Had a blast tonight working with the South Australian based @BasketballAus National Performance Program athletes. During our PNR work, one point of emphasis for our screeners was to be more 'deceptive' & 'tricky' by using 'late flips' (flipping angle of PNR at the last second).

We want our screeners to always 'come without their man' into PNRs to create separation from their D. Sometimes this isn't possible, so if they sensed their D was with them, we encouraged them to late flip to create the seperation. See here from @Khimkibasket's @JonasJerebko.

Sometimes the 'late flip' opens up a 'lane advantage' for the PNR creator. Especially if the timing is just right (PNR creator refuses the PNR at the same time as the screener flips it). This is a great option when the on ball defender is playing the PNR creator tightly.

Here's another example of the refuse + 'late flip' paired together to create a lane adv. Love how the screener gets bottom side of on ball defender to stop him from going under PNR. Smart of Bud to put O5 in the corner and using a small to screen to take out any rim protection.