I posted this drill on Twitter a few days ago…one of my favorites…and it got a lot of love:
I decided to brainstorm and come up with a few different ways you could alter this drill to best help your team.
First, some key points:
Use what YOU teach your team with