Back screen

The back screen involves an off-ball player setting a screen behind a teammate’s defender. This will often catch the defender unaware and allows the offensive player to cut towards the basket where they can receive the pass and finish with an open layup. To execute the backboard screen: - When your teammate  comes up to set the screen away, you want to get to a spot near where the screen will occur. - You then need to create separation between yourself and your defender by using your teammate as a screen. To do this, you want to set up the defense with a fake. Step in toward the defender’s body before exploding the other direction around the screener. - As you go around your teammate who is serving as the screener, you should be very close to their outside hip so that you force the defender into your teammate. - Your motion around the screener should be low, sharp and tight to the screen. You also need to be ready to finish with a lay up once you create separation. - While performing the fake, you may see a defender shooting the gap. This happens when a defender goes around the screener in an attempt to anticipate and get in the gap between you and where the ball is being passed. When a defender shoots the gap, you can bump the screen to the corner and prepare for a catch and shoot.  To bump the screen: - Instead of going in toward the ball and where the defender has moved, you should instead drop back away from the screen and defender. - Use the defender’s positioning against them to help create separation to get open for a shot. - Getting open makes the game easier. Proper execution of screening action can lead to more open, easier lay ups or shots. Use this to your advantage to gain an edge on the defense.