Can my assistants and players access the plays?

Yes. Plays are saved to your team's playbook and shareable with your staff and players. They view the plays in their browser — no app to install.

Draw Basketball Plays — Online Play Designer & Animator

Browser-based play designer for basketball coaches. Six action types, formation presets, built-in animation, share by link. Part of the NextPlay AI Coaching Staff.

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No credit card · 14-day free trial · Full AI Coaching Staff included

Why Coaches Choose Us

Built for Coaches Who Want More Than a Whiteboard

Three reasons NEXTPLAY is the modern way to design plays.

Modern & Intuitive

Six action types — Pass, Dribble, Cut, Screen, Handoff, Shot — with click-and-drag. Formation presets get you started in seconds. Built-in PLAY button animates any set.

Works Anywhere

Opens on your iPad in the locker room, your Mac at home, your phone on the bus. No software to install, no machine to sync. Your playbook follows you.

Part of an AI Coaching Suite

Your plays don't sit in a folder — the NextPlay AI specialists reference them in scouting reports, practice plans, and game plans. All 5 specialists + Play Creator for $19/month.

How It Works

From Blank Court to Shareable Play in 3 Steps

The drawing UI was designed so the first play takes under 2 minutes.

Set Up Your Court

Pick a formation preset (Box, Stack, 1-4 High, Horns…) or drag the five players to where you want them. The PARALLEL tool aligns them cleanly.

Formation Parallel Undo

Draw the Actions

Click a player, pick an action, drag to the target. Six action types cover everything you'd diagram by hand.

Pass Dribble Cut Screen Handoff Shot

Animate & Share

Hit PLAY to watch the set animate in real motion. Save to your team's playbook and share with assistants and players.

Play Save Share

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Animation

See the Motion, Not Just the X's and O's

Static diagrams are dead. Your players need to see the motion — when to cut, where to screen, who to look for.

One click on PLAY animates the full set in real motion
Save to your playbook so the animation stays with the play
Players watch on their phone before practice
Loop the timing on key actions until it lands

Playbook

One Playbook. Shared With Your Staff and Players.

Plays save to your team's playbook the moment you hit SAVE. Your assistants edit. Your players view. The whole staff is on the same page.

Saved automatically to your team workspace
Assistants edit; players view (no edit access)
Browser-based — no app for players to install
Update a play during scouting and the whole team sees it

NextPlay playbook on an iPad — a grid of basketball plays with court diagrams, names, and category tags

Every Level

Built for Every Level of Basketball

The interface is simple enough for first-year coaches and powerful enough for advanced systems.

High School

Varsity, JV, freshman. Full set play library.

AAU & Club

Tournament-ready playbooks in a weekend.

Youth (8U – 14U)

Simple concepts, fundamentals-first.

College Assistants

Scout-driven sets and advanced coverages.

International

FIBA half-court, EuroLeague-style sets.

The Play Creator Is Just the Tool. The Staff Is What's New.

Drawing a play is the easy part. What makes NextPlay different is the five AI coaches that work with your plays in the background — building scouting reports, practice plans, and game plans around your sets.

Brad Binn

Routes every question to the right specialist.

Scout

Jack Hunter

Researches opponents and matches their tendencies to your sets.

Analytics

Dr. Nexus

Player metrics, lineup data, and performance trends.

Tactics

Ed Vance

Game plans built around your roster and your playbook.

Training

Duncan Bucket

Practice plans that drill your sets and target team weaknesses.

+ The Play Creator you're using here. Manual drawing, animated playback, team-wide sharing — included in every plan.

All 5 specialists + the Play Creator. One subscription. $19/month after your free trial.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Start with a 14-day free trial — no credit card required. After the trial, $19/month gets you the Play Creator plus the full AI Coaching Staff with all 5 specialists.

Anything you'd diagram on a whiteboard: set plays, motion offense, BLOBs, SLOBs, ATO sets, zone offense, transition, defensive coverages, press breaks. Six action types — Pass, Dribble, Cut, Screen, Handoff, Shot — cover everything you'd draw by hand.

Yes. Coaches at every level — 8U recreation up to varsity high school and AAU — use the Play Creator. The interface is simple enough for new coaches and powerful enough for advanced systems.

No. NextPlay runs in your browser. Works on iPad, Mac, Windows, and Chromebook. You can also install it as a PWA on iOS and Android home screens — use the Install App button in the top nav.

Yes. Plays save to your team's playbook and are shareable with your staff and players. They view the plays in their browser — no app to install.

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