Basketball playbook

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A basketball playbook, like any sports playbook, involves compilation of strategies the team would like to use during games. The playbook starts as a canvas picture of the basketball court with all its boundaries and lines. On top of that, the playmaker can draw O's for players on offense, and X's for players on defense. Specifically however, the playmaker will need to number them for different positions. They are:

Basketball positions
Guards		1. Point guard	Combo guard (PG/SG)
		2. Shooting guard	Swingman (SG/SF)
Forwards		3. Small forward	Stretch four (PF/SF)
		4. Power forward	Point forward (PG/PF, PG/SF)
Center striker		5. Center	Forward-center (PF/C)
Captain | Head coach | Referees and officials

The following are a list of playbook plays commonly used in basketball throughout the world.