Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Basketball: The Power of Rescreening the PnR

We are futurists. What trend will accelerate? Rescreen to defeat different coverages. 



"There is nothing new under the sun." Spend two minutes to review what every middle school player should imprint. PnR options...hit the roller, get the jumper, reject the pick, slip the screen, and a complex get one, set one situation. Watch it five times, ten times, whatever you need. 


More teams ice or use drop coverage against the pick and roll. Offenses counter. 



As x5 drops, x1 goes through instead of under. 1 and 5 read this, 5 rescreens and gets x1 trailing or sealed to pressure x5. 


Exemplary PnR, rescreen and ball reversal. 


More examples. I suspect this earns an even more important place in PnR offense going forward. It can create two-on-ones or switches (especially for guards) not initially implied. 

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