Manu Watsa teaches, "don't major in the minors," meaning don't overspend time teaching minor points.
Move the needle by getting the most from every possession. And getting more demands understanding the possible. For example, the "core four" actions off pick-and-roll (PnR) are ballhandler drive, ballhandler shot, pass to roller, pass to popping screener. But wait, there's more.
Successful pick-and-rolls present high reward alternatives available after defensive responses or errors. Let's examine three...
- Slipping
- Rejecting the screen
- Rescreening
The initial screen may fail, the ballhandler defender may go under, or offense may turn a dribble handoff into a rescreen. The rescreen creates new reads and may lead to high quality drives, passes, or shots.
Here's a timely excerpt from this week's Slappin' Glass Newsletter
Rescreening Strategy: Why do it?
Before going into the actions themselves, here's a few reasons why a team may choose to utilize a rescreen within their system.
- To create a "shooting window" and downhill attacking lanes for the ballhandler.
- To get the ballhandler's defender to chase over the top of the second screen, thus engaging and stress-testing the help defenders and their rotations.
- To punish a Hard Hedge or Trap by keeping the ball in the PG's hands.
Below we'll look at how the rescreen and a team's off-ball movement around it can be used to:
- Create a "Shooting Window" for the guard
- Attack "Drop Coverage"
- Attack a "Hard Hedge" or Trap...
Summary:
- Get more from halfcourt offense PnR
- Effective video reinforces concepts
- Slips attack aggressive defenses and switches
- "Rejection" is an underused early option
- Rescreening gets separation when initial actions didn't
