Clean Off the Screen: Setup and Timing

Setup

Groups of three: ball handler, live on-ball defender and a screener with no defender. Start at the top with the ball handler holding or dribbling.

How it runs

1. The screener walks toward the ball; the handler waits and does not move until the screener's feet are planted.
2. As the screener lands, the handler sets up away from the screen: in-and-out dribble, step-across, or a hard rip-through if the dribble is still alive.
3. He crosses back and comes off shoulder to shoulder with the screener, forcing his defender to go over.
4. He turns the corner downhill with at least two dribbles and finishes at the rim or with a pull-up at the elbow.
5. Defender tries to stay attached; rotate positions every rep.

Coaching point

Wait for the screen: leaving early gets the screener called for a moving pick.