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Coaching Basketball Screening Your Own Defender

By Brian Williams on March 5, 2014

Coaching Basketball Screening Your Own Defender

This article is from retired D1 Assistant Randy Brown.

Here are links to 2 other resources for playing against switching defenses. Both were written by D1 Assistant Coaches:

5 Strategies Against Switching Man to Man Defense

Practicing Against Switching Defenses

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Have switching defenses ever defeated you? The art of screening your own man to get a teammate open is rarely seen. But, it is a time tested strategy to counteract perimeter switching.

Take a look at this simple 3 on 3 drill that teaches the screener how to adjust the screening angle to actually screen his own man.

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Starting Positions.

1 passes to 3 and screens for 2. Defense switches and X1now has 2 and X2 has 1.

The problem is that X1 and jump switch and deny the pass to 2, stalling the drill.

 

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In the same starting positions, 1 will again pass to 3 and begin screening action towards 2 on the wing.

 

 
 

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Just before 1 sets his down screen on X2, he stops and gets screening angle on his own man, X1.

 

 

 
 

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2 cuts off 1’s screen (on X1) and cuts to the open spot on top of the floor.

2’s defender, X2, has no one to guard now. X1 and X2 are BOTH guarding 1.

This is a proven strategy against switch and junk defenses and is rarely defended properly by the defense

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  1. Bill says

    March 5, 2014 at 10:19 am

    Another counter for the switch that we use is one I stole from Bob Huggins. As O1 sets the screen for O2, and the defensive switch is on, O2 does not cut all the way but sets a screen on X1 to free up O1 for the dive to basket. This is great if you want O1 to take the shot and is your go-to-guy.

  2. williab83 says

    March 5, 2014 at 10:26 am

    Thanks for your input Bill!

  3. Clancy3434 says

    March 10, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    or simply slip the screen

  4. jose says

    March 11, 2016 at 11:50 am

    muy bueno el material

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