Man screen

In this article we analyze the foundation’s collective Man screen. What is it, what types of screens there are, what options they can play, and how to attack the various ways of defending it.

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Introduction

In this article, monograph on the Man screen, explain the following aspects:

Definition: What is a Man screen?

‘Action carried out by two attacking players without the ball in that one of the players is placed by way of an obstacle for the player who takes the screens to move away from their defender, with the aim of receiving the ball, either to throw, to penetrate to the basket or keep moving the game through passes to enjoy and maintain the advantage already created’. (Cedric Arregui).

Description and overview of the foundation’s collective Man screen

The Man screen is an action carried out two attacking players without the ball. We have the maker of the screen and the screened.. On a technical basis collective, the success of the action will depend on what you both attacking players made after observing the way that defenders of resolving the issue raised by the attackers and the reading of the situation which the Player With the Ball.

As a general rule, the policy-holder of the Man screen is an exterior (base/escort -perhaps eaves) and the blocker is an interior (center or wing-pivot). However, we will also see that there are situations in which external block exterior, interior block each other, and even external blocking interiors.

The maker of the screen moves, modulating your speed with the rhythm changes, to the location where it is found, the screen that will be offered to hinder and delay the progression of the defender of the policy-holder of the Man screen.

Depending on how you defend the opponent team the Man screen, the attackers will have to read the reaction of the defenders, choose and carry out the actions that will best obstruct the way of defending the IB is elected by the defense.

Contrary to what is usually thought, the Man screen produce 2 attackers without the ball and not only is defended only by their respective peer advocates. The other 3 defenders will be aware of the possible aid. In total, always amongst the five defenders on the track.

There are two ways to put the Man screen that can be classified by:

The individual: the most common, the attacking player without the ball will go to block the defender of the policy-holder of the lock. It will stop with enough time to avoid being punished with a lack in attack (see Article 33 – Contact Principle: General, point 33.7 Screens of the Rules of FIBA).
The space: more and more common in the case of the attack against area. In this case, the need to guide and secure the defender of the policy-holder of the lock will be more obvious, since the defender will be defending a space (see article zone Defense – Defense space or defense of spaces).

Thus, the Indirect picks are used to attack both against individual Advocacy as the zone Defense and its location will determine the possible ways of defending it and the possible ways of attack in function of the response given by the defenders.

Position classical Blocker in the Man screen

In the position, classic, the blocker puts the arms down, a hand covering the other. In this way, it is ensured to be in your cylinder (position most commonly used on players players.

Position in cross-Blocker in the Man screen

In the position on the cross, the block crosses the arms (with the back of his hands out and closed hands). This better protects your chest of receiving any impact. Most used by players to players.

Position stout Blocker in the Man screen

In the position voluminous, the block performs the lock occupying the most of your cylinder. The hands covering the elbow of the arm to the contrary in such a way that the forearms are a few palms separated from the trunk, absorbing the impact of the defender blocked at the same time protecting the chest and the parties ‘noble’.

Main types of locks indirect

Horizontal Man screen

Locks indirect horizontal is so called due to be parallel to the bottom line.

Vertical Man screen

Locks indirect vertical is so called due to be in parallel to the bands.

Diagonal Man screen

Locks indirect diagonals is so called due to be going in oblique, from corner to corner.

Types of Man screen and its implications tactics: Concepts played

Each time a team makes a play, or system that includes one or more Locks Indirect, always have in mind the possible form that will have the defenders to prevent and counteract the potential benefits that can be created.

Cut UCLA

The court UCLA, invented by John Wooden, is founded to provide a Lock Indirect vertical to the player who cuts toward the basket after the ball. The advantage of this concept is based on the lock indirect played a blind pick (the lock comes from the back of the defender in such a way that it is very difficult to bypass it).

Note: it is essential that the blocker to respect the parameters of time and space, with the defender not to be punished with a lack in attack (Article 33 Contact: General Principles).

Block the Blocker
(‘Pick-the-picker’)

After a first lock indirect, the blocker will receive another block indirect. The main advantage occurs due to the difficulty it creates for the defense to read and decide how to defend the second lock indirect.

Note: this concept is behind the attack system FLEX (you can find this article on Teaching methodology Flex or this other article on Variants of Flex).

Pin Down

The Pin Down is a lock indirect vertical to a player in the low post for you to take for the purpose of receiving the edge of space and time on the perimeter.

