Thursday, December 31, 2009

Offence - screen of screener for high-low

This movement has plenty of options and gets every player involved. To begin, shooters (2 and 3) are spaced as corner threats, post (5) is ballside above the low block, trail big (4) is outside of three and opposite the ball (1). 4 sprints across and turns/hooks to set a ballscreen for 1 to use and read off the top. 5 clears the post to set a corner screen away for 2.

4 sets a second screen as the top of the stagger (with 5) to open up 2 sprinting from the corner. 1 finds 2 with a pass coming off of 4's stagger. 1 must be thinking a dive (give and go) off the top and is reading their defender (move with the pass?) as well as the play of 2. For 1, there is also the possibility of setting a ballscreen for 2. 3 is looking to space accordingly opposite and is 'shot ready' at all times.


4 continues and sets downscreen for 5, then rolls to pinch post or iso. 5 is reading the defence and uses the post screen with the intent to catch and play off the high-low pass from 2. In order to best take advantage of the defensive reaction and recovery, the timing of the pass from 1 to 2 and the second screen of 4 for 5 should be highlighted and emphasized. If 5 catches inside, but is not able to play, then 3 must be spaced and ready for the kick opposite for an open look.

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