Any time you can get the defense to have to collapse to help on a back screen, you are usually going to end up with something good. For this back screen flare screen basketball play you are going to make the defense suck in to help, and then make them pay by sealing in the shooter’s man on the flare screen. It is a really good basketball play to run if you have a quality shooter that can knock down shots off of a screening action.
Play Name: Pitt Panthers: Back Screen Flare Screen Basketball Play (11-12)
Similar Plays: Houston Rockets: Back Screen/Flare Screen Basketball Play (10-11), Oldsmar Christian: Back Screen/Down Screen Basketball Play, Chicago Bulls: Down Screen/Ball Screen Basketball Play
Play Goal: Make the defense help on the back screen and then seal the shooter’s man in on the flare screen.
Play Tips: The back screen needs to be a good screen to get the defense to help. Immediately after the big man sets the back screen he needs to rotate to set the flare screen. This play is all about timing.