Hammer

The Hammer is a Man screen, which occurs for the policy holder to receive a pass to the corner. It tends to result in weak side.

Flare

The Flare is a horizontal Man screen that a player gets outside that you just pass the ball. The block comes from the weak side. The purpose is that the player taker lock indirect receives a pass from inversion of band-to-band (Skip-pass).

Cross Screen

The Cross Screen is a Man screen characteristic of players interiors.
Both players interiors occupy the posts below. The internal player is located in the low post on the strong side will block the other interior is situated in the low post on the weak side.

Shuffle

The Shuffle is a Blockage Downstream of an interior that rises to put it to the eaves (3) located in the wing of the weak side.

Indirect picks involving more than 2 attackers

Cart, also known as stagger

The Cart (‘stagger’ in English) is formed by two blockers that offer a blockage downstream to the policyholder.
It will take (they can even weave) between the first and the second locking indirect. You can even refuse to take the second Man screen in the case of a read which the defender is expected.
Here we have an example of a thread of Marc Castle.

❌⭕️ | Reverse to Twirl

Inversión para montar el stagger en lado contrario, pero rizando sobre el primero de los bloqueos, cuyo bloqueador toma la salida del indirecto después. pic.twitter.com/Kzl2Hz7zUe
— Marc Castillo (@Marc__Castillo) October 21, 2021

The cart can be placed next to the bottom line, the height of the free kick, or to the height of the header.

Stack and Triple Stack

The Stack is a Man screen in which the two blockers are shoulder to shoulder. This will increase the space to defend, hindering the recovery of space for the defender of the policyholder.

We also have to name the Triple stack. It is equal to the stack unless you are 3 blocks involved.

Both the stack as the triple stack tend to be played a lot in order to facilitate the reception of the policyholder in the out-of-band and in the background.

A lift (elevator), also called the Guillotine

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The Lift (Elevator’ in English), also known by the term Guillotine is a progression of the previously named stack. There are two blockers leave enough space for the taker to be able to pass. How much the policyholder has passed, they come together shoulder to shoulder to prevent the defender of the policy-holder can go to defend the player who took the Man screen.
This type of lock is to offer shooters so that we can benefit and take the best advantage of this foundation collective.

Triple pole

In the Triple post, first a small located in the low post for strong side will lock to an interior is situated in the low post on the weak side. After that first Man screen, the child receives a blockage downstream of the other, inside which was located in the elbow of weak side.
This is another tactical concept that is based on the Blocker blocked (‘Pick-the-picker’).

Zipper

The Zipper is a game system based on a Man screen vertical. As a general rule, the JCB tends to be located in one of the bands and the blocker is the interior that ‘falls’ towards the bottom-line to provide a Man screen abroad located in strong side. This is what it will take to receive the ball on the perimeter

Diamond

The Diamond is a game system based on two locks indirect diagonal. JCB is placed in the header. The other players without the ball, forming a diamond, standing at 4 and 5 in the intermediate distance zone, 2 to the height of the free-throw and 3 under the hoop (3 and 2 can be switched).
3 choose for which side to take the Man screen and 2 are open to opposite side.

Spain Pick and Roll

The Spain Pick and Roll is composed of a Ball Screen central followed by a Lock-blind, taking the lock of the locking direct.

Learning objectives

Objectives for the policy holder of the Man screen:

Read position of the defender.
1. Defensive position.
2. Offset ft.
3. Activity of hands.
4. Default orientation.
Meter/driving/set the defender to the location where you will encounter the Man screen.
Observe the defensive reactions, both of the ombudsman as advocate blocker to be able to make the decision more efficient to take advantage of the Man screen.

Objectives for the Blocker

Measure speed of displacement of the defender of the policy-holder of the lock.
Anticipate location that will produce the Man screen.
Stop with plenty of time for that when you make a Blocking Indirect to be in your cylinder offensive and be within the law, to not be punished with a lack in attack.
Observe the defensive reactions, both of the ombudsman as advocate of the policy-holder of the Man screen to be able to make the decision more efficient to take advantage of the Man screen.

Most common errors

Most common mistakes of the policy-holder of the Man screen

It does not read the position of the defender.
Not takes your defender to the Man screen
Take the Man screen but does not read the defensive reactions. It does not react (and if it does, what does late, having lost the advantage produced) and is found again with the situation of opposition from his defender (the clock of possession is still running…).

