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Hedge and plug

Xs and Os (not Jimmys and Joes)

Kevin Sweeney and Eric Fawcett are doing an Xs and Os video podcast for Basket under Review, the new Trilly project, that seems pretty interesting. It’s called Scout Team. Worth checking out. Their recent episode talked about a ball screen coverage variant called the hedge and plug. We all know the hard hedge, where the screener’s defender hedge’s hard, while the ballhandler’s defender fights past the screen. And then there is a dance of switching coverage behind them. That was Tony’s go-to. I…