Today we are going to discuss the screening rules for what we do. Now this can be adapted to many ways, but we have decided this is what works best for us. I have our rules listed first, and our designations listed lower.
I think it is important, at least at first, to designate some type of screener. Like we talked about yesterday, we want to always keep a screener/cutter concept, and talk about a 1st cutter/2nd cutter impact. There are several ways to establish this, and you will have to pick which fits you. Some have gone with the mover blocker series (Dick Bennett has great videos on this) in which you can pick an alignment (lane/lane, wide/wide, lane/wide, top/bottom); while some have chosen the designated screener, and designated cutter approach (Don Meyer has great videos for this), we pretty much call our screen based upon what defenses are doing to us, or trying to get a offensive player open.
For instance we have a few calls, and all of these are based upon a 2x2 alignment with the ball (diagrams will come later today). We may go all inside (person closest to the midline will screen the person outside of them). We do this against really aggressive man 2 man teams, while trying to establish the inside cut. Our best goal here is that one of our better shooters starts close to the midline, and will work to screen outside of them, and 2nd cut to create spacing.
We will also go all outside (person farthest away from the midline will screen the person to their inside) we will do this against teams that are loaded with bigs inside to get a good post shooter a shot from 10-15 feet, and will also utilize this against teams that can't handle the flare screen very well. If they can't handle the flare very well we will try to make sure our shooters get to the inside of a partner so that they can receive the flare, and get to the corner, or we will tell our quicker kids to receive the flare, and try to inside cut it hard. This usually ties down the hedger, and creates room for slips, or second cuts away from the rim.
We also have other calls such as: all flare, all down, etc, but we only use those in situational areas, or against zones, which I will get into later this week. Hope this helps!!
SCREENING RULES:
1. Screeners head for defenders shoulder nearest the offensive cutter.
2. Screeners, always look to find a cutter, never stand!!!
3. Make sure we have two cuts at the point of action!
4. Make sure that we know who, or where the screens are coming from, as this will change based upon personnel
5. This year we are going to designate either an area, or the type of screen to set. Sometimes we will still have the screener cutter concept, but this is the next logical step in the progression of the offense
1. INSIDE: Person inside will set screens, based upon who is closest to rim (see diagram labeled screening rules inside)
2. OUTSIDE: Person outside based upon relation to the rim/midline will set the screen. (See diagram labeled screening rules outside).
3. ALL FLARE: Mainly against zones but will be set from the bottom up the whole possession, looking for flare, out, or pop cuts.
4. ALL BACK: All screens will come from lower offensive person, moving away from the rim for the possession.
5. ALL DOWN: All screens will come from upcourt towards the rim.
Instead of designating screeners/cutters as our only means of working the offense, we are going to shift so that we can utilize mismatches, or personnel moving by changing our screening rules. This year we are going to make this more of a location screening, (ex. We want to get a big defender away from the rim, we are going to run a lot more ALL BACK for a few possessions, to get them away from the rim as much as possible, and hopefully get them into a chasing situation.). Hopefully this will reduce some confusion on our end, make us more cognizant of where everyone is on the floor, and be more difficult to defend/scout.