Most common errors Blocker

It does not measure the speed of the displacement of the defender of the policy-holder of the lock
Does not anticipate the location in which it will fail the Man screen.
Arriving late and/or not be stopped prior to contact with the defender of the policy-holder of the Man screen. Is punished with a lack in attack.
You do not see the defensive reactions (so that can’t decide) and gives continuity to the Man screen. Lost time and does not help in the final resolution of the Man screen.

The most important details of the Man screen

Before the Man screen:
- Set the defenders:
  - Blocker calculating trajectory, speed, and location of the Man screen.
  - Taker Lock: setting and taking his torque to the Man screen.
During the Man screen:
- Pass shoulder to shoulder to hinder the progression of the defender of the policy-holder of the lock IndirectMan screen and generate an advantage of space and time..
After the Man screen:
- Read the defensive reaction that produces the Man screen. Observe where the advocate of the policy-holder of the Man screen and in what way the defender blocker helps to defend that advantage.
- Take advantage of the space gained. The maker of the Man screen you will need to lengthen the recovery defensive of its par (or the help of the defender of the blocker) or take advantage of the position won.. In both cases, to receive and throw, and in the latter case, to receive on the way to the basket.

How to defend a Man screen

There is a huge variety of defensive responses to the foundation of the Man screen. Each one of them will be determined by the characteristics of the defending players (which will be paired with taker and blocker), style of play of the defending team and location in which the Crash occurs Downstream.
Before going into detail, it is fundamental to remember that the communication and the defensive pressure to the JCB (reaching to deny the pass to the side where it’s going to Crash Indirect -at the risk of being exposed in defence of the 1×1).
Below we will examine the different ways of defending the Man screen.

Defense of the Man screen Pursue the policy-holder (Defense against shooters).
Defense of the Man screen Trim (Defense against penetrators).
Defense of the Man screen with Feint and Recovery (‘Show/Flash’)
Defense of the Man screen pushing to the blocker (‘Push’).
Defense of the Man screen with ‘Body-Check’ of the defender of the blocker to the policyholder.
Defense of the Man screen exchange (‘Switch’).

Pursuing the policy-holder of the Man screen

In this option defensively, the defender of the policy-holder must run to the couple of the policyholder, avoiding getting into the lock line indirect. In some way denies it and prevents stay ‘clicked’ and overrides a possible advantage that might be obtained.
This defense is used against attacking players who are good marksmen.

Trim the Man screen

The defender of the policy holder passes the Man screen heating up. The travel distance is lower and also it can even defend and cut the line pass.

Defense ‘Show/Flash’ Man screen

In this option defensively, the defender of the blocker out to defend momentarily pass line to avoid a possible pass and create a doubt in the reading of the attackers.. After this, on the way to recover their defensive position, is aware of a possible pass to your couple. To avoid this situation, is pending in another defender that is placed on aid (in the diagram, advocate, 4).

How much slower is the blocker and/or the smaller the distance to recover by the ombudsman, the more effective it will be.

Note: in this option, it is recommended that the proponent of the policy-holder to recover its brand chasing and not hinder the recovery of the defender of the blocker.

Defense ‘Push’ in the Man screen

The defender blocker push (not excessively so as not to be punished with a lack of) to the blocker. In the diagram you can see how after pushing (blue lines) the defenders 4 and 5, the locks indirect offered are displaced (lines purple),
This defense has two purposes:

disrupt the progression of policyholder (you’ll have to dodge or absorb the contact with your partner blocker), and,
leave space for the defender of the policy-holder to have more space to move and be able to better defend the policyholder.

Note: it is usual to see more of this defense in the indirect picks for the simple reason that calls less attention of the arbitrators, and it is more difficult to be punished with a lack in defense.

Defense ‘Body-check’ Man screen

In this resource defence, the defender of the policy-holder of the Man screen exchange your marking the defender of the blocker (as in the defense, ‘Flash’, there are defender 4 is pending for help).
It is very feasible when:

the defender of the policy-holder of the lock has a weight and/or height that is similar to the blocker,
the defender of the blocker is higher and/or weighs more but is agile and can defend either the 1×1 distances perimeter,
combination of the previous two.

Note: This option is used, both in the Locks Indirect as in the Locks Direct when it comes to played in a band and background, and, above all, in special situations end of the party with marker set.

Defense ‘Change’ of the Man screen

In this resource defence, the defender of the policy-holder of the Man screen exchange your marking the defender of the blocker. It is very feasible when:

the defender of the policy-holder of the lock has a weight and/or height that is similar to the blocker,
the defender of the blocker is higher and/or weighs more but is agile and can defend either the 1×1 distances perimeter,
combination of the previous two.

