Basic Defensive Role Categories
Basic Defensive Role Categories is a defensive strategy involving a defender who excels at controlling the ball handler and preventing scoring.
Team Defense
Defending Off-Ball Screens
This is riskier because if the screened player is a good three-point shooter, there is now space for a shot.
Direct answer
What is Defending Off-Ball Screens?
This is riskier because if the screened player is a good three-point shooter, there is now space for a shot.
Quick facts
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
What it is
- This is riskier because if the screened player is a good three-point shooter, there is now space for a shot.
- The defender being screened runs around the top of the screen.
- This keeps the defender in front of the screener and prevents separation.
Why it matters
- This is riskier because if the screened player is a good three-point shooter, there is now space for a shot.
How it works
- Options are: Go Over: The defender being screened runs around the top of the screen.
- This keeps the defender in front of the screener and prevents separation.
- Go Under: The defender being screened dips below the screen, staying attached to the screened player.
- Switch: The defender being screened and the screener's defender exchange assignments.
- This is used in heavy switching defenses and can create mismatches.
Bilingual terms
| English | Defending Off-Ball Screens |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 防守无球掩护 |
| Traditional Chinese | 防守無球掩護 |
Learn before and after
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