Natural Screen

Illustration 19.—The beginning of the
most frequent of the screen plays is il-
lustrated here. The white shirted player
on the left has just passed the ball to
his team mate. He will continue his
course, take the ball from his team mate
and dribble or shoot. The player with
the ball may fake the pass and keep the
ball for a dribble to his own right. No
fouls are shown in this illustration.

Illustration 20.—A continuation of
the play started in Illustration 19 is
shown here. The ball has been passed
to the running player; he has retreated
a step and is preparing to shoot. The
passer has held his position and is pre-
paring to move toward the rebound.
The defensive players (in the black
shirts) have been screened from the
shooter. This maneuver is legal unless
the passer backs up into the defensive
men or pushes them in some manner.
The defensive men might foul if they
attempt to get to the shooter by pushing
the passer.

Pick-off Screen

Illustration 21.—The start of a pick-
off screen is shown here. The offensive
player on the right (in the white shirt)
will suddenly move to the side of the de-
fensive player on the left, while the
player with the ball dribbles behind the
screen established. See Illustration 22.

Pick-off Screen

Illustration 22.—Here the pick-off is
being executed. This is legal so long as
the offensive player originally on the
right does not touch the defensive man
or otherwise hinder his attempts to
follow the dribbler. The pick-off man
has a right to his spot on the floor and
is not fouling in this case.

Illustration 23.—The pick-off is being
illegally executed here by the offensive
man. The pick-off man has no right to
use his arms in this fashion to prevent
the movement of the defensive player.
He can merely take his position and must
not cause contact. If the guard causes
contact, the offensive man cannot be
fouled, although he may desire that con-
tact to occur.

NOTE.—Pictures were posed by Cap-
tain Hellmich, Mills, Rohlen and Stine
of the University of Illinois basketball
squad.

 

Reprint from the Athletic Journal, December, 1933