How Do You Defend A Ball Screen In Basketball?
A basketball screen is one of the most fundamental but more effective ways for an offense to get players open. Ball screens are typical and basic motion of any offense. If you are able to properly defend a screen you could disrupt or even stop the flow of the opposing team’s offense. There are three basic ways a defense can defend a ball screen. The on-ball defender can decide to fight over the top of the screen, fight underneath a screen, or the player being screened and the man who is guarding the screener can switch. You need to decide what the offense is trying to accomplish with this ball screen in order to defend it properly. The offense might have a great shooter and they are trying to free him for a shot or they might have a great penetrator and want to get him space to create. They might also be trying to create a mismatch between the two defenders. If the person with the ball, who is receiving the screen, is a deadly outside threat you will want to fight over the top of the s
