Baseline out-of-bounds

Box - Screen the Screener

This baseline out-of-bounds (BLOB) basketball play uses a box alignment and a screen-the-screener action to free the original screener.

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How to teach Box - Screen the Screener

Set up in a box: 2 and 3 at the elbows, 4 and 5 on the blocks, and 1 inbounding from the baseline.
4 screens for 5 across the lane. 1 checks the cut toward the rim first.
With that pass covered, 3 screens for 4 while 2 lifts above the arc as the safety outlet.
4 waits for the screen to be set, then cuts tightly off 3 to the right wing.
1 inbounds to 4 for the open shot and steps into the corner. Use 2 as the safety outlet if both scoring options are covered.

A scoring chance near the rim, followed by a safe outlet if the first option is covered.

On a baseline out-of-bounds possession against man-to-man defense.

Know the inbound count and identify the safety outlet before the ball is live.
Set legal, stationary screens and time the second action after the first cutter clears.
The inbounder reads the defense and takes the open pass rather than forcing a lob.