Legal Screen Requirements
A screen is a legal basketball action in which an off-ball player positions their body between a defender and their teammate, creating separation.
Individual Skills
Screening Fundamentals
A screen is a legal basketball action in which an off-ball player positions their body between a defender and their teammate, creating separation.
Direct answer
What is Screening Fundamentals?
A screen is a legal basketball action in which an off-ball player positions their body between a defender and their teammate, creating separation.
Quick facts
| Category | Individual Skills |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol2_intermediate_building_your_game.md |
What it is
- A screen is a legal basketball action in which an off-ball player positions their body between a defender and their teammate, creating separation.
- For a screen to be legal, it must satisfy three requirements: (1) Stationary: the screener cannot be moving when contact occurs; (2) Feet set: the screener's feet must be planted.
- A violation of any of these rules results in a moving screen foul.
How it works
- A violation of any of these rules results in a moving screen foul.
- The stationary requirement is the most frequently misunderstood; a screener may move to the screen location but must stop and establish position before the ball handler or off-ball player uses the screen.
- The feet-set requirement means the screener's stance must be stable enough to absorb contact without moving.
- A screener with narrow feet, shifting weight, or leaning into the screen is not truly set and will foul if contacted.
- Legal positioning means the screen is established in the defender's path naturally (not by extending an arm or stepping into them).
Bilingual terms
| English | Screening Fundamentals |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 掩护基本功 |
| Traditional Chinese | 篩選基礎知識 |
Learn before and after
These graph neighbors help place Screening Fundamentals in the larger basketball map.
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