Drag Screen Pull-Up
Master the drag-screen pull-up — the early-offense shot that beats a dropping big.
- Duration
- 14 min
- Steps
- 3
- Equipment
- 4 items
- Difficulty
- Advanced
How to run it
- 1
A big sets a drag screen in transition; you come off it with the ball.
- 2
Read the big's defender: if they drop, pull up for the jumper; if they show, pass to the roller.
- 3
10 makes each read; defender varies the coverage.
Coaching points
- Come off the drag screen at full speed — no slowing down.
- A dropping big gives you the pull-up — take it in rhythm.
- Get square to the rim before you release.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Rim
- Screener
- Defender
Why it works
The drag pull-up is the signature transition shot of modern guards. The nugget: a dropping big hands you a free pull-up — the defense gives it to you, so you take it. In a game, early offense before the defense sets produces the cleanest looks; a kid who can pull up off a drag screen scores in the first 5 seconds of a possession. This is how efficient offenses attack before the defense is ready.
Drag Screen Pull-Up
Purpose: Master the drag-screen pull-up — the early-offense shot that beats a dropping big.
▶How to run it
- 1A big sets a drag screen in transition; you come off it with the ball.
- 2Read the big's defender: if they drop, pull up for the jumper; if they show, pass to the roller.
- 310 makes each read; defender varies the coverage.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Come off the drag screen at full speed — no slowing down.
- ✓A dropping big gives you the pull-up — take it in rhythm.
- ✓Get square to the rim before you release.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
The drag pull-up is the signature transition shot of modern guards. The nugget: a dropping big hands you a free pull-up — the defense gives it to you, so you take it. In a game, early offense before the defense sets produces the cleanest looks; a kid who can pull up off a drag screen scores in the first 5 seconds of a possession. This is how efficient offenses attack before the defense is ready.