The purpose of this study was to clarify the mechanism of pick play, with a view to increasing the understanding of pick play in basketball. The procedure for study was used “notational analysis”. The mechanism of pick play clarified as a result of this study can be summarized as follows. It can be concluded that the pick play in basketball is characterized mutually regulation relation of “within 3 seconds,” “priority placing” of “ball handlerʼs location,” “screenerʼs angle,” “playerʼs combination” and “perimeter playerʼs arrangement,” and “flow”
