set play
Practiced team choreography
A set play is a planned sequence of movements or actions in sports, rehearsed beforehand and executed on signal: They scored off a set play from the corner kick.
Common in basketball, football, soccer, and rugby, set plays contrast with improvised or reactive play.
The term extends to any choreographed maneuver: The interview questions felt like a set play.
- throw-inSideline ball return
- corner kickSet piece from arc
- near postGoal edge closest to shooter
- far postGoal edge away from ball
- wallVertical enclosing structure
free kick · formation · penalty kick · dead ball · timing · lineout · scrum · marking · positioning · offside trap · feint · attack · playmaker · striker · signal · video analysis · simulation exercises · screening
- soccer techniquesfree kick, corner kick, penalty spot, goal kick, throw-in
- set piecesfree kick, corner kick, penalty kick, throw-in, kickoff
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
set playopen play
Continuous active gameplay
run of play · continuous play · transition · fast break · counterattack
set playimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
ad-lib · run-and-gun · streetball · scramble