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title: "Basketball Play Designer & Playbook App"
description: "Design basketball plays on an online play designer, animate every screen and cut, and share your playbook with the team in one click. Works on any device."
url: "https://coachboard.app/sports/basketball"
dateModified: "2026-07-09"
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# Design, animate and share basketball plays

> Draw the set, animate every screen and cut, and send the play to your roster with one link. Coach Board is the playbook that moves.

A play drawn on a clipboard is a snapshot — five circles, some arrows, and a lot left to the imagination. Coach Board is a basketball play designer built around timing: you place your five on the floor, drag out the cuts, screens and passes, and play the possession back as an animation. Your players see when the ball screen arrives and where the roller goes, not just the arrows.

Organize everything into a living playbook. Keep your horns package, BLOB and SLOB sets, press breaks and practice drills on separate boards, grouped by squad or by opponent. Before the game, share the boards that matter with one link — every player opens them on their own phone.

Coach Board is a basketball coaching app that runs in the browser, so the same playbook follows you from the office laptop to the bench tablet — nothing to download, nothing to sync by hand.

## Features for basketball coaches

- **Animate screens, cuts and rotations** — Sequence the point of the play: the ball screen, the roll, the weak-side lift. Loop the animation in film session until every player knows their read.
- **A playbook, not a pile of paper** — Unlimited boards organized by set, opponent or age group. Your horns package, zone offense and out-of-bounds plays each get their own space — searchable and always up to date.
- **Practice drills with the same tool** — Shell drill rotations, 3-man weave, transition 3v2 — build practice drills with the same animation engine and attach coaching points for your assistants.
- **One link to the whole roster** — Share a play as a link that opens on any phone — animation included. Export video clips for film review or images for the locker-room wall.

## Basketball library

- [Horns Set Plays](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/horns-set-plays.md) — Tactic: Install a repeatable half-court alignment that creates rim pressure, pick-and-pop threes and corner kick-outs from a single starting picture.
- [Spain Pick and Roll](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/spain-pick-and-roll.md) — Tactic: Add a three-man ball-screen action that generates lobs at the rim and open threes at the top by punishing whichever choice the roller's defender makes.
- [Shell Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/shell-drill.md) — Drill: Train all four off-ball defensive positions — pressure, deny, and help-side — until players re-position automatically on every pass and drive.
- [BLOB Box Set Plays](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/blob-box-set-plays.md) — Tactic: Turn baseline out-of-bounds possessions into layups and open jumpers using one box alignment with layered screening options and a reliable safety.
- [SLOB Plays](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/slob-plays.md) — Tactic: Build a sideline out-of-bounds package that beats denial pressure, produces a catch-and-shoot three, and creates a rim finish from one shared alignment.
- [Press Break vs the Diamond Press](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/press-break-vs-diamond-press.md) — Tactic: Advance the ball against the 1-2-1-1 diamond press without panic dribbling, and convert broken presses into numbers advantages at the rim.
- [Zone Offense vs a 2-3](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/zone-offense-vs-2-3.md) — Tactic: Generate layups and open catch-and-shoot looks against a 2-3 zone by occupying the high post and short corner, shifting the zone with reversals, and punishing slow rotations.
- [1-4 High Entries](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/1-4-high-entries.md) — Tactic: Start half-court offense cleanly against denial pressure using four interchangeable entries from the 1-4 high alignment, each with a built-in backdoor punishment.
- [3-Man Weave](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/3-man-weave.md) — Drill: Warm up full-court passing, catching on the move and lane spacing at game speed, finishing every trip with an untouched-dribble layup.
- [3v2 / 2v1 Transition Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/transition-3v2-2v1-drill.md) — Drill: Sharpen fast-break decisions with numbers up while training outnumbered defenders and the instant flip to defense in the same continuous rep.
- [Mikan Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/mikan-drill.md) — Drill: Groom ambidextrous finishing under the rim — soft touch off the backboard, quick second jumps, and equal comfort with both hands — through continuous, non-dribble reps.
- [Closeout Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/closeout-drill.md) — Drill: Teach defenders to close ground on a perimeter shooter and arrive under control — high hand up, weight back, feet chopping — so they contest the shot without fouling and can still contain the drive.
- [4-Corner Passing Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/4-corner-passing-drill.md) — Drill: Warm up hands, feet and eyes at once — sharpening crisp on-the-move passing, catching with the head up, and pass-and-follow spacing before the main practice block.
- [11-Man Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/11-man-drill.md) — Drill: Train the 3-on-2 fast break, the tandem defensive stop, and the instant outlet in one continuous full-court loop that conditions the whole team as it teaches transition both ways.
- [17s Conditioning Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/17s-conditioning-drill.md) — Drill: Build and test game-specific anaerobic conditioning through repeated maximal sideline-to-sideline sprints with hard decelerations and line touches, holding effort as fatigue sets in.
- [Form Shooting Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/form-shooting-drill.md) — Drill: Groove a repeatable one-motion release close to the rim — balanced base, high elbow, and a held follow-through — before any shooting range is added.
- [Catch and Shoot Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/catch-and-shoot-drill.md) — Drill: Turn a pass into a shot in one rhythm — arriving with feet set and hands ready, gathering off a hop or 1-2, and releasing a balanced set shot on the catch.
- [Spot Shooting Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/spot-shooting-drill.md) — Drill: Build repeatable game-speed range from five perimeter spots — hitting a make target at each spot under time pressure and charting where shots fall to expose weak zones.
- [Defensive Slides Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/defensive-slides-drill.md) — Drill: Build a sustainable defensive stance and lateral quickness — sliding without crossing the feet, changing direction on the zig-zag, and closing out under control.
- [Star Passing Drill](https://coachboard.app/library/basketball/star-passing-drill.md) — Drill: Sharpen crisp passing on the move, heads-up catching and pass-and-follow spacing at speed — then layer a second ball to force communication and timing under pressure.

## FAQ

### Can I design my own basketball plays with Coach Board?

Yes. Coach Board is a free-form basketball play designer: drag your five players and the ball anywhere on a half-court or full-court board, draw cuts and screens, and save the play to your playbook.

### Can I animate a play like a pick-and-roll?

That's exactly what Coach Board is for. You set the starting alignment, drag out the screen, the roll and the passing sequence, and press play — the possession runs as an animation you can loop, slow down and share.

### Does it support half-court and full-court plays?

Both. Use the half-court board for set plays and out-of-bounds situations, and the full court for press breaks, transition offense and conditioning drills.

### How do my players get the playbook?

Share any board as a link — players open it in the browser on their own phones, animation included. You can also export plays as images or video clips for film sessions and team chats.

### Can it replace my coaching clipboard and whiteboard?

For planning and teaching, yes: boards are unlimited, animated and always with you on any device. Many coaches still keep a physical clipboard for timeouts and use Coach Board for practice plans, playbooks and film prep.

### Is Coach Board a basketball coaching app?

Yes. Coach Board is a web-based basketball coaching app — there's nothing to download or install. You open it in any browser on a laptop, tablet or phone to design plays, animate them and share your playbook with the team. It works across every device you already own, and you can start free at my.coachboard.app.

### How much does Coach Board cost?

You can start free at my.coachboard.app. The Coach plan is $9/month and includes unlimited boards, play animation, share links, and image and video export — for basketball and every other sport you coach.

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