Step 1/51 passes to the wing
Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
Animated play
UCLA Cut
Guard passes to the wing and cuts off a high-post back screen straight to the rim.
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- 3+
- Ages
- 11+
- Level
- Intermediate
Equipment: 1 ball
How the play works
- 11 at the top, 2 on the wing, 5 at the high post (elbow).
- 21 passes to 2, then cuts off 5's back screen to the rim.
- 32 hits 1 on the cut, or 5 pops out to the top for the next option.
- 4Finish, or reset by swinging to 5.
Coaching points
- Set up the cut — take your defender away first
- Rub shoulders with the screener
- Passer: lead the cutter, don't throw behind him
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