Basketball · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.2
Attacking Play
10 tests · 100 facts · updated 22 October 2026 · markdown
Cuts, setting and using screens, the pick-and-roll and pick-and-pop, drive-and-kick, attacking closeouts, inside-out play, isolations and mismatches, and moving the ball.
Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.
Test 1Kinds of cutsTake a test
A V-cut beats a defender who stays close.
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The cutter walks up and breaks out at a right angle.
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A player flashes into open space to catch.
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The cutter heads for a lay-up.
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Slow, then fast, beats the defender.
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A sharp angle and a burst of speed beat the defender.
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In, plant, out, catch.
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Wait, see, flash, catch.
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In towards the basket, then sharp out.
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Test 2Setting screensTake a test
The cutter runs off one screen, then a second.
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A wide, still base makes a solid screen.
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The screener moves down to free a player near the basket.
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The defender cannot see it coming, so the cutter goes to the rim.
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It frees a post player to move across the paint.
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A quick arrival gives the defender no time.
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Setting the right angle catches the defender.
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Find, sprint, set, use.
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From high to low.
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Wide, still and arms in.
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Test 3Using screensTake a test
Going too early wastes the screen.
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Close leaves no gap for the defender.
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When the defender trails, the cutter curls to the basket.
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When the defender cheats, the shooter flares away.
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A trailing defender is beaten by a curl.
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The defence often leaves the screener open.
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A trailing defender is beaten by a curl.
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Set up, wait, use, catch.
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Use, read, curl, catch.
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With the defender trailing, the curl wins.
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Test 4The pick-and-rollTake a test
It is set on the side of the floor instead of the top.
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It is set on the ball-handler's defender.
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Close use stops the defender sliding through.
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The ball-handler goes away from the screen when the defender jumps over it.
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Both defenders must react, so someone is open.
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The defenders' choice decides the pass or shot.
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A defender who stays back leaves the mid-range shot open.
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Switch, mismatch, seal, feed.
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Use, read, decide, play.
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Two on the ball leaves the rolling big free.
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Test 5Pick-and-pop and slipsTake a test
He pops out to the three-point line to shoot.
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Popping only works if he can shoot.
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He catches in the middle and makes a play.
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He slips to the rim before the screen is set.
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Defenders jumping at the ball leave the slip open.
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It goes to the roller through the gap.
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A dropping defender leaves the pop open.
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Screen, drive, pop, pass.
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Roll, short roll, pop.
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A shooter whose defender drops pops out.
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Test 6Drive-and-kickTake a test
A defender who helps leaves a shooter open.
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A helper leaves his man to stop the drive.
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Spacing gives the driver passing lanes.
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He shifts so the driver can see and pass to him.
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It jumps past the nearest defenders to the far side.
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A good shot is passed for a great one.
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Two on the ball means someone is open.
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Drive, help, kick, shoot.
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From short to long.
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Drive, draw help, pass out to a shooter.
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Test 7Attacking closeoutsTake a test
The defender is too far to contest.
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A flying defender is easy to drive past.
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A late closeout means an open shot.
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A defender running at you cannot stop quickly.
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It uses the space behind the closeout.
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A good closeout means the ball keeps moving.
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An off-balance defender is easy to beat.
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Catch, read, fake, drive.
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Late: shoot; flying: drive; good: pass.
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An off-balance defender is easy to drive past.
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Test 8Inside-out playTake a test
The post draws defenders, then kicks out.
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When defence collapses, shooters are open.
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The defence sends a second man at him.
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One of his team-mates is open.
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He gets a better position for a second feed.
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Once the paint is guarded, outside shots open.
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Collapsing defence leaves shooters open.
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Feed, collapse, kick, score.
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Catch, read, find, pass.
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Post first, then pass out for threes.
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Test 9Isolations and mismatchesTake a test
Isolations need a player who can beat his man.
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Space gives the ball-handler room.
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Size or speed gives the attacker an edge.
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A switch can leave a small man on a big one.
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Others stand still and the offence gets stale.
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Teams give the ball to their best scorer.
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The size mismatch is near the rim.
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Screen, switch, find, attack.
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Ball, clear, read, attack.
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One player takes his man one-on-one; the others clear out.
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Test 10Moving the ballTake a test
One more pass finds the open man.
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Quick passes make defenders shift.
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It turns the attack to the weak side.
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Passing is quicker than dribbling to the same spot.
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Moving the ball to the other side makes defenders move.
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More assists usually mean better passing.
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More passes lead to better shots.
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Wing, swing, shift, shot.
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Lay-ups and open threes beat contested twos.
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Passing up a good shot for a great one.
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Sources
FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3 and general coaching references; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIBA rules belong to the Rules category.
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