Euroleague Final Four Preview: FCB Vs. Carroll

The big game is coming.

And there are some really good previews out there. So I want to focus in one of the situations that in my opinion will be key for the game: The way Barça will defend Real's wings, and specially JC Carroll.

I think it was one of the most important things in the Spanish Copa del Rey quarter final this two teams played months ago. After that game I tweeted I was willing to watch their next game, to see if there would be a reaction from Real's bench, and what would be Barça's counter against that reaction. 

OK, their next game was two weeks ago and both teams, knowing they would face again in London, appeared to decide not to show too much, and save weapons (and efforts) for next friday's semifinal. 

There will be great players on the court. Both teams know it. Real's smalls are a headache for any team facing them. In my opinion the most special one in the white side, as he does what no other one can for Real, is JC Carroll. In the Copa del Rey game, Barcelona decided to focus their defense on him.

Carroll is a great catch and shoot player. Period. Amazing release. No need of perfect balance. Can you keep him from scoring? Not likely. You just can't stop this kind of player. But you can try to keep his percentages a little bit lower, or to avoid a couple of shots, even if you give up some other players' options.

In basketball stats count and both RMA and FCB will play against the other team's best options (and by the way if you're interested in Euroleague stats, take a look at In The Game an awsome site to learn about EL stats and how they affect the game) 

So, this is how FCB tried to stop Carroll's production when defending off ball screens, as RMA runs some really good sets to get shooting options for the Azerbaimerican.

Barça's off ball screen defense:

• Trail the shooter, go behind his back, force him to curl, to dribble, to give an extra pass... 

• Plus, strong hedge from the passer, we can call this "jump and swipe" 

• Plus, rotation, being still more aggressive. Two or even three players' rotation to minimize Carroll's advantages.

Notice how in the first clip (this is actually the first time this situation happened with Carroll in the Copa del Rey game) JC and Llull read the defense really well and after the former receives the pass, the latter goes away, and when Marcelinho helps, Carroll kicks the pass for Llull to hit the three. As I said earlier, if your goal is to avoid Carroll's shots, you'll give up other players options.

• Switch. There will be mismatch situations, but anyway, that's a risk they take. They are ready to switch once, twice... in order to keep the ball off Carroll's hands. And to face the mismatch in case Madrid find it (watch, in the second clip, Carroll's frustration when he doesn't get the ball to play the mismatch against Jawai) As we saw before, the passer's defender will jump towards Carroll and in this case they double team him putting a lot of pressure so he has to give one more pass. Team effort just in case he can beat the trap or if Madrid finds a mismatch inside the paint (watch Tomic's helps!)

Let's watch the video... and enjoy the F4!

Euroleague F4: PAO - Ball Screen

Once the Euroleague season is over, as usual, everybody seems to forget about the "loosers". The new reigning champions, Olympiakos, focus all the attention and that's all...

I want to point out, once again, how well PAO play the ball screen situations, and I'd like to show you their amazing performance during the semifinal's first quarter.

Different solutions, adapting to the defensive options, and above average level of success when running ball screens. The spacing, the defense reading, the decision making... the passing skills...

Fourteen times they run a ball screen situation in their offense during the first quarter, scoring 20 points, plus getting 3 free throws, while turning the ball over twice. These are crazy numbers that show the greens' astounding performance during that period of the game.

Take a look at the video, there's not much more to say...

Eurochallenge F4: Besiktas

When you take a look at Besiktas' roster you can be mistaken. I say so because you can think this is the kind of team that mixes a lot of big names and let them play hoping the'll bring the wins only because they make a lot of money, so they must be really good, so they'll make a good team. No. Coach Ataman is one of the best coaches of the last decade and he has made a tough and well organized group. Of course, they have high talented players, but there is more.

They are the top favourite to win 2011-12 Eurochallenge Final Four in Debrecen (by the way, I recommend everyone to come and spend some great basketball days in this beautiful city) and I want to give you a quick look at some of their virtues and their main schemes from the coach's point of view.

After watching their games, the first thing that comes to my mind is, they score a lot of easy points. Points coming off second chances after offensive rebounds, and (this is one of the things I love from them) points off Pops Mensah Bonsu fastbreaks. Take a look at how quick he runs the court as soon as they have the defensive rebound (sometimes, when he challenges the shot, he gets ready even before they get the rebound, and this is a risk, but they seem to feel fine about that risk, as most of the times works well for them) and also when they steal the ball. He's the first running and for the rival team bigs it's really hard to follow him.

