Four-High Cut Screen-the-Screener

When to use it

Half court against man-to-man, when you want a cut off the high-post screener to start and screen-the-screener action as a follow-up. It runs from a 4-high alignment.

Personnel

4-high alignment: 3, 5, and 4 across the elbow-extended area with 5 as the screener, 2 on the right wing, 1 at the top. 1 passes and cuts off 5. 5 then cross-screens and curls. 4 and 2 set down-screens and back-screens in the screen-the-screener action. 3 is the wing who passes and reads the action in order.

Reads

1. Opening cut. 1 passes to 3 and cuts off 5's screen to the rim. 3 looks for the cutter first.
2. Cutter off the cross-screen. After the cut, 5 screens across for 1. 3 looks for the cutter coming off the cross-screen.
3. Screener off the down-screen. Then 2 back-screens for 5 and 4 down-screens for 2. 3 looks for the screener curling off the down-screen.

Counter

If the cutter and the curl are covered, 3 can reverse the ball and reset with 1 or 2 on the other side.

Teaching cues

• 1: pass to the wing, then cut tight off 5.
• 5: screen across, then curl off the back-screen.
• 2 and 4: set the screens square and hold them.
• 3: read the cutter first, then the screener.