Many coaches teach players to set screens at a 45-degree angle, with their back facing the corner of the court. While this advice is generally effective for on-ball screens, it often fails to explain why the 45-degree angle works so well.
At this angle it's easy for the defender to go under the screen and recover quickly to the ball handle
If the screen is to far to the back of the defender it's very easy to go over the screen making the screen useless.
The screen at 45 degrees is set at the same angle that the attacker dribbles, therefore making going over or under the screen equally difficult, leaving no good options for the defender.
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