Stavanger Basketball
What is it
Split action is when the ball is entered to a post player, followed by the passer setting an off-ball away screen on the closest offensive player not in the post.
Options
- Screener slips the screen when
- Screened rejects the screen when defense overplays the screened
- Screener curls the screen when defense trails and no help is given at the basket
- Screener flashes the screen when defense trails and l help is given at the basket
When might it be useful
4-out alignment where the team
- Has a playmaker in the post
- Prefers using away /off-ball screens
- Are not able to use on-ball screens or DHO
Examples
Clip below shows the Golden State Warriors using a low-post entry from the wing to start the split action, followed by an away screen on the slot player.
Clip below shows Wesleyan using a high-post entry from the slot/top to start the split action, followed by an away screen on a wing player.
What other variants exist
Zoom action is a variation of a high-post split action in which a pin-down screen is set and the screened player initiates a DHO from the post player.
When the closest off-ball player is in the ball-side corner, the split action is similar to the Princeton offense point series