Stationary Shooter
Definition: Catch-and-shoot player positioned in fixed spacing location (usually corner or wing).
Player Types
Off-Screen Shooter
Definition: Scores almost exclusively off designed screening actions: pin-downs, flare screens, handoffs, back screens.
Direct answer
What is Off-Screen Shooter?
Definition: Scores almost exclusively off designed screening actions: pin-downs, flare screens, handoffs, back screens.
Quick facts
| Category | Player Types |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol4_ncaa_systems_archetypes_scouting.md |
What it is
- Definition: Scores almost exclusively off designed screening actions: pin-downs, flare screens, handoffs, back screens.
Why it matters
- Forces defenders to fight through screens.
- Creates shooting volume off repetitive actions.
How it works
- Defining Metrics: High assisted FG% (75%+ of FGs assisted)
- Defining Metrics: High pin-down frequency (15%+ of possessions)
- Defining Metrics: High handoff frequency (10%+ of possessions)
- Defining Metrics: High re-screen frequency (re-uses same screen)
- Defining Metrics: Moderate-to-high usage when getting screens (25%+ when screened)
Bilingual terms
| English | Off-Screen Shooter |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 借掩护射手 |
| Traditional Chinese | 借掩護投籃型射手 |
Related concepts
Movement Shooter
Definition: Catch-and-shoot player who scores in motion off relocations.
Big Man Archetypes
Can shoot 3s, post-up, roll, cut, pass.
Guard & Wing Archetypes
Definition: Initiates most offensive possessions.
Offensive Archetype Framework
An archetype is a functional classification of how a player generates offense, where they score, and what spacing/passing demands they impose on defenders.
Primary Ball Handler
Definition: Initiates most offensive possessions.