Setting Up the Defender Before Using the Screen
Setting Up the Defender Before Using the Screen is an individual basketball skill that the effectiveness of a pick-and-roll is determined partly by.
Individual Skills
Coming Off Screen Tight and Hip-to-Hip Contact
Coming off tight" means the handler moves through the screening area immediately after the screener is set, maintaining hip-to-hip contact or nearly.
Direct answer
What is Coming Off Screen Tight and Hip-to-Hip Contact?
Coming off tight" means the handler moves through the screening area immediately after the screener is set, maintaining hip-to-hip contact or nearly.
Quick facts
| Category | Individual Skills |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol2_intermediate_building_your_game.md |
What it is
- Coming off tight" means the handler moves through the screening area immediately after the screener is set, maintaining hip-to-hip contact or nearly touching.
- This proximity shields the handler from the defender and maximizes the separation created.
- A handler who comes off the screen too wide (more than one dribble away) wastes the screen because the defender can recover laterally.
Why it matters
- A handler who comes off the screen too wide (more than one dribble away) wastes the screen because the defender can recover laterally.
How it works
- "Coming off tight" means the handler moves through the screening area immediately after the screener is set, maintaining hip-to-hip contact or nearly touching.
- This proximity shields the handler from the defender and maximizes the separation created.
- Proper mechanics involve: approaching the screen at the correct angle, making deliberate contact (hip-to-hip, using the screener's body to shield), and accelerating away immediately after.
- The spacing is measured in feet; even a difference of 1-2 feet changes the effectiveness dramatically.
- Defenders often try to go under the screen (staying attached to the handler) or going over it (pushing through).
Bilingual terms
| English | Coming Off Screen Tight and Hip-to-Hip Contact |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 贴紧掩护与臀对臀接触 |
| Traditional Chinese | 離開熒幕時，臀部與臀部的緊密接觸 |
Learn before and after
These graph neighbors help place Coming Off Screen Tight and Hip-to-Hip Contact in the larger basketball map.
Reading Drop Coverage
Drop coverage is a defensive strategy where the screening defender "drops" (stays with the roller) while the ball handler's original defender goes.
Related concepts
Pick-and-Roll Basics (Ball Handler)
Coming off tight" means the handler moves through the screening area immediately after the screener is set, maintaining hip-to-hip contact or nearly.
The Sprint-and-Seal
A sprint-and-seal is a technique where a screener sprints toward the screening location, establishes the screen with perfect footwork (feet set.
Using Ball Screens as a Handler
A ball screen (on-ball screen) is an off-ball player setting a legal screen for the ball handler.
Basket Cut and Fill
(A basket cut requires no screen and should not be confused with a slip, which is a screener aborting the screen and cutting to the rim before.
Curl Cut: Movement Off Screens
Curl Cut: Movement Off Screens: A curl cut occurs when an off-ball player cuts around a screen set by a teammate, typically using the screen.
Dribble Retreat and Reset
This is a crucial skill because it prevents bad possessions: rather than forcing a poor shot or turnover, the handler creates space and time to reset.