Kowalczyk ballscreen
 | 1 Tod Kowalczyk ballscreen offence mensbasketballhoopscoop.blogspot.com See Offence - 1-4 Dive series, also High-Low. 1) Post players are on a string, they work together, one on the right, one on the left, from the slots. 1-2-3 are interchangeable. 4 picks and rolls, 1 comes off trying to get inside the elbow. They rarely get the roll guy. 4 can slip the screen and dive to the rim if he feels an early or hard hedge by his defender. If the defenders switch the ballscreen, 1 will pull the dribble back to the wing and 4 sprints to post (hook post). 1 can refuse the ballscreen and attack baseline, it's a great baseline drift pass to 3. Re-screen - a read when the on-ball defender is shading the ball to the screen/hedge [not letting the ball get to the screen], 4 turns to re-screen for 1, who attacks baseline and looks for the drift pass. Euro ballscreen offence - 4 can pick and pop behind the arc if he is a shooter. If the defence traps the ballscreen, 1 takes two-three dribbles away, 4 pops to the wing, 5 cuts into the middle near the foul line, and 2 breaks up across from 1 behind ball level (giving the ballhandler three short passing options). |
 | 2 a) 1 passes to 5 and gets back out (his start position), 5 looks for a high-low then 4 gets out (his start position), 2 backcuts on eye contact with 5. Euro ballscreen offence - if 5 skip passes to 3 against a sagging defence, 2 cuts to the opposite corner. |
 | 3 5 drives for a dribble hand-off with 3, who makes a two-step set-up toward the basket. 5 rolls to the basket. Use hand-offs like they are ballscreens. 3 backcuts if the defence tries to steal the hand-off, this is just a read although they do have a call for it ("Boston"). Euro ballscreen offence - 3 breaks out of the corner for a pass, 5 follows his pass to pick and roll, or can dribble hand-off if 3 is overplayed. Other options - 3 can cut backdoor on overplay - 5 can slip the screen - if 5 slips the screen, 4 sprints to pick and roll, 5 replaces 4 (running slip) - 3 can reject the screen and drive baseline. |
 | 4 Continuity on a pass to 4 - 3 gets out, then 5 if there is no high-low pass, 1 backcuts on eye contact, 4 will dribble hand-off with 2. Euro ballscreen - Flare slip option - 5 doesn't roll, he flarescreens for 3 on the pass to 4 then slips to the basket. |
 | 5 b) Pin down Instead of a backcut, 2 pins down for 3 in the corner, then clears weakside, 5 still dribble hand-offs with 3. This is a counter added in the second half of the season, used half of the time. 2 can fill behind the hand-off instead of clearing weakside, it doesn't matter which corner he goes to. |
 | 6 c) Reverse flare 3 flarescreens for 2 when 1 passes to 5. This is a read or a call from the bench when there is midline help against roll man 4. Euro ballscreen - 3 would then cut across the court to the opposite corner. |
 | 7 d) Top Flare 3 and 2 set a double flarescreen if 5 is denied, or to get 5 a 3-point shot. |
 | 8 e) Misdirection The action is the same except that 2 cuts to the opposite low post. |
 | 9 5 screens for 2 after the dribble hand-off. This is the Euro ballscreen Hunt special. Misdirection flare - 1 flarescreens if 4 is a shooter, if not, see below for a variation. |
 | 10 f) Misdirection flare 4 is not a shooter. On the pass to 5, 1 and 4 switch roles, 1 pops out top and 4 goes to the wing. 2 cuts to the weakside low post. |
 | 11 5 screens for 2 after the hand-off, and 4 flarescreens for 1. |
 | 12 g) Screen the screener 1 passes to 5 and gets back out, 2 screens for 4 (who should cut low), 5 passes to 3 and screens for 2. See 1-4 Dive series - Eagle. Euro ballscreen Post special 1 - 2 screens for 4, a cross-screen if 4 holds on the weakside block, or a backscreen if 4 comes out high. 5 does not screen for 2. Post special 2 - 4 gets back out high, 2 cuts to the ballside low post then backscreens for 5 on a pass to 3. |
 | 13 h) Hook post A good option to post perimeter players, instead of clearing weakside. Euro ballscreen - 5 dribbles down to the wing area. |
 | 14 2) Entry variations a) Point through An entry option from a Kansas-Carolina break, the ballhandler passes and cuts through, the low post comes up to pick and roll. |
 | 15 b) Euro ballscreen 1 passes and cuts through, 4 ballscreens, 5 (who could be weakside) comes high to replace 4. |
 | 16 c) Fran Fraschilla 1 dribbles to the wing area, 2 clears, 5 picks and rolls. |
 | 17 3) Unskilled post If you don't have a post player who can shoot from 15-21 feet. 2 uses a double screen from 3 and 5. |
 | 18 On a pass to 2, 5 picks and rolls, 1 and 4 double screen for 3. If 2 comes high to the slot off the screen by 3 and 5, then 5 doesn't come out to ballscreen. Continuity - 4 picks and rolls on a pass to 3, 1 comes off a double screen by 2 and 5. See Horns 23 triangle. |
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