Blitz & Recover
Execute the hard blitz on a ball screen, then recover to the roller.
- Duration
- 15 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 3 items
- Difficulty
- Advanced
How to run it
- 1
On a ball screen, the big's defender blitzes (hard show) the ball-handler with the on-ball defender.
- 2
Force the ball out of the handler's hands; the trailing defender recovers to the roller.
- 3
The blitzer recovers to their man after the pass.
- 4
10 reps; offense tries to punish the recovery.
Coaching points
- Blitz with two hands up — trap the ball, don't just show.
- The recoverer sprints to the roller; no easy layup.
- Blitzer recovers late but must sprint — don't linger.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Screen offense
- Recoverer
Why it works
The blitz is the most aggressive ball-screen coverage. The nugget: training the trap-then-recover sequence teaches the timing that makes a blitz disruptive without giving up the roll. In a game, a well-timed blitz forces a turnover or a bad pass — a kid who blitzes and recovers runs the defense's most aggressive coverage. This is how you blow up a pick-and-roll that an offense relies on.
Blitz & Recover
Purpose: Execute the hard blitz on a ball screen, then recover to the roller.
▶How to run it
- 1On a ball screen, the big's defender blitzes (hard show) the ball-handler with the on-ball defender.
- 2Force the ball out of the handler's hands; the trailing defender recovers to the roller.
- 3The blitzer recovers to their man after the pass.
- 410 reps; offense tries to punish the recovery.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Blitz with two hands up — trap the ball, don't just show.
- ✓The recoverer sprints to the roller; no easy layup.
- ✓Blitzer recovers late but must sprint — don't linger.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
The blitz is the most aggressive ball-screen coverage. The nugget: training the trap-then-recover sequence teaches the timing that makes a blitz disruptive without giving up the roll. In a game, a well-timed blitz forces a turnover or a bad pass — a kid who blitzes and recovers runs the defense's most aggressive coverage. This is how you blow up a pick-and-roll that an offense relies on.