Why You Need To Be Able To Play “Slow” To Be A Great Ball Screen Player

For players who can make that shot. The coverage they'll see a lot of the time, and the coverage that we'll start with is drop coverage with their defender playing over. When defenses play this sort of coverage, it can become very easy to create a 2:1:1 advantage and put a lot of pressure on that drop defender to have to make a choice on who to stop. This requires patience, though. You'll notice that she's not coming off the screen going at 100% speed. She might come off going at 40% speed, maybe 60% speed. But this gives her time to be able to read how that drop defender is playing so she can make a decision. And this leads to another point. The best guards in these situations save their 100% top speed for when they absolutely need it. That way, it can be unpredictable and they can catch defenders by surprise with it.