We recommend viewing the video made by Juan Carlos García Gómez:

How to attack every defense of the Man screen: Examples from the base of the 3×3

The Defenders make change: Attack of the change (‘Mismatch’)

It takes advantage of the disadvantage in the clockings punishing of two ways:

Outdoor play 1×1 against defending big that it is not agile or fast.
The Exterior gets the ball inside to inside play 1×1 against defending small.

Defender of the policyholder pursues or cuts

The Defender taker aims to:

taker riza (lines marones) and cut to the hoop.

The Defender of the policy-holder trim:

taker punishes lengthening recovery (pink lines).

How to attack every defense of the Man screen

As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, the Man screen played in situation of 5×5. What is more, many times is even produced two locks indirect at the same time, either having two locks on indirect well-differentiated, either several indirect picks in a row. When you run a Blockade indirectly raises a problem which results in a series of mismatches on defense. It is for this reason that we must be attentive to possible aid or rotations defensive of the other 2 players who are not involved in the BI.

Whether making aid as if rotations defensive, the attackers are not involved in the Blockade of Downstream will have to play without the ball moving to occupy spaces away to lengthen the distance to retrieve later by the defenders (the greater the distance, the greater time to keep and take advantage created).

Then, the defensive options of the advocates are not involved in the Crash Indirect:

‘Bump’ is the ‘Body Check’ outside: in the Past, the players interiors ‘charged toll’ to all the player who cut through the area. The ‘Bump’ has the same concept, only that it not be called the same, it seems that it is different.
Finally, there is the possibility of rotations defensive. These rotations defensive you can narrow by number of players involved, being able to sort them by players from the output side of the Direct Blocking, players on the other side. We can make patterns depending on the output side, and how many players are on that side. In this example, all of the defenders rotate (displacement with green lines), except of the defender of the blocker.

Proposal of Progression methodology of the teaching of the Locks Indirect

We begin by teaching the foundation with wheels 2×0 or exercises without opposition, with a rhythm of execution and being attentive to the moment of building the Man screen, of taking it and to continue it (Wheel lock-offs for policy-holder and Wheel Man screen 45º to 45º).

The progression consistent would be to put in a passive defender (can be the coach) and an obstacle that pretend to be the player blocker. The main goal going towards the maker of the Man screen saves the obstacle the passive defender.
We would spend the 2×1 with pin, in which meteríamos a taker and a blocker defended by an advocate with the policyholder.
Then spend the 2×2 with a cotter pin, just like the previous year, and an advocate for the policyholder and another defender to the blocker.
The next step would be to play a 3×3 so that the pin had the pressure and work the pot of withdrawal or the boat’s side to improve the angle of the pass. In this link you have to your disposal a progression of exercises 3×3.
Finally, what would incorporate to situations of 4×4 and 5×5.
Then we attach the two clinics, two teachers, and peers, Jota Cuspinera in the XIVªs Technical Seminars for coaches (organized by the C. B. Zone Press) and Juan Fandiño in the III Clinic of Easter 2012 (organized by the Basketball Federation of Madrid).

Clinic of Jota Cuspinera to the XII technical Seminars for coaches of the C. B. Zone Press.

Clinic of Easter Juan Fandiño on the Locks Direct (organized by the Basketball Federation of Madrid).

Final considerations

By way of conclusion, to collect the ideas that summarize the rationale:

Great resource tactical, which offers numerous possibilities (it is almost impossible to see a professional team that did not play).
Although in the beginning the action to focus on a 2×2 without a ball, then they all have to read and decide on actions that will arise in the wake of his execution. It is a situation of 5×5.
Categories of big basket (especially in cadet and later) should work. You can do an initiation in category child to learn how to defend them.

There is a debate about what to teach before (and in that order): do Pass in hand? Do you Man screen? What Block You Live?
Personally, I would put a quarter basis in the first term, very own mini-basket: the crossing of the attackers without the ball because it comes to be a first approach to the Man screen.
Finally, point out that it is probably the second foundation collective more colorful. It is quite common that players have already seen, and ask you to learn it.
Let us not disregard the 1×1 without the ball, because if it is well worked then it will not cost you much effort to the player who is maker of the Man screen understand the advantages granted by this foundation. Let’s build from the base of the game.

Cedric Arregui Guivarch
Entrenador Nacional de Baloncesto (CES 2014)

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