Althought we do a lot of individual work during the season, the extra breaks the players have from school gives us a chance to do more speciifc work without added time constraints
Tonight these are some of the drills we did with all our our positions players 1-5
Ball Handling, Shooting, & Close-out Drill
1 dribbles hard at the chair with his left hand and makes a COD move shifting the ball into his right hand
As 1 dribbles 2 drifts to the corner behind the chair
1 makes the pass as he shifts the ball into the right hand hitting 2 in the corner
POINTS OF EMPHASIS:
1 needs to be in control as he shifts the ball on the COD and kicks to 2 without making a charge
2 needs to time his cut to the corner to make the drill work like a game situation
PROGRESSION:
We run this drill on both sides of the floor and run the drill for a total of 5:00 at game speed
Ball Handling, Shooting, & Close-out Drill
After 1 passes to 2 in the corner, he breaks out to the wing as 2 begins a penetration dribble at the chair (representing the help defender after he has beaten his man with the 1st move)
2 kicks out to 1 an closes-out on him
We want 1 immediately shooting the ball off the catch
POINTS OF EMPHASIS:
2 needs to catch with 2 feet in the air, then immediately push-off when he lands attacking off the dribble
On the close-out, we teach to play the shot with 2 hands up & think penetration
1 needs to be ready to catch & shoot without hesitation
PROGRESSION:
We run this drill on both sides of the floor and run the drill for a total of 5:00 at game speed
Dribbling & Shooting Drill
1 makes a self pass, catching with 2 feet in the air and landing with the chance to use either pivot foot
1 makes a rip move and attacks the paint
As 1 makes his rip move, 2 cuts into the chair and pops to the opposite wing
1 passes to 2 and pops behind the chair in the corner as 2 immediately attacks off the pass, attacking the baseline help defender and passing to 1 who takes the jump shot
POINTS OF EMPHASIS:
1 needs to catch in triple threat position, stay low on the rip and get into the paint on the dribble
2 needs to time his cut circling to the wing and catching the ball with his head up ready to attack the baseline help defender after beating his man
PROGRESSION:
Drill is run for a duration of 5:00 and from both sides of the floor at game speed
We use a catch & shot fake as well to get into the penetration dribble
Gun Shooting Drill
1 receives the pass at the top of the key
2 v-cuts to get open on the wing and receives the pass from 1
1 moves to set a down screen on the chair
GUN SPOTS:
8 & 3
Time between .4
POINTS OF EMPHASIS:
1 needs to catch with both feet in the air, pivot and make a good pass to the wing before moving to set a good down screen, with a wide base & solid footwork
2 needs to make a good v-cut to get open on the wing
PROGRESSION:
We will put a defender on the wing so that 2 has to really work hard to get open
We will do the same on the opposite side so that when 1 catches, he can simulate at game speed going by his defender with a good 1st move
Gun Shooting Drill
1 sets the down screen on the chair and pops out to the wing
2 catches the ball with 2 feet in the air, lands and immediately attacks the lane with the dribble
2 makes the pass to 1 who catches the ball and takes 1 dribble for the pull-up jumper
2 loops back to the wing and catches the pass from the GUN and attacks the baseline with one dribble for a pull-up jumper
PROGRESSION:
We take a total of 20 shots and then switch sides
We also use number of makes in 4:00 - usually 40 makes
POINTS OF EMPHASIS:
2 must attack hard on the dribble and get to the lane line before passing to 1 on the opposite wing
1 needs to catch the ball and immediately go into his dribble move, attacking low getting the shoulder and knee by the imaginary defender ( we also put a dummy defender there to simulate a game situation)
We really want our guys to push the first dribble out in front of them and cover ground with the one dribble they're allowed
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