A Diagram of Every Type of Ballscreen/Pick-and-Roll

34 diagrams of everything from an Angle PnR to a Wedge Roll

Angle PnR:

A type of Spread PnR in which each corner is filled, the ballscreen is set near one slot, while another player (traditionally, a stretch 4) occupies the other slot or wing.

N.B.: In the traditional use of the term, “Angle” usually—but not always—referred to a ballscreen set for the dribbler to drive towards the middle of the court, but in recent years, some coaches have used it for screens set for the dribbler to attack the sideline and get downhill.

Chin Ballscreen (or “Chin Action”):

Dive Pick-and-Roll:

Double Drag (aka “77”):

Drag Screen:

Elbow Get:

A play popularized by the “Seven Seconds or Less” Phoenix Suns in which a big at one of the Elbows gets a ballscreen from the other big near the nail (sometimes called “Horns 45”)

Empty Pick-and-Roll:

Flat Pick-and-Roll:

Flip (Varejão, Change the Angle):

The difference between “flip” and “rescreen” is that in flip, the ballhandler never uses the original screen. Flip is sometimes done at the last second, in which case the screener never comes to a complete stop before quickly flipping to the other side of the on-ball defender before setting a screen.

Ghost:

Hawk:

Horns:

(N.B. “Horns” is also a name for the alignment.)

Horns Flare:

Inverted Pick-and-Roll:

Miami:

Nash:

Oklahoma:

After 2 and 5 set double ballscreens for 1 (aka “77”), the second screener (5) sets a screen for the first screener (2) to come back towards the ballhandler.

Pistol Screen:

A step-up screen set by a guard near the sideline, typically as part of Pistol (“21 Dribble” or “21 Step” more specifically).

Pick-and-Pop:

Ram Pick-and-Roll:

Rescreen:

After 5 sets a ballscreen for 1, both players turn around, and then 5 sets another ballscreen, but in the opposite direction (often done when the on-ball defender goes under the screen).

Roll and Replace:

Shake Pick-and-Roll (aka “Shake Action”):

Short Action:

Slip:

Snug (aka “Logo”):

Spain (aka “Stack”):

Spain Leak:

77 Spain Veer StS:

Spread Pick-and-Roll:

Step-Up:

Twist:

Twist does not need to happen in a Horns alignment, but often does. The difference between “Twist,” “Flip,” and “Rescreen” is that “Twist” refers to ballscreens set by two different people (the second screen is in the opposite direction of the first). Both “Flip” and “Rescreen” include only one screener.

Wedge Roll: