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Kevin O'Neill - ballscreens


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Kevin O'Neill

Sidescreen

Offensively, 4 comes out from the elbow to set the screen (he can't make 3 come uphill and let X3 slide through). 3 steps over baseline to set up his man, the weakside is in a "tilt", with 5 ready to duck in and 1 and 2 ready to shoot. The screener pops back or rolls to the basket.

Defensively, xscreener X4 calls the coverage (e.g., show left) and X3 goes from a no-middle stance to driving the ball to the screen, giving 3 only one way to go. X1 is the X-man, on the nail, X2 is the hold man, and X5 is the rotator, they go to these spots and call them out. When a big goes out you know it's to set a screen.

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a) Blitz (trap)

X3 and X4 stay with the trap until 3 passes or takes two hard dribbles towards midcourt. High hands, force a hang-time pass, no split or dribble-around.

Recovering on a pass, the trappers get to the line of the ball, X3 sprints to the elbow, X4 sprints to the basket. On a pass to 1, everyone recovers to their own. On a throw-back to 4 (shown), X5 takes the ball and X4 takes 5 (X5 and X4 switch). X2 gets an arm in front of 5 as X4 is recovering, then gets back to 2. On a skip pass from 4 to 2, X1 would take him.

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b) Show

X4 shows high, chest to the ball, X2 goes over the screen but under X4. X4 will get back to 4 (no switch), 4 is not a great shooter.

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c) Contact switch

Switch on a small-small or big-big ballscreen, or the last 8 seconds regardless of size. X4 is at the level of the screen, hand on, jumps the dribbler hard, X3 goes behind the screener to pick him up.
 
Ryan Krueger - for a sidescreen, the angle should be between back to the opposite corner if the defence is going under the screen, and chest to the sideline if the defence is going over [so optionally xdribbler calls the coverage to go over a screen that is set back to the opposite corner, and under a screen that is chest to the sideline].

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Step-up ballscreen

Blitz until a pass, use the sideline and baseline to trap. X1 moves over.

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X1 stunts at 4 on a throw-back then gets back to his, X4 recovers to 4. If 4 is a great shooter, call a rotation for it.

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High Screen

a) Show high-low

2 and 3 are in the corners, X2 and X3 squeeze to the paint (shrink the floor) when they see the ballscreen. 4 picks and rolls, 5 replaces. X4 shows high, X1 goes over the screen but under X4.

If you show high, stay high. X5 takes roll guy 4, meeting him high and standing him up.


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X4 recovers to the foul line (shrink position) and guards 5.

Other ways to guard the high screen include going under (1 can't shoot), blitzing, and switching.

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