Let's talk about their half court offense. They have a clear tendency to play ball screen situations. Having such a talented group of players, both bigs and smalls, they find many options to score.

One of the situations they have been running more often is this down screen followed by a ball screen. They create a triangle between the ball handler, the screener (again, Mensah Bonsu with his athleticism is really dangerous rolling towards the basket) and the other big (Zoran Erceg is allways a threat from the three point line) and they are patient enough to look for the best possible advantage. Sometimes it will be the roll man (their fans love when they finish this action with an alley hoop) sometimes they will read the defensive helps and find a wide open shot, or if the defensive rotation works well and avoids that shot, they'll give an extra pass to the corner, looking for the inside pass from there.

Let's not stop talking about ball screens but let's make a stop now to talk about two of their key players, Carlos Arroyo and Zoran Erceg. Arroyo is so good playing these situations... Whenever they are in trouble, or if they need a safe play (end of the shotclock, end of quarter...) or they feel like scoring quickly in transition, they will look for him and he'll "make it happen" And I've already talked about him, but let's stress Zoran Erceg's role and his biggest threat. Pick and pop situations. Really dangerous. He forces the defense to take some risks and decide what they want to defend first. Stop the ball handler, avoid Erceg's shot, leave a third player wide open... He's a deadly shooter and has one of the quickest releases in European basketball.

They have many different sets to pass the ball inside, but I've chosen this one as they seem to feel really comfortable running it. I've seen them start some games with this one, and that means they're sure it is a very good option to score the first basket of the game. Two off ball screens for the wing and a baseline "small - big" screen to receive near the basket.

As usual, most of the time, the simpler the better. They run many times this simple diamond situation (most of the top level teams use it quite frequently) to let their players read the defense and find the best option. It could be a wide open shot coming off the mid post screen. It could be a strong curl to finish with a short shot or an extra pass for the screener. It could be a drive and kick for the opposite side post or the shooter beyond the three point line. If the defense manages to stop the first options, they will run a side screen. And again, the sign of being a great team, they are patient enough to keep playing, and find different options, for example the wing giving the ball back to the point guard and a back screen followed by the screener's mid range shot, or to swing the ball and looking for the inside pass.

Finally, I'd like to show you how well they play against zone defenses. They play easy, they fill the right spots (high post) they keep the right spacing and find the right pass or the best shot. High - low action and high post threat are the keys for them to beat the zone.

LEB Gold: Full Court Pressure

This is a “full court press league” as most of its teams play that kind of defense quite often, or at least are ready to use it if they need to. I mean, you need to work this defense either you like it or not, because during the season you’ll face it a lot of times.

Let’s take a look at the first games of the season to get a sight of some of these full court defenses. In the video we will find:

Man to man, defenders in full denial position, right in front of their man, with their back to the ball. It’s interesting to see how they switch (keeping their denial position anyway) when the attackers decide to screen for each other or just to switch sides.

Man to man, defenders on three quarters denial position.

Man to man, defenders behind their man’s back.

Also let’s notice sometimes there is a defender at the top of the defense, taking care of the inbounder:

Inbounder’s defender double teams agains the first receiver when he gets the ball. As we can see in one of the clips, this is far less risky when a big guy inbounds the ball, as it’s not a big deal if the inbounder manages to receive the ball again and starts dribbling. Actually this may be one of the defense’s goals.

Inbounder’s defender denying first pass (he can be watching the ball or with his back towards it) double teaming against the first receiver (before he gets the ball)

Run and jump pressure (switching when needed, trapping when there is an option to)

Take a look at the video:

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LEB Gold: Burgos - Stop Antelo!

One more week of LEB Gold.

Today I want to show you how one of the league’s best teams, Burgos, managed to stop one of the league’s stars, Jose Angel Antelo, a power forward whose skills allow him to post up, to play facing the basket and to hit the three. Antelo is also terrific shooting coming off drible. He is averaging 17 points and 8 rebounds with an astounding 50% in 3 point shots.

Here you can take a look at his stats

Burgos’ defense was great. They allowed Antelo only one uncontested shot all along the game. And from their 1 on 1 defense to their ball screen defense, everything worked fine to let him in 3 points (1/6 FG) and 4 rebounds.

