What is a Pick & Roll?

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Published 2022-10-02
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The big player sets a screen and the ball handler uses the space created to move the ball. Simple, yet effective, that’s what the Pick and Roll is.

But why is it so effective? Why has no one developed a way to defend it? How has it developed?

Ryan Baldi explains, Philippe Fenner illustrates.

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All Comments (21)
  • Can you post more frequently? This channel is underrated af
  • @jamesdakrn
    Id love some basketball-football crossover episodes here Discussing Pep’s positional play vs Triangle Offense Overload-to-isolation concepts being borrowed from Basketball to football Zone defense going from football to basketball
  • @marvelous1358
    I’m a new fan to the sport and this was very helpful. Thank you
  • Somehow I'm still not used to british accent explaining basketball..😂 yet great content tho.. Keep it up Tifo!!!🔥
  • @anthonyb.7340
    Love this explantion and covering the more in depth varieties
  • @DazeJokerz
    still adjusting to malone being top 3 scoring (behind 'bron)
  • @jerome8340
    I think you guys still have some work to do on the basketball channel. For football, you have great minds that know football in and out and I don't think it has translated yet. From calling the pick n roll a "move" at the start of the video to the descriptions of PNR defenses at the end which focused on the on-ball defender only, which is inherently flawed. Also, ICE coverage was missed which is still very common in the NBA on side on-balls. Despite this, we need more of you in the basketball world, keep going!
  • @laSwear
    More! (please?) I love the way you explain things!
  • @jn1346
    Would love to see more uploads. Great channel :)
  • Trying to teach this to my kids this taught all of us. Thanks
  • @vinniechan
    Pickn roll is the basic building blocks of basketball plays