Coach Tony Miller

Ball Screen SSGs

Table of Contents

1. Ball Screen SSGs 3

1.1 BS - "Away" vs Ice 3

1.2 BS - "Back" vs Ice 4

1.3 BS - "Get" 5

1.4 BS - "Jam" vs. Ice 6

1.5 BS - 'Twist" vs. Under 7

1.6 BS - Flat Ball Screen 8

1.7 BS - Kick Back vs. Hedge 9

1.8 BS - 5 out Breakdown 10

1.9 BS - 5 Out Breakdown One Down 11

1.10 BS - Horns 3v3 12

1.11 BS - Pop 13

1.12 BS - Quick 14

1.13 BS - Reject 15

1.14 BS - Shake 16

1.15 BS - Short Roll vs Blitz 17

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1.16 BS - Slip 18

1.17 BS - Small Court Perimeter Ball Screen 19

1.18 BS - Spain Breakdown 20

1.19 BS - Sprint Behind 21

1.20 BS - Wing 2 v 2 22
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - "Away" vs Ice BS - "Away" vs Ice
Drills Drills

x3
x3 x2
3 x2

x1 2 2
3
x1
1 1

1 and 3 "Ice" the ball screen 1 passes to 3. 3 swings to 2 then ball screens for 2. 2 drives to
score (3 rolls; 1 spaces towards the wing)
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - "Back" vs Ice BS - "Back" vs Ice
Drills Drills

x3
x3
3 x2 x2

x1 2 2
3
x1
1 1

1 and 3 "Ice" the ball screen 3 spaces to the top of the key. 1 passes to 3.

BS - "Back" vs Ice
Drills

x3 x2

2
x1 3
1

3 hands off to 1. 1 drives to score, while 2 spaces to the corner.

 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - "Get"
Drills

3 x3 x2 2
x4 4

x1

Against a team that defends the ball screen with "Ice" or "Hedge,"
1 throws the ball to 4. 1 outruns the defense to the ball. 4 hands
off to 1. 4 rolls to the basket. 3 lifts up from the corner.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - "Jam" vs. Ice
Drills

2 x2
x3
3

x4
4

x1

1 and 4 "Ice" the ball screen. 4 "jams" x1. 1 snakes the ball
screen. If the defense attacks, 1 snakes to score.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - 'Twist" vs. Under BS - 'Twist" vs. Under
Drills Drills

2 x2 2 x2

x3
x3
x1
3 3
x1
1
1

3 screens for 1. x1 goes under the ball screen. 3 "twists" the ball 3 rescreens x1.
screen.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Flat Ball Screen
Drills

2 x2 x3
3

x5

5
x1

Adjust this SSG based on your team's or an upcoming opponent's

team defense against a flat ball screen.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Kick Back vs. Hedge
Drills

2 x2

x5 5
x1

1
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - 5 out Breakdown
Drills

3 2

4 passes to 1 then sprints to screen for 1. 1 drives to score. 4 rolls

to the rim. 3 lifts in a "shake" action from the back side.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - 5 Out Breakdown One Down BS - 5 Out Breakdown One Down
Drills Drills

3 2 3 2

1 1 4

4 passes to 1. 4 sprints to ball screen for 1. 1 passes down to 3. 4 sets a flare screen for 1. 4 runs to the rim. (3 can pass to 1 or to
4.)
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Horns 3v3
Drills

x2 x3
2 3

x1

2 or 3 screen for 1. The screener rolls to the rim. The opposite

player pops. 1 can drive to score, hit the roll, or pass back to the
pop.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Pop
Drills

x2 2

x3
3
x1

3 ball screens for 1. 3 spaces towards the wing. 3 shoots, drives

or throws one down to 2 (if x2 helps).
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Quick
Drills

x3
3

x4
4 x2

x1 2
1

4 ball screens for 1. On 4's hedge, 1 throws to 2. 3 screens for 2.

2 drives t score.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Reject BS - Reject
Drills Drills

x1
1

x3 x2 x3
x2
x1 3 3
2 2
1

1 rejects 3's ball screen. 3 sets a screen for 2. 3 runs to the rim. 1 can pass to 2 or 3.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Shake
Drills

2 x2
x3
3

x1
1

3 ball screens for 1. 3 rolls to the rim. 2 lifts from the back side.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Short Roll vs Blitz
Drills

3 x3 x2 2
x4
4

x1
1

4 ball screens for 1. On the trap from x1 and x4, 4 short rolls to
the free throw line. 1 passes to 4.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Slip
Drills

2 x2 x3 3

x4
4

x1

4 moves to set a screen for 1. if x4 gets a step in front of 4, 4 slips

to the rim.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Small Court Perimeter Ball Screen
Drills

x2 2

x3
3
x1

1
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Spain Breakdown
Drills

x2
2
x3
3

x1

3 ball screens for 1. 2 screens x3. 1 passes to 3 or 2 (on the pop)

 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Sprint Behind
Drills

2 x3 3
x2 4
x4

x1
1

Unlike a typical "shake" on the backside of a PNR (pick and roll),

2 sprints behind the ball screen to the top of the key for an open
3PA.
 Ball Screen SSGs
BS - Wing 2 v 2
Drills

x1
x5
1

Offense must play within the 2/3 of the court.