As we see in the video, Burgos decided to defend ball screens in two different ways: “switch” and “push”. And by doing this, they never allowed him an advantage rolling or popping (he’s a killer playing pick and pop)

Burgos’ 1 on 1 defense was intense and focused. Always close to him. No helps. Always on hand raised to contest his shots. He rather prefered to pass the ball than play himself a couple of times in clear situations.

Other times he wasn’t allowed to get the ball.

So, great individual and team defense. Sometimes it may seem that’s easy, but I tell you it is not. Burgos made it look easy. Hats off!

LEB Gold: Double Diagonal Screens - Ball Inside

There are some “go to” inside players in LEB Gold. The teams work hard to find them in mid – low post but sometimes is not easy to put the ball inside. Some teams are using these double diagonal screens to free their bigs. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s a good option anyway.

As we see there are two small players setting the screens, so the defense can’t switch easily or there would be a miss match. If the timing is good and the screens are hard enough, they’ll give the big man a small advantage, maybe half a second, to get the position and the inside pass. From that point on, he must go to work.

In the first clip we see J. T. Durley (former Wichitta State player) from León. He’s made a great impact in the first three games of the LEB league, averaging 20 points per game with an astounding 75’9% in 2pt shots, 60% in 3pt shots and 77’8 in FT.

In the second clip, as there is no pass inside when the big man (Kevin Langford, yes, Keith Langford’s brother) comes off the screens, Navarra’s players keep running the play, and they end up playing a ball screen to score in the last seconds of the shot clock.

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LEB Gold: Spacing

Spanish second division, LEB Gold, has just started. From now on, I’ll show you some details of this interesting league.

To begin with, a topic I’m really interested in, spacing.

Alex Navajas, from Breogan, scored 5 out of 5 threes in the league’s first thriller (Breogan 87-Menorca 86 in the overtime) And he did it by making a great use of the space.

As we see in the video, he picks and pops, he creates space when the ball handler goes hard to the rim, he pops when his teammate curls... Many different ways to punish helps and and to achieve an astounding 5/5...




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Transition Offense: Ball Inside

Nowadays a lot of teams want to play transition offense as much as they can. They feel fine with established positions when they aren’t able to finish off the fastbreak and the idea of not giving the defense the opportunity to settle is a valued one for many coaches.

Here we see a nice situation from Israel National Team, in which after the inside pass, they set a screen for the passer that will give the center two pass lines. So he can play one on one, give it back to the guard or pass to the power forward, specially when the latter is a good shooter.

Let’s take a look.

Eurobasket 2011: Macedonia

Some things they have been showing all around the tournament: Tough defense, good control of game tempo, great knowledge to play the last quarters of their games (they just lost the fourth quarter against Georgia in the close games) well defined roles, and confidence in their leaders. Their chemistry is second to none and they are as dangerous as a wolves pack. Marin Dokuzovski has a hell of a TEAM, and that’s why they are where they are.

In the last seconds, when the ball is so hot you wouldn’t dare to touch it, McCalebb and Ilievski are the guys. Ball screens and clear out situations, they’ll do the rest.

Against Montenegro, they were trailing by two points and they run a ball screen situation, plus a couple of repicks, that ends with a missmatch. They manage to give the ball inside to the big guarded by the pointguard. Afterwards they keep trying with the pick and roll and finally with quick shots but they can’t score and lose the game.

Against Croatia, with the game tied, they try the ball screen for McCalebb, who misses the lay up. They play a good defense and recover the ball. The last ball is, again, for “Bo Mc” who gets another ball screen to find Ilievski, who scores. Another good defense (a contested three pointer) gives them the game.

Finland was a tough game. After getting a one point advantage, they struggled to score again, and only through free throws they managed to do it. Their good defense (sometimes lucky too, but you know “fortuna adaces iuvat”) and their nice control of team fouls (plus rebounding the last one of Koponen’s shots, missed on purpose) meant a new victory.

With a two point lead they reach the last 30” of their game against Georgia. It was a different day but the same play... Ball screen, and then a good inside out pass for a missed trey from Lakovic... Georgia go to the free throw line and tie the game. McCalebb finishes the game with a terrific lay up in a kind of clear out situation. One more game for Macedonia.

