Secrets To The Pick And Roll: The Ram Screen

[@seymourtets]

excellent video. I love these videos where y'all break down a type of play and shows how it works and why it works. If you make more, i'll definitely be watching.

[@thetrickster42]

Brilliant breakdown. Is it sad that I'm going to search for plays with ram screens in 2k tomorrow? Let's see if I can get my pnr efficiency up!

[@bballbreakdown]

Make it happen!

[@weksauce]

I'm always asking my teammates to do "ram screens". Didn't know there was a name. Really cool how you showed what to do when your man sags, a la DeAndre: set a screen for a good shooter!

[@Luciorb]

Keep doing these breakdowns!! They're really well done! 👌😊

[@ReCharredSigh]

don't most ppl just refer to this as "screen the screener?" is "ram screen" the universal coach's term for this?

[@ihatewonders]

secret to pick and roll is illegal screens.

[@bendsouzaa]

L

[@adamstime]

Timobili Parkovich so what's the secret to illegal screens? David stern?

[@TheSletourneau]

DeAndre Jordan with a bad one there lol

[@TheNumberScott]

Very cool. Maybe it's just me, but it was hard for me to follow it in each clip, since I didn't know who would be screening until the ram screen was already done. Some kind of highlight of the ram screen would have been helpful.

[@MrRobotz]

Your analyisings are absolutly great and moreover intressting couch nick :) hope you make more of this videos where you show some tactics of different teams, i already used some of them against my friends and they really work as you said with the ram screen :)

[@mugwump6400]

Great video - especially explains why the simple pick&roll without any further action leading to it is often so un-effective

[@edwinpaz5623]

Coach can you do a breakdown on defensive rotations for dummies? Ive heard you mention it for years so i have an idea, but it would be great to get a vid on it. #ImIn

[@HongJun01]

Coach can you breakdown Warriors' game today vs Spurs and let us know what went wrong?

[@jacksonellis5172]

everything

[@emergencygaming4164]

Jackson Ellis Great breakdown! Haha.

[@buzzerbeater3350]

Really soaked up some good game. Video was 🔥🔥🔥!

[@evanskilliter464]

Great video. Thanks for the information.

[@misinglink357]

Great vid. I love the Chanel

[@bballbreakdown]

I know, right? Mike is great...

[@brendenyates8963]

That last one by the sixers is very interesting kinda sorta

[@bradscott6657]

Nice.😎 really enjoyed the commentary & the video.

[@deandrepage1048]

If you have never coached a day in your life, find the best athlete in the neighborhood & run constant Pick & Rolls 😂😂😂😂. 1 corner shooter is the icing on the cake !!! Simple asf !!!

[@markaaron814]

The knicks would be absolutely terrifying because they could use ram screens for Porzingis to get a pick and pop going, or to Noah for a pick and roll and he can find weak side cutter.

[@ArtistPare]

Yes. Exactly what I'm looking for.

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

1 train beat, nice

[@lukegoh6360]

lol what?

[@ziggle5000]

Luke Goh the beat in the background is from a real dope A$AP Rocky posse cut on Long.Live.A$AP

[@jesuslugo6238]

good video coach

[@qwemp]

Great video. - Long time viewer

[@ip2496]

This was really interesting. Now if only I can convince the lads to do this in pickup.

[@deandrepage1048]

Double Drag Screen (2 Bigs) with a 3-point shooting BIG receiving a secondary Flare Screen from the 2nd Big is best 😀😀😀

[@deandrepage1048]

Glad to see that GSW uses the traditional Pick & Roll the least 😄😄😄😄. It gets overused by lazy coaches instead of multiple passes = Ball movement & Player movement by GSW for 300 passes per game.

[@forrestbell4146]

This was nice

[@TheDarkPrincex]

Make a breakdown on Spurs vs Warriors game last night

[@MrMontetowe]

Great breakdown! Do some guys call it a rip screen?

[@sixers333333]

If you can slow it down even more with arrows that would be even better. ether way great video. I love it. sometimes things are moving so fast is hard for me to follow.

[@thomashaan08]

Interesting video, would such a ram screen be less effective if the defence switches on the ram screen?

[@TheOfficialQU4KE]

This may create a mismatch, as the guard will set a screen for the centre. So while the actual play wouldn't be as effective, a good team will be able to exploit this mismatch.

[@thomashaan08]

Indeed, so this could be a defensive strategy reserved for the teams that do not mind to 'switch 1 through 5'.

[@Tech0BG]

Hey coach, this is effective vs hedging, but no so vs Ice, right?

[@100mphFastball]

ram screens look a legit wave

[@duanefernando8456]

Coach, is it possible to identify which team pioneered the use of the ram screen? I would think it's a Popovich invention to counter the Heat blitz, but it's just an assumption.

[@bballbreakdown]

Great question.. Unclear - I know Spurs were running "25" years ago

[@BarcaSunsfan]

does it really seem that moving screen is no longer a foul these days?

[@EmpoDaddy99]

when you mentioned a thread in the jump shot for Kyle Lowry, what does that mean?

[@NikS952]

The THREAT of Lowry's jumpshot, as in the defender knows Lowry has a solid jumper and has to respect it

[@deandrepage1048]

The fact that Golden State Warriors doesn't emphasize the Pick & Roll makes me very happy. Other NBA teams are on this Russell Westbrook/ Dame Lillard kick with PGs having sticky with ball in Pick & Roll. If you want to beat the champs, stop this 90% Pick & Roll madness.

