So you have taught your team the fundamentals and they are ready for some basketball plays.  Look at the plays as a tool for the players to use to move the ball into the basket and to put good use of all their fundamental skills they have been working on.

Start out with basic and simple plays.

• Offensive Plays
• Defensive Plays
• In bound Plays
• Jump ball Plays

In Offensive plays teach them about positioning, getting open, motion and patience.  Show them how to compensate for whatever defense throws at them.  Teach them how to get a good position for a shot.  Once they understand the basic movements then you can talk to them about give and go, backdoor plays, pick and rolls, etc.  

With Defensive plays show them first how to stay between the offense and the basket, watching the core of the offensive player dribbling to guard them, always knowing where the ball is at all times.  Then when they understand these basics begin to show them Zone defenses and man to man defense.

In-bound plays explain how your players will get the ball onto the court in all types of situations.  How they bring the ball in while under their basket, or on the side of the court, or while they are being pressed by the other team.  Explain that these in bound plays are used as a tool to move the ball in quickly.

Every player on your team should know how the Jump ball works.  They should understand where each position stands in setting up for the jump ball.  Then they need to know when the ball is tapped to each position, what that player needs to do with it and how all the other players on the court react to that.

Just remember, is teaching players plays of any type explain the play to them step by step. 

• Set them up on the court in the position they start.
• Walk them through the play.
• Then let them walk through the play slowly.
• Then practice it again and again in scrimmages.

Learn the basic plays first and then add on as your team becomes more proficient.