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Double Drag / Two-Screen Action
Double Drag / Two-Screen Action is a fundamental basketball concept involving two screeners set consecutive screens for the primary ball handler.
Direct answer
What is Double Drag / Two-Screen Action?
Double Drag / Two-Screen Action is a fundamental basketball concept involving two screeners set consecutive screens for the primary ball handler.
Quick facts
| Category | Foundations |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol5_professional_the_frontier.md |
What it is
- Double Drag / Two-Screen Action is a fundamental basketball concept involving two screeners set consecutive screens for the primary ball handler.
- Two screeners set consecutive screens for the Primary Ball Handler. The first screen creates an initial attack angle; the second screen (set on the same side) creates a secondary.
- Blitz/trap coverage in which the on-ball defender and the lead screen-defender trap the Primary Ball Handler, while the trail big's defender plus weak-side help cover the two.
Why it matters
- The first screen creates an initial attack angle; the second screen (set on the same side) creates a secondary angle.
How it works
- The ball-handler uses whichever is more open.
- Optimal Pairing: Primary Ball Handler (ball-handler) + two Mobile Bigs or Stretch Bigs.
- Defensive Target: Double drag targets switching defense.
- The consecutive screens force multiple switches, creating favorable mismatches (a Primary Ball Handler switching onto a big, or vice versa).
- Counters: Blitz/trap coverage in which the on-ball defender and the lead screen-defender trap the Primary Ball Handler, while the trail big's defender plus weak-side help cover the two divers (rather than both screeners' defenders abandoning their men).
Bilingual terms
| English | Double Drag / Two-Screen Action |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 双拖掩护/连续掩护战术 |
| Traditional Chinese | Double Drag / 雙掩護動作 |
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