Ball Screen Offense

The pick and roll has been a staple piece of basketball mechanics. 

What is it? And why is it so effective? 

The offensive play of the pick and roll is the action of a teammate putting their body in front of the defender who guards the player coordinating the offense. The player with the basketball moves towards the pick once the pick has been set, so the defender cannot follow them. Resulting in a lane to the basket or pass to an open teammate. 

However, pick and rolls are commonly thought of as screens. Although there isn't a significant difference, when referring to an on-ball screen, the term pick is generally used, whereas the term screen could refer either to an off-ball screen or to an on-ball screen.

Its success came from the mid 1950’s when a vast majority of players were able to create a mismatch and drive to the basket or settle for a mid range jump shot. That's all there was to do, it wasn't until the three point shot was introduced in the 80’s. Fast forward to today's game, and you’ll quickly learn it's become a shooters league. Although the pick and roll is still widely used, teams seek to shoot behind the three point line. Creating the Spread Pick and Roll. 

The Spread Pick and Roll is essentially the same. As the three off-ball players are all outside the three-point arc, a 'spread pick and roll' involves using a ball-screen action to create the opening. ... Defenders will have difficulty getting off their player in this variation without giving up an open three-point shot. When teams have 3 players who are able to shoot the basketball at a high percentage around the pick and roll, this tactic is very effective. 

In this lesson, Coach Matt McCall discusses the 4 main points to make the spread pick and roll offense work. He teaches transitions and goes over numerous scenarios where the offense can get easy points. The spread pick and roll offense is a continuity offense that relies on ball and player movement, looking to get a result of two players on the ball and/or a two on one advantage situation for the offense. 

The Ram Screen is a great way to displace the screen help defender by making them fight through a screen and be late for their coverage. This is a great way to negate some of the best on-ball screen coverages out there!

I have collected 20 great Ram-Screen plays from around the world. NBA, NCAA, and Euroleague. There is something in here for every coach.

In this course you will get:

1. 17 minutes of video playbook

2. Downloadable PDF with full play diagrams

Enjoy!

Pick&Roll is the most popular action in today's modern basketball. More than 50% of the game is about Pick&Roll...and here we are not talking about 2 : 2 game. Pick&Roll is much more. As an excellent coach said: Normal teams play PR with 2 players, decent teams play PR with 3 players, good teams play PR with 4 players and championship teams play PR with all 5 players. 

In this video course we dive deep into different ideas on how to attack different Pick&Roll coverages and offer you more than 101 ideas to create with all 5 players. In this course you will find more than 80 minutes of edited breakdowns and examples from high level basketball and learn how to react and attack:

> DROP defensive coverage
> FLAT defensive coverage
> HEDGE / BLITZ / SHOW defensive coverage
> TRAP defensive coverage
> ICE / SIDE defensive coverage
> SWITCH coverage
> UNDER coverage
and informations about SPAIN Pick&Roll, attacking Pick&Roll with BIG MAN as ballhandler and why "REJECT" (going away from screen) is always first option no matter what kind of defensive coverage opponent uses.
As an extra / bonus video you can watch analysis of Facundo Campazzo (player of Real Madrid at that time) using different techiques and ideas while attacking Pick&Roll, creating for himself and for the others.

In this course, Coach Nick Pasqua teaches everything you need to know and more about the Ball Screen Offense to run it effectively. He reveals 10 offensive keys allowing you to turn it into your primary offense. He even expresses how you can morph your offense with the Ball Screen offense to make your team difficult to scout. If you are a coach who wants to learn more about the Ball Screen Offense, then this is the course for you.

In this course, Coach Baker Dunleavy presents “Teaching Ball Screen Execution”.

Coach Dunleavy discusses the following in this course:

- Different types of ball screen coverage

- “Create the Trigger” by BSC to provoke defensive to act to run the the offense

- Learn four of the coverages, as well as screener and creator duties and roles

- Proper footwork, timing, non-verbal communication with players on floor

-  Importance of the basic principles of Pick and Rolls

- Explaining the deuces and the aces in the ball screen execution