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. Plymouth--a play to run against a man to man defense to get the last shot of the quarter. 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. Catch Up Offensive Mode 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. We have several other animated basketball plays to run against other defenses and in ohter situations. Click on the tabs above to view those plays.   "BEST-OF-THE-BEST" Winning Hoops Series: Over 60 Plays To Attack Man-To-Man Defenses 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.   Diagrams of Man to Man Plays Power is a diagram (not an animation) of box set play. Cincy is effective against either a zone or a man to man defense. Wake Forest is similar to our Kentucky play, but with a few more options late in the play. LA Special is run from a 1-4 High Set Away is a ball screen play with several other ways to score. Lobo has multiple scoring options Videos of Man to Man Set Plays For each of these plays, you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page that you are directed to. Made Free Throw Fast Break is a link to a video of a play to run after your opponent makes a free throw.  It is from the DVD "How to Win at the End Volume I" which features several other ideas for late game plays. You might need to scroll down the page to see the video. Double Tight is a video (not an animation) of a set play from a 1-4 high. The play features a ball reversall and a double back screen for a tight cut on the baseline. Screen the Ball ScreenerRoy Williams demonstrates a transition option to screen the ball screener, then isolate a post player with a staggered double on the other side.  It could be adapted to your half court offense as well. Tom Crean Staggered Double Ball Screen. Here is a ball screen play from Tom Crean that might interest you if you are looking to add some new wrinkles to your set plays. Guard to Guard to Forward Outside Cut from John Wooden's UCLA offense. with 5/0 and then 5/5 demonstrations of each option from John Wooden's UCLA man to man offense. There is even a short segment narrated by Coach Wooden. High Low Guard to Wing Option Another piece of John Wooden's UCLA Offense. Horns Offensive Set Here is a short video segment of The Horns Offensive Set or The "A-Set" as the video calls it. This link will take you to a page in the HoopClinics Shop that will allow you to see the segment of the video. The Elevator Play Here is a video of a play that Florida runs in transition, but it could very easily be adapted into your halfcourt sets as well.