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The whiteboard,
with a play button.

Stagger is a basketball play designer for coaches. Draw your sets, animate each step, and share plays your team can follow on the court, in the film room, or on their phones.

Try the free basketball play designer. No account needed.

The Stagger play designer showing Horns Flare on a half court, drawing tools above the court, and the play sequence with playback controls and coach’s notes on the right

Play Designer

Draw a play in minutes. Teach it step by step.

Draw basketball plays online with tools for cuts, screens, passes and handoffs. Build each play step by step, then loop or slow down the animation to teach the timing.

  • Drawing tools for cuts, passes, dribbles, screens, handoffs and shots, each with a one-key shortcut
  • Build the play step by step, with smooth animation in between
  • Play, scrub, loop or slow it down with the playback controls
  • Offense, defense, full court, half court: options for any play
A half court in the designer with a pass from 1 to 4 and the selection bar for player 1Drawing tools: Select, Cut, Dribble, Pass, Handoff, Screen and Shot, with Offense, Defense and Give ballThe play sequence panel with playback controls and six steps

Playbook

Every set, organized and easy to find.

Build your basketball playbook in one place. Group plays into collections, find any set in seconds, and create counters and variations without starting over.

  • Collections for entries, sets, transition and late-game plays
  • Search every play and collection
  • Clone a play to build its counters and variations
  • Import and export single plays or your whole playbook
The Playbook with collections, search, and the play menu’s Export submenu showing print, PDF, PNG image and Pro MP4 video options

Share with coaches and players

Send a link. Anyone can press play.

Share animated basketball plays with one link. Players and coaches open them in their browser and follow each step, with playback controls and your coaching notes.

  • View only. Nobody can change your plays
  • Step list, playback controls and coach’s notes included
  • Only the play you share, never the rest of your playbook
  • Turn a link off any time
Explore a sample play
The shared play view: Chin – Flare on a half court, view only, with the step list, playback bar and coach’s notesShare this play: public link switch turned on, the link and a Copy link button

Access Anywhere

From whiteboard to walkthrough, on any screen.

Stagger runs in your browser, so there’s nothing to install or download. Draw at your desk, fix a step from your phone, and your coaches and players watch it wherever they are.

  • Nothing to install

    Runs in the browser you already use. Nothing to install or download.

  • Laptop, tablet or phone

    The same playbook on every screen.

  • Always in sync

    Change a step on your phone and it’s there on your laptop.

  • Share or print from anywhere

    A view-only link for players and coaches, or clean sheets for the locker room.

Horns Flare in the Stagger desktop play designer alongside Circle Motion on a phoneThe Circle Motion play open in the Stagger designer on a phone

Print, PDF & Images

Basketball play diagrams, ready to print.

Print basketball play sheets, save a PDF, or export an image for the group chat. Choose one step or the whole play.

  • Print or save as PDF, right from the designer
  • One step, or every step, with clear labels and coach's notes.
  • Copy, download, or easily share an image
ProWant to watch it in action? Export the play as a video
Chin – Flare as a numbered six-step printable sheet, with Print or PDF, PNG image and Pro video export options, plus a downloaded all-steps PNG

Stagger Pro

Get the whole team on the same page.

Everything in the Free plan, plus the tools you need to take your playbook to the next level. Add your team’s look, share your entire playbook, video export for the group chat, and no limit on plays.

See Pro pricing

$8.25/mo billed yearly, or $10 monthly

A shared playbook with Lincoln High School’s red team colors, logo and program name

Custom team branding

Put your logo, team colors and program name on every shared link, printout, image and video.

  • Logo, colors, program and coach name
  • Branded shared pages and exports
  • Make your playbook yours.
Playbook sharing with a public link and selected collections, including Wing Entry, Rub Entry and Chin / X

Share your playbook and collections

Send one link for a whole collection or your entire playbook. Players and coaches browse by collection and tap any play to watch.

  • One link per collection or the whole playbook
  • Choose which collections are included
  • Turn a link off any time
A Lincoln High School branded play video with a red team sidebar, logo, coach’s step notes, playback speed, pauses and widescreen format

Export plays to video

Turn any play into a video that you can send in your team’s group chat. No link, no app, just press play.

  • Set the speed and pause on each step
  • Wide, square or tall for phones
  • Optional step notes as captions
A large playbook with 142 plays on Pro and no saved-play limit

Unlimited plays

The Free plan includes 10 saved plays. Pro has room for every set, counter and late-game play you can think of.

  • No limit on saved plays
  • Every collection, every season
  • Your plays stay yours, export any time

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when your playbook grows.

Free

Get started with up to 10 saved plays.

$0forever

Start free
  • 10 saved plays
  • Step-by-step animation
  • Coach's notes on every step
  • Collections to organize your plays
  • View-only share links for single plays
  • Print, PDF and Image exports
For your full playbook

Pro

Room for your entire playbook.

$10per month

Go Pro
  • Unlimited saved plays
  • Share links for collections or your playbook
  • Export to video in wide, square or tall format
  • Team branding on shared links and exports
  • Everything in Free

Cancel any time. Your plays stay yours — export them whenever you like.

FAQ

Questions coaches ask.

Something else?
Email help@staggerhq.com.

No. Shared plays open in any browser, on any phone. Players tap the link and press play. There's nothing to download.

Draw your first play today.

Free to start. Ready before practice tomorrow.