They were really close to beat Russia, but Monya’s incredible shot gave the win to the powerful russians. Once again, the end of this game makes me think they are the best team when team fouls’ management is over the table.

But the last game... the last one has been unbelievable. Lithuania leading by two points. A ball screen for McCalebb (maybe fouled maybe not) ends up with Lithuania turning the ball over... and with Ilievski hitting one of those shots basketball fans will remember for ever. Lithuania had their last shot, but Jasaitis missed it and there was no time for more than a miracle... but it didn’t happen for Lithuania.

Challenger’s name is Macedonia. Congratulations! We’ll be watching...

Eurobasket 2011: Slovenia

Quarter Finals! Slovenia!

Spain is now two steps from the final... and Slovenia is the team to beat to advance to the semifinal.

They’ve been playing just so so, but we can’t think it will be an easy game. They’ve got really good players, both inside and outside, and some of their bigs (Smodis, Lorbek) can create tough situations to stop for our big men.

They run different plays, and quite often they end up playing with one guy inside and four guys outside. Their high-low game is quite good, and also their inside – out passes. As I said, Lorbek and Smodis are very good shooters from mid range and also from three point distance, so they are dangerous when playing these situations. The outside players move well without the ball after they give the pass inside, and I guess there’s no need to talk about Lakovic’s quick release...

Boza Maljkovic has allways liked these staggered screens’ plays. The shooters have many options to read the defense and get some shots, and also the bigs to roll if their defenders hedge. In this play they finish with a hand off situation between their “4” and one of the guards (Lakovic, Dragic & Dragic, Muric, Osboltz...) They play triangles and can find multiple solutions reading the defense.

Another play they run is this “wheel” with the pointguard cutting and setting screens (which can free a wing or a center), to finally get the ball back. Once he gets it he can shoot (Lakovic is dangerous) or look for options (ball screen, pass inside...) I like how well they react when the defender denies the pass to the pointguard. They find the open man and play hand off.

Goran Dragic has shown us his skills along the tournament. I like the way he plays without the ball, how he read the defense, how he can finish in traffic. And of course, this guy is quick...

Eurobasket 2011: France

Next game, France.

The most physical team all over the Eurobasket. They are in very good shape. They’re playing very good basketball, without mistakes, with discipline, with their stars playing together, sharing the ball... A team that likes to run. They are strong rebounders on both sides, and they solve their lack of shooters with very good spacing and teamwork.

Boris Diaw has been hot during the previous games, going to work often in mid post, and showing all his skills with and without the ball. Good passer from the paint, he’s scoring and assisting. They run this situation for him very often. Once the ball goes inside, the other players move well to difficult helps. The guard pops using to screens and then Diaw (sometimes Noah) receives a screen to get the ball in low – mid post. Watch out the first cutter (often, Batum)

You could think (many teams have) that zone defense is a good weapon against France. It should be. They don’t have great shooters, so they should struggle facing a zone. Well, they don’t. They play really well against zone defense. Their spacing, the way they use the screens, their offensive rebound...

Here, take a look at their bigs, setting screens for the guard, playing from behind the defense (really important concept against zones) popping to hig post, spreading the zone from the inside (high post player goes to the free throw line, low post player almost touches baseline)

A strong dribble attracts two defenders. The spacing is great. An off ball screen frees another player on weak side. Two defenders are defending no one, high – low action...

Three players moving together, a ball screen for Parker and an off ball screen against the upper line’s second defender. Free way for Parker to drive and an easy pass outside in case he can’t finish. Teamwork.

Really important against zones. Offensive rebound.

And not only against the zone. They follow penetrations, and get the rebounds coming from nowhere...

Eurobasket 2011: Serbia

Serbia, even if they’ve lost two games by now is, in my humble opinion, the biggest menace for Spain in our quest for the Eurobasket’s gold.

I gave you an appetizer some days ago and here you have the main dish.

First, Spain must avoid a game start like this one. Not that Serbia’s doing it every game, but they have the skills, for sure they’ll have the motivation and we wouldn’t like to trail from the beginning...

Let’s talk about defense. And this is something I’ve already shown, but I think is interesting enough to take another look at it. The Serbian team manages really well defense on missmatch situations. They are used to involve more than two players in order to avoid advantages for the offense.