[@thomasgarcia8118]

DeAndre Page Do you watch basketball? The PNR opens up countless opportunities and there are hundreds of variations and twists look at MDA. He made an offense strait from PNR and Zipper action

[@deandrepage1048]

Thomas Elliott You don't listen too well 😂😂😂. Golden State Warriors do not depend on Pick & Roll !!! The ball moves faster than any human. Most high school coaches look for the best athlete they can find & run constant Pick & Roll. Most basic ass offense known to man, so coaches watch the European League & learn new ways to TRICK-PLAY it up 😂😂😂. Golden State Warriors don't depend on Pick & Roll. You are talking to a former B-BALL coach youngblood.

[@deandrepage1048]

Thomas Elliott As a former coach, let me help you SON, most of use Pick & Roll when everything else breaks down, guess why ???? Because it's EASY asf to install, you can do it in 1 night of practice. More intelligent offense takes longer. OKC has loved Pick & Roll for years because it's SIMPLE. European League tries to TRICK-IT-UP with gadgets. Us Old-School coaches know better. Golden State Warriors use Multiple Passes & player movement. Fundamentally Sound basketball. Class is in session 😁😁😁

[@thomasgarcia8118]

DeAndre Page is it hard to integrate any offense with the right players in the NBA? The short answer is no. Zipper action, Floppy actions and 21 series plays are 90% of what Golden State runs and those can be integrated over night. It’s not hard to get guys to run through 2-4 off ball screens in a play. Not to mention Houston runs a lot of 21 series plays horns, and some Floppy action mixed in a bit. you do not watch any basketball if you haven’t noticed that. The only team I can say in the nba that depends 100% on PnR action is the Trail Blazers but with two of the top five scoring guards in the league it doesn’t matter

[@thomasgarcia8118]

I know your gonna ask me how I know so here’s an example. Gerald Green against Boston had ~3 Floppy plays called for him on his first night as a Rocket and he executed them perfectly and he had just showed up to the gym on an hours notice. Really “complicated” to integrate huh?

[@chris4361]

This video made me begin to wonder what exactly is the most efficient way to guard P&R, I assume it's team by team but stats would make it interesting

[@mikej1005]

Maybe containing and forcing long two pointers? Even in the video the shots were missed.

[@drek100sm]

Emery I feel switching has the least problems

[@chris4361]

Derek Grizzly I guess with less post ups and iso scoring that'd be correct, as long as the big guy can move his feet

[@chris4361]

mike j Yeah, sad to see the mid range art fade away... ba dum ts

[@chevonnwosu5843]

Containing led to those jj redick threes

[@deandrepage1048]

Most RAM screeners are PERIMETER PLAYERS 😎😎😎. If you watch, they never really set the screen, just swipe by. A 2-Guard Front would be better , so a 3-Point shooting BIG receives the down-screen & flashes high to set that RAM screen

[@redconsciousness2090]

if you cant defend the pick n roll then you are dead..really dead. That was the problem for the lakers back in 2012 because there was nobody that could defend it. Gasol sucks in PnR defense, Howard didnt give a damn, nash is nash and sucked on D his whole life and Kobe didnt care either. You need to be a great PnR team if you want to do something in this league

[@deandrepage1048]

Pick & Roll is the #1 strategy because coaches have become LAZY asf. 1 player can dominate the ball & force defense to react. With 3 excellent shooters spotting up, you don't have to be a Popovich or Phil Jackson, just let the PG takeover. I am so glad the Lakers are drafting Lonzo Ball, he makes Early Offense outlet passes then goes to the RIGHT (hardly ever Left) wing/ corner. The other teammates get more touches & chances to initiate the offense.

[@ForeverPurpleNGold]

The best way to defend the ram screen is to ice the pick and roll, I will take a big taking a long 2 every day of the week

[@XaphillyatedX]

this shows that players dont hustle, do early work to be ready for the offence and actually know how to play defense....

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

But the Clippers changed quite a bit their pick and roll coverage these last 2 seasons, they are not hedging every single time anymore.

[@0401412740]

its just equilibrium. once new offense is implemented as it is innovative effeciency will be high once teams learn how to defend it goes back to equilibrium thats all.

[@drdiscostu]

Good stuff.. Maybe telling ppl quickly what "hedging" means would make it easier to understand

[@lj3507]

drdiscostu The word "hedging" is pretty self-explanatory in any context.

[@TELEthruVOXx]

Greta vid! More & more & more off ball screens. There demoralizing.

[@Spikezx7]

It looks like an element from the Flex offense, screen the screener action. This isn't new. College teams having been using this for a long time now. Why is this guy acting like it's new? Why the fancy new name?! "Ram screen"?

[@OmarsGym]

what does hedging mean

[@bballbreakdown]

when the ball screener's man steps up to re-direct the ball handler away from the hoop.

[@freddycalipari4242]

So the raptors were the 2nd best team utilizing the pnr yet there are no highlights here. You’d think that’s a team you’d highlight

[@Rationalist101]

Did the Lakers ever use the ram screen

[@H1V3M1ND1]

I think Byron Scott was busy enough figuring out what young gun to not play, now that Walton is the coach expect good things including running actual real life NBA offense even tho the players aren't the best yet

[@Moshealthtips]

to be fair coach has been highlighting and doing videos on this for years calling it "screening the screener" instead of ram screen. nothing new to those who watch this channel. spurs did this like crazy

[@seandesir7272]

what the video is showing is that all the teams pretty much going to play the same way. that's boring bball.

[@jesuslugo6238]

good video coach

[@bballbreakdown]

👍 💪 🏀

[@EmpoDaddy99]

when you mentioned a thread in the jump shot for Kyle Lowry, what does that mean?