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OFF-ball DefenceAREASOFEMPHASISGUIDELINES FOR COACHESDefending Screens Principles• Team defence and particularly OFF-Balldefence in defending screens requiresteam work as players look to help androtate on penetration and also navigateand defend screens to defend cutters.• Players should be taught multiple waysto defend the player using the screen.Learning how to screen and use ascreen correctly will actually help aplayer learn how to defend thescreener and cutter correctly. Theseshould be coached equally well.Disrupt The Screener Principles• The screen defender ”pushes” thescreener away and towards the sidelineso that the cutter defender can gounder the screen.• Pushes screener away towards thebasket from the cutter so cutterdefender can go over the screen.• Finally they can hug, push or squeezethe screener creating space for thecutter defender to come under him inclosing out to the cutter.• Effective talk or communication isessential in this form of team defence.Navigating The Screen Principle• The screen defender has a role to playin helping the cutter defender; basicallythey can show help, delay or bump thecutter and recover to their man.Alternatively they can step off thescreener and allow the cutter defenderto come through between themselvesand the screener.• Navigating the screen as a cutterdefender it is also important tounderstand the defensive techniques fordefending a straight curl or flare cut.The “Lock and trail” technique is usedfor following in the footsteps of a cutterwho uses a screen to “turnout” to theperimeter.• These techniques are drilled forstraight cuts, curl cuts and flare cutswith differing points of emphasis foreach situation.Screen Defender Shows HelpPrinciple• The screen defender must help thecutter defender as they navigate thescreen. Generally this is through a hardshow where the screen defender actsas a temporary ON-Ball defenderbefore rotating back to the screener.This must be coached for goodexecution of technique. All levels andage groups where screens are used (e.g U16’s upwards) should teach thisprinciple and technique well.138