Pick-and-roll reads 3v3

Setup

1. Handler at the top, screener at the elbow, shooter in the weak-side corner; three defenders matched up.
2. Spare groups of three wait on the baseline and come on after each possession.
3. Before each rep the defence picks a coverage (drop, hedge or switch) and doesn't tell the attack.

How it runs

1. The screener sets a legal ball screen, stationary with arms in; the handler waits for it and comes off shoulder to hip.
2. Against a drop, pull up or snake back to the middle; against a hedge, reject or hit the pocket pass; against a switch, attack the mismatch.
3. If the corner defender tags the roll, skip to the corner; if the big is trapped high, short roll to the free-throw line and make the next pass.
4. Play to a score or a stop; winners stay on. Four 3-minute blocks, 1 minute rest between.

Coaching points

• Handler: two hard dribbles to set the defender up, then read the big's feet, not the screen.
• Screener: sprint in, set the angle, hold it, then roll or pop once the ball is past your hip.
• Corner shooter: stay deep and on your toes; lift to the wing only if the tag stays home.
• Make the read on the second dribble; a late decision is a turnover against a good tag.

Common mistakes

• The handler leaves before the screen is set, so the screener moves into the defender.
• Deciding the pass before reading the coverage.
• The corner shooter creeps up the line and makes the tag easy.