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Free basketball call sheet template

Sort your plays into game situations, add a one-line reminder for each, and print a one-page basketball call sheet for the bench, or download it as a PDF.

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Basketball call sheet and game plan template

Sort the plays you'll call into game situations, put them in your order with a one-line reminder for each, and print one bench sheet for the game.

Showing the worked example: A full game plan: ten sections, the plays in each, Letter landscape. Change any value to use your own.

Start from

Choosing a starting point replaces the sections and plays below.

Sections, in print order

Tick the ones to print, rename them, move them, and add the plays you'll call in each: the call in bold, a reminder under it.

Columns
Paper (landscape)

Up to 40 characters. It stays on this device.

Result

A 1-page call sheet with 10 sections and 17 plays, on Letter landscape in 3 columns.

Game planDateOpponentMan offenseHorns Flare2 off the flare for the threeChinBack cut for 3; 5 ducks inSpain5 rolls, 4 back-screens the roller's defenderZone offenseOverloadCorner three or high-lowShort CornerFlash 5 to the short corner vs 2-3Baseline out of boundsBox Screen-the-Screener4 at the rim, then 5 at the elbowZone Corner SealVs 2-3: corner or the sealSideline out of boundsBack Screen, Pop2 back cut; 5 pops for the catchStagger to the Top2 for three; 5 slipsPress breakFour AcrossInbound to 1; middle flashLongOver the top to 4 if they denyNeed a 2Elbow Rip5 posts on the blockNeed a 3Stack Corner ThreeDouble pin for 2 in the cornerAfter a timeoutFloppy2 chooses a side; 4 and 5 screenEnd of gameSideline Safe EntryUp 3 or less: get it to 1Defensive callsRedMan, switch 1-42-3 after makesMatch up the cornersMade with the free Ball Coach call sheet, ballcoach.ai.Ball Coach AIballcoach.ai
Man offense
  • Horns Flare
  • Chin
  • Spain
Zone offense
  • Overload
  • Short Corner
Baseline out of bounds
  • Box Screen-the-Screener
  • Zone Corner Seal
Sideline out of bounds
  • Back Screen, Pop
  • Stagger to the Top
Press break
  • Four Across
  • Long
Need a 2
  • Elbow Rip
Need a 3
  • Stack Corner Three
After a timeout
  • Floppy
End of game
  • Sideline Safe Entry
Defensive calls
  • Red
  • 2-3 after makes
How this works

Each section you turn on becomes a box on a landscape sheet, filled column by column in your order: the call you'll shout, in bold, with your reminder under it, then blank lines to write in. A section stays in one column when it fits; one that doesn't carries on in the next column with its heading repeated. Type any play by your own name for it. Signed in, you can also pick plays from your Ball Coach playbook, and the sheet keeps exactly which version you picked.

  • 10 standard sections plus up to 3 of your own; up to 8 plays in each
  • Calls up to 32 characters, reminders up to 70, headings up to 32
  • Letter or A4, landscape, in 2, 3 or 4 columns; a long sheet runs onto a second page
  • It prints the calls, not diagrams: the sheet is for the bench, the playbook holds the drawings

Made in your browser. Your plays, reminders and title are never sent to analytics. Only if you save the sheet to your team are its sections and plays sent to Ball Coach; the title and paper size never are.