4 Out Pest Twister

A 4-out, 1-in set that chains two screening actions. The post lifts out to set back-to-back ball screens for the guard - the pest - and then the two twist: the guard turns and immediately screens for the screener. As the ball reverses to the wing, the post dives into the paint to finish. Elsewhere these are usually called a repeat ball screen and a screen-the-screener.

Instructions

1Set up 4 out, 1 in: the guard at the top, a player on each wing, one in the corner, and the post on the block
2Pest: the post lifts out of the high post and sets a ball screen at the top of the key
3If the defense takes the first screen away, the post re-screens immediately - back to back, as many times as it takes to get the guard downhill
4Twister: coming off the screen, the guard turns and immediately screens for the post
5The post uses that screen to shake their own defender at the top
6Reverse the ball to the wing as the twist clears
7The post dives straight down the middle, sealing their defender, and the wing feeds them for the finish
8The corner and weak-side players hold their spacing so the lane stays open for the dive

Pro Tips

The pest only works if the re-screen is immediate - any pause lets the defense reset and the second screen is wasted
The screener's defender is the one who relaxes after the first screen, and that is exactly who the twist is built to catch
On the twist, both players stay shoulder to shoulder; a gap between them lets a defender slide through and kill the action
The dive starts as the ball leaves for the wing, not after it arrives - late and the help defender is already home
Corner spacing is what opens the lane, so the corner stays wide and deep even though the ball is never coming to them
Reverse the ball with a crisp pass; a slow reversal gives the defense time to recover from the twist
Compare the two clips - the second shows how much tighter both screens have to be once there are defenders to shake

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