SCREENING
Rule 4.40
&
Rule 10.6.11
SCREENING
DEFINITION
“A SCREEN is LEGAL action by a player
(usually offense) who, without
causing contact, delays or prevents
an opponent from reaching a desired
position.”
SCREENING
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HOW DO YOU ESTABLISH A LEGAL
SCREENING POSITION
The Screener May Face Any Direction
Time & Distance Are Relevant
The Screener Must Be Stationary
(except when both are moving in the same path & the same direction)
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The Screener Must Stay Within Their
Vertical Plane With A Stance Approximately
Shoulder Width Apart
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER
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The opponent being SCREENED may be
STATIONARY or MOVING.
Some SCREENS are from the FRONT or
SIDE of the opponent and the
SCREENER can be SEEN by the
opponent. This a VISUALSCREEN.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
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Some SCREENS are from BEHIND the
opponent and the SCREENER can NOT be
seen by the opponent. This a BLIND
SCREEN.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
 When SCREENING an opponent
using a VISUAL SCREEN…the
SCREENER may be as close to the
opponent as he/she desires…SHORT
OF CONTACT.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
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When SCREENING an opponent using a
BLIND SCREEN…the SCREENER must
allow the opponent ONE NORMAL STEP
BACKWARDS WITHOUT CONTACT.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
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When SCREENING a MOVING opponent,
the SCREENER must allow the opponent
an opportunity to AVOID contact.
This opportunity is called: TIME &
DISTANCE. (This DISTANCE need NOT
be more than TWO Strides)
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
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When SCREENING an opponent who is
MOVING IN THE SAME PATH AND
DIRECTION as the SCREENER is
moving…the OPPONENT is responsible for
contact if the SCREENER slows up or
stops.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
 There is NO SUCH THING as a
MOVING SCREEN FOUL, if there is
NO CONTACT.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
SCREENER, Continued……….
 The SCREENER may NOT move to
maintain the SCREEN. In other
words…if the SCREENER IS
MOVING…the SCREEN CANNOT be
legal.(with the one above exception)
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
OPPONENT
 A player who is SCREENED within
his/her VISUAL field is expected to
avoid contact by going around the
SCREENER.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
OPPONENT, Continued……….
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A player who receives a BLIND SCREEN
may make inadvertent contact with the
SCREENER. And…if the opponent is
moving rapidly, the contact may be severe.
In fact…BY RULE…sometimes the most
severe contact in the game is
INCIDENTAL CONTACT.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
OPPONENT, Continued……….
 Inadvertent contact is to be ruled as
INCIDENTAL CONTACT if the
opponent stops or attempts to stop on
contact and moves around the
SCREEN.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE
OPPONENT, Continued……….
 If the SCREENER has the ball and
the inadvertent contact displaces the
SCREENER…a foul would be called
instead of traveling.
SCREENING
POINTS TO REMEMBER REGARDING THE OPPONENT,
Continued……….
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A player may NOT use the arms, hands,
hips or shoulders to force his/her way
through a SCREEN or to hold the
SCREENER and then push the
SCREENER aside in order to maintain a
guarding position on an opponent.
SCREENING
QUESTIONS?
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SEASON !!