Practical Basketball Controls
PC and console agree on the core buttons. Passing does not.
Practical Basketball controls on PC, Xbox, and PS5 come from two pages that agree on movement, shooting, and dunks. Passing is the row they describe differently. Mobile has one shorter page, so those cells stay sparse.
| Action | PC | Xbox | PS5 | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | WASD | Left Stick | Left Stick | Left thumb zone |
| Sprint | Shift | RT | R2 | Sprint toggle |
| Shoot | Hold E | Hold X | Hold Square | Hold Shoot button |
| Pump fake | Tap E | Tap X | Tap Square | Tap Shoot button |
| Layup | Hold E while driving | Hold X while driving | Hold Square while driving | Hold Shoot near rim |
| Driving dunk | Shift + Spacebar | RT + Y | R2 + Triangle | Swipe up + Dunk button |
| Standing dunk | Hold Spacebar | Hold Y | Hold Triangle | Hold Dunk button |
| Self alley-oop | F | LB + R3 | L1 + R3 | Lob + Shoot buttons |
| Pass | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | LB + RB + teammate icon (Game Rant: RB + face button) | L1 + R1 + teammate icon (Game Rant: R1 + face button) | Tap pass icon 1–4 |
| Screen | Hold T | Hold B | Hold Circle | — |
| Post up | Hold G | Hold LT | Hold L2 | — |
| Stepback | Tap X | D-Pad Down / RS Down | D-Pad Down / RS Down | — |
Where the sources match
On PC, both practicalbasketball.org and Game Rant use WASD to move, Shift to sprint, hold E to shoot, tap E to pump-fake, and Shift plus Space for a driving dunk. Xbox uses the left stick, RT to sprint, hold X to shoot, and RT plus Y to dunk. PS5 uses R2, Square, and Triangle in the same jobs. Screen is hold T on PC, hold B on Xbox, and hold Circle on PS5.
Where passing differs
practicalbasketball.org describes a chord: LB plus RB plus a teammate icon on Xbox, and L1 plus R1 plus an icon on PS5. Game Rant describes RB plus a face button, or R1 plus a face button. I keep both in the Pass cell. PC passing as the number keys 1 through 4 is the line they share.
Mobile
The mobile column is from practicalbasketball.xyz only. It describes a left thumb zone, a sprint toggle, a shoot button you hold, and pass icons. Screen, post-up, and stepback are blank there. I am not inventing console-style buttons for a touch layout that page never drew.
FAQ
How do you shoot in Practical Basketball on PC?
Hold E to shoot, tap E to pump-fake, and hold E while driving for a layup. Shift plus Space is the driving dunk on both PC write-ups.
Can I remap the buttons?
Only practicalbasketball.xyz says remapping is unavailable. The other two control pages do not mention a remap menu, so that line stays a single source.
Sources
Last updated .
- practicalbasketball.org controls · checked 2026-11-05
- Game Rant controls · checked 2026-11-05
- practicalbasketball.xyz controls · checked 2026-11-05