Dribble Drive play
Dribble Drive: Fist Ball Screen Release
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 8 steps
About this play
The ball screen inside the dribble drive. Walberg did not screen at first, because screens clog the gaps; now both he and Calipari use the sprint ball screen as a release when the drives are stopped, and Nate Hill's high school version calls it Fist. Why the empty side: the loop sends the point guard through to the weak side, so the corner behind the screen is empty and nobody can help from the baseline. 5 sprints out of the post to screen, the handler comes off toward the middle, and 5 rolls Calipari-style with his back to the dribbler sprinting to the rim for the lob. Counter shown: the scouted defense hedges hard with X5, so 5 slips the screen before contact and the pocket pass beats the show, because a big who hedges big gives up a layup on the slip. Against a drop coverage the counter is the pick-and-pop by 5 or the 41 version with 4 screening and 5 rolling and replacing; against a switch, the post seals the smaller man at the nail. Fist is from Nate Hill's Complete Guide to the Dribble Drive at the Coaching Toolbox, the One-X pick-and-roll from Coach's Clipboard's dribble drive plays, and Dave Clarke's ball screen dribble drive clinic fills in the coverages; give all three a look.
