Coach Pintar shares thoughts on screening from Kevin Sutton.
Here are a few helpful tips:
1) "The screener is the second cutter." Screening is not SCUT WORK; screening creates OPPORTUNITY for the screener.
2) "Screen with deception." The less time defenders have to react, the less successful they will be in defending. A couple of steps with misdirection can help.
3) "Screen the body." Some use the term "headhunting" to define screening the body. Some coaches teach screening an area, but I want the body screened.
4) "Understand the possibilities." Screeners have to learn the proper roll, pick-and-pop, how to rescreen/change angles on the bump, and how to slip screens with defensive overplay.
Clever action with fake screen from "set one, get one" on the BLOB. Instead of STS action it's "screen the slipper."
Malone and Stockton in classic "slip" from side pick-and-roll.
5. "Drag" screens in transition often create great looks. Your ability to make teammates better appears in many situations. In the quantitative system I've used analytically, a screen leading to a hoop carries a +2 value.
It doesn't require extreme toughness to set a drag screen, but screens also have a cumulative impact to wear down defenders.