Simple basketball offensive plays and drills

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. Red Auerbach

Basketball offensive plays is all about putting the ball in the basket with strategic positioning. In order to understand the animated plays described below. It is important to understand what the pictorial stuff mean, and what each positions are expected to perform.

Team Player	Position
	Point Guard
	Shooting Guard
	Small Forward
	Power Forward
	Center

Symbol	Subject
	Move without the ball
	Dribble with the ball
	Pass the ball
	Set screen
	Score from here
	Cone
	Marked area
	Basketball 1
	Basketball 2
	Center

Note: Sometimes numbers mean alphabetical orders.

Basketball Offensive plays

Fast break
Fast break drill

1-3-1 Zone Offense

3 on 3 Offense

Back Screen 1
Back Screen 2
Screen Away 1
Screen Away 2
Scissors
Splitting The Post 1
Splitting The Post 2
Weave 1
Weave 2