Free basketball play creator

Basketball Play Creator

Build complete plays, step by step.
Movement for all five players, screens, passes, and notes on every frame.

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No credit card. Nothing to install.

clickplays Ridgeview High School — Varsity Boys 2026-27 Season

Elevator to Three

Call: "Level 3" or "Red Squeeze" · vs man · 3 steps

Step 1. The set. 2 starts his cut for the gap between 4 and 5.

Step 2. 2 rises through. The doors close behind him, right on X2.

Step 3. X2 is stuck in the wall. 1 hits 2 for the catch and shoot.

12,000+ coaches run their plays on ClickPlays

from youth travel teams to varsity programs

Some plays cannot be drawn in one picture

Cram a whole play into a single frame and you get spaghetti: twelve arrows, five players, zero understanding. The play creator builds plays the way you teach them, one clean action per step, so your players read a sequence instead of decoding a scribble. The elevator set below takes three frames. Try drawing it in one.

One action per frame

Each step is its own clean picture. Add as many as the play needs and walk the team through them one at a time, like film.

Every movement, proper notation

Cuts, passes, screens, dribbles, and handoffs, drawn in the shorthand your players already know from the locker room board.

The coaching point rides along

Put the read, the timing, and the option on the exact frame where it happens. The diagram shows what, your note says why.

Start from a formation, not a blank court

Five-out, horns, box, 1-4 high: open the formation, drop in your action, done. Nobody should be placing ten markers from scratch at 11 pm the night before a game.

The editor does the tedious part

Players snap to real court spots. Arrows stay attached when you move things. A variation is copy, tweak one cut, save.

Frame-by-frame handouts

Print the steps as clean pages for the binder, or send one read-only link. What you drew is exactly what your players see.

One tool for each job

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Whiteboard

Draw live on a real court: timeouts, walkthroughs, quick ideas. Everything you draw is saved.

Best for Timeouts and practice walkthroughs

Playbook Maker

Group your plays into playbooks by situation: quick hitters, BLOBs, press breaks. Share the whole book with your staff, read-only.

Best for Organizing the season

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What makes this a play creator and not just a drawing tool?

Structure. A play is a sequence of steps with player movement, screens, and passes on each frame, plus your coaching notes. You build the sequence, not just one picture.

Can I start from a template?

Yes. Begin with common formations like five-out or a horns set, then customize the play for your team.

How many steps can a play have?

As many as the action needs. Most coaches keep plays to a few steps and make variations their own plays, which is also better teaching.

Can I print the plays I create?

Yes. Print frame-by-frame diagrams or export to PDF for practice cards and game-day binders.

Is the play creator free?

Yes. The free plan includes the full creator with steps, movement, and notes. No credit card required.

Draw your next play in the next minute

Free account, no credit card. It saves itself, prints clean, and nothing erases it. The only thing you can lose by trying is the play you were about to forget.

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