How to Make an Inbound Pass Against a Denial Press
- 1). The player with the ball should be out of bounds and outside the lane lines.
- 2). The other players should form a straight line across the free throw line. The guards should be on the elbows and the forwards should be about 15 feet outside of the guards.
- 3). The guard on the ball side sets a screen for the other guard. The goal is to set a good screen to open up a guard for the inbound pass on the ball side. The guard that sets the screen then rolls toward the baseline across the lane for a pass.
- 4). The two forwards take a couple of steps toward the baseline. If this pass is open, the inbounder should make the pass. If it is not open, the forwards should clear out to half-court.
- 5). If none of the four players are open, the guard that set the screen and rolled should go out of bounds under the basket.
- 6). The inbounder throws a pass to that guard that went out of bounds, as it is legal to make that pass when it is not a dead ball situation.
- 7). The original inbounder then steps onto the court to receive a return pass. Because nobody was guarding the original inbounder, this pass will be open.
- 8). Continue with the team press break process.