More “defense”, not only Teodosic is a wise fastbreak “stopper”, they’re all so good at using fouls to stop the other team’s fastbreaks! They look for a slow paced game that is clearly better for them. Spain need some points off the break, so we’d better reach the bonus as soon as possible and if they stop the break with fouls, at least we’ll go to the line.

Now, their some details on their offense:

One player in, four players out plus pick and roll. That’s one of the keys of their offensive game. Savanovic and Macvan can make mid range jumpers and threes (specially the former) They make good use of their skills to spread the defense and find space to drive. Serbians know how to punish helps. Just like here... Schultze helps way more than needed and Savanovic hits the three.

One play they’ve been using a lot. The same concepts. They set a down pick for the shooting guard to receive a hand off pass and then, again, pick and roll. Notice how Savanovic (in the first clip) and Macvan (second and third clips) end up in the corner. They read the defense and react. Nice triangles, good options for the shooter after the hand off... Dangerous.

They have many different options for baseline out of bounds’ plays. They look for the advantage and use it. As we see in the first two clips, it’s the same play but they play for Savanovic first and for Teodosic posting up in the second. Also, if you’re not focused on defense, they can find the easy shot after the first pass...

I want to finish with a state of the art passer. Teodosic is showing everybody his polished fundamentals, and the pass might be his best weapon. All kind of passes, with both hands, no looking passes... I’d say “kids, TRY to do this at home...”

Eurobasket 2011: Germany

Next game, Germany.

Germany and Nowitzki. They go together. We should not forget Kaman, Herber (terrific shooter), Benzing, Jagla (mini – Nowitzki), Hammann...

But everything starts by Nowitzki.

They will run some plays to let their “go to” player receive near the basket, or facing the basket. From that moment, he’ll take care of Germany’s offense. We all know he is great in low post, in high post, beyond the line... Well, he’s great everywhere.

So their teammates and coach know, and they set many off ball screens to free him. I showed a clip yesterday in my twitter account to give the first example (yes, he’s not perfect). And I want to show you some more situations now.

They like to play this isolation for Kaman and Nowitzki. The other players will be placed on weak side, moving without the ball, trying to keep help side defenders busy. Nowitzki’s defender should not help, so it’s a good 1 on 1 situation for their center.

Also this screen for Nowitzki to find an open shot when the defender gets stucked, or a good option to penetrate if the defender comes late. Here we see a very good defense (Gallinari) chasing Germany’s star and being close to steal the ball.

This one is by far the situation they run more often. A screen set by the pointguard so Nowitzki can choose, low post or three point line. As you know, he’s likely to hit his shots from both spots.

Can’t wait for the game to start!

Eurobasket 2011: Turkey

Next game, Turkey...

A lot has been said about Turkey, mostly after their defeat against Poland. Well, here I bring you a couple of clips.

Everybody knows Emir Preldzic, but I thought it would be a good idea to show some of his skills. We know he needs improvement on Defense, and a better shooting technique, but he’s an all around player who can drive hard to the basket, shoot (terrific coming off dribble) and pass. And basically that’s what we find in this short video. I love this young player, his future is in his own hands.

One of the most dangerous things for the Spanish teams is to manage with Ersan Ilyasova’s defense. He plays far from the basket, has a devastating first step when he goes to the rim, can hit the three... and will play the power forward to take our bigs outside of the paint. Many pick and pop situations, many one on one... and something he does really well, to fake the ball screen and cut hard to the basket (take a look at the video)

I repeat, our bigs will have a hard game tonight.

Eurobasket Tweets: Serbia

Yesterday I tweeted Serbia's National Team details from their friendly and first Eurobasket games.

It was kind of fun to update my timeline with those small clips from the Serbian team.

Here you have them all together. Remember you can follow me on twitter, rjmbasket08

Serbia Ball screen def: the defender PUSHES the ball so he can go through the screen easily. No advantages!



Serbia-Teodosic: PASS.No looking vs pressure,1 hand (right),1 hand (left) over the head in P&R.1st and 3rd TERRIFIC



Serbia. Full court press: Steals, switches, rotations...



Serbia. 2 ball screens play: Many inside clear out situations with shooters menace beyond the 3 point line (Savanovic...)



Serbia. No fastbreak allowed: Teodosic and all his teammates won't hesitate. Foul



Serbia. Ball Screen Def (more): Disadvantage, switch, stop the ball, don't stop running. Steal. Terrific.



Serbia. Team rotation. They switch in ball screen and three players rotate to avoid missmatch:

Eurobasket 2011: Serbia

Today I'm gonna try something new. We'll see how it works.

All along the day I'll post small details from Serbia, as they're playing really good basketball during the first days of the Eurobasket. I'll show you clips from their friendly games and from their first games of the tournament.

I'll post those details in my twitter account, rjmbasket08 and I hope to receive as much feedback as you want to give. So feel free to take a look, and of course, to start following me if you like what you read and watch there!!

On The Road To Lithuania: Great Britain

What I like from Great Britain’s team is they are trying to mix styles. Their league is well known for being a run and gun competition. But now they have many players playing abroad (they have NBA, NBAD-League and NCAA players, ACB players, NBL-Czech Rep...) and they need to make them play as a team. Coaches Finch and Nurse are trying to do it, and I think they are doing a good work.

There’s something they seem to have clear though, if you can score in the first 10” of the shotclock, just do it:

On The Road To Lithuania: Poland

Some details from Spain’s first rival, Poland.

First, this play they’ll use to make our big men defend far from the basket. They run this isolation ball screen to avoid helps and to create a good advantage for the ball handler (off the screen but also before it’s set) and for the screener (they'll want to pop)

Take a look at the video:

And one of their players, #10 Szymon Szewczyk, who plays in Italy. He’s really dangerous shooting from mid range and also from beyond the three point line. He can step outside and hit the three easily. He could create some problems to our bigs in different situations.

Here he is:

On The Road To Lithuania: Pick And Roll - Triangle (Italy)

I'm watching many games from the National Teams that will be in Lithuania's Eurobasket.

One of them is Italy, and this is one of the teams I like more, due to their organization and the way they're coached.

I've seen an interesting pick and roll situation, and I want to share it with you.

The offense read the defense really well, and they find the way to put the ball inside for the screener (who actually doesn't set a screen at all) when he cuts toward the rim. The screener's defender is ready to flash, the corner's defender is ready to collapse the paint, and help side's defenders are far away. So the offense manage to create a triangle and to punish defensive recovery.

Let's take a look.

LEB Gold: U. B. La Palma

Another one of this League’s teams, U. B. La palma, coached by Carlos Frade, have played great basketball during some periods during the regular season.

They have been a nicely coached team, mixing some young players and some league’s veterans. Their agreement with Gran Canaria ACB was a terrific step for U. B. as they received some really interesting players to add to their squad. Palacios (second year in the league) Odiakosa (an ACB body, and a legit ACB player soon) or Martínez (keep an eye in the American forward) were some of the keys of the team. Let’s not forget Dani Rodríguez, who wil be desired during the summer by many of the LEB Gold teams (and we’ll see if any ACB team too)

They have shown a wonderful transition offense, in which they looked for quick solutions to score. Among those, ball screens with the PG and the center, or high – low situations (probably one of the best teams all over the league finding the connection between bigs from high post to low post) Their bigs knew how to duck in properly and they had a very soft touch to give that pass. Once they had the defender behind their back, it was almost impossible to stop them.



Their unselfishness was one of the keys. When you see how they move the ball, how they share the ball, how in many plays the ball went from one side to the other, then inside, then outside… You understand why it was one of the best teams to watch from the outside, and one of the most difficult to stop for the other teams.

Here we can see how their transition offense keeps going, how they swing the ball and how they run a side screen to get a lot of advantages after the defense has been moving for a while. Also the mid screen (by surprise, the big pops and sets the pick for the PG) gave them many options (they had the right spacing and, again, the needed unselfishness to make it work) Their timing was great most of the times…





To finish with their offense details, and continuing with their transition, here we can see a different option in which the big sets an off ball screen so the wing can go hard to the rim, and if he doesn’t get the ball, he will come back using the big’s down screen. I’ve really liked the way they play from “weak” side and how they try to hurt the defense with those cuts.



Let’s end with their full court pressure. They were one of the most aggressive teams when pressing (quite often, by the way) and the way their bigs read this kind of defense was really important for them. Once again, Odiakosa and Palacios were key players for U. B. La Palma. See how the big is aware of the bad passes, and always ready to jump and trap.