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3 Ways to Defend a Ball Screen with Dwayne Stephens – Western Michigan Univ.

October 22, 2025 • By Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan

Watch as Coach Dwayne Stephens explains and players demonstrate the 3 ways they defend ball screens.

  • Swing - The defender being screened must load up, follow through with the body, showing the hands, and swing the leg through.
  • Feather - This involves the big and when the screen is set, he wants to be on the screener's top foot and will not allow the ball handler to turn the corner and if he pulls up the defenders will close the window.
  • Drop - The big will be one step behind the screener, aligning on the bottom foot. The goal is not to allow the ball handler to get to the outside shoulder and to stay below the roller. It is important to stay square on the ball handler. Veer is an option on the drop technique when the guard calls veer, the big will take the ball and the guard sprints hard to the inside to the roller.

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