[Pantherdreams]

As i progress and earn more and more high level games. Screening and officiating there of seems to be becoming more art than science and an important part of my pregame and communication with my partners.

When we set a ball screen there is clearly going to one officials eyes on that screen and action. With off ball screens depending on whether you are two man or three man there may or may not be one focused set of eyes locked into that screening action.

When it looks like a screen and is set traditionally we seem to be able to get some consistent application. My question is in regards to other "screens". I box out is technically a screen, a post up is technically a screen. While we understand that post ups and reboudning get their own freedoms and range of movements when cross over happens I'm not sure what to apply consistently. Similar to when offense brushes by cutters but then turns it into a screen by stopping once contact is happening or dribble hand offs where players keep moving or washing out once d switches because they pitch the now the offense is just cutting and being bumped by their new cutter. Screens that are and aren't screens

Example:

If two kids are actively jostling for post position within realm of not rough play - no hands/elbows, no shoving, just jockeying for angle or position with footwork (does this ever happen?). Then generally we aren't going to have a foul.

If team A is in zone and the interior player on B chooses to seal and jockey a bottom player who is guarding space not them but when the ball is reversed that player gets sealed and get to their next assignment or rotation quickly Then clearly they haven't been given time and space and even if the initial post up is ok the footwork and jockeying for angles or movement that is keeping the player sealed/occupied is clearly acting like a moving screen.

So with sealing of defenders off ball (post ups, box outs, etc) how much latitude do you give the offense based on the what the defense is trying to do. If the defense is clearly competing for the same intent and nothing undowell is happening play on? If the defense is clearly not interested in competing for the same purpose (they are not trying to rebound but get to a transition spot or they are trying to get a spot or new player not a guard the post up) does the same action and level of contact become a foul.

This isn't a huge concern as generally I feel its an I know it when I see sort of deal and the more i see it the easier it gets. Just wondering how people see and deal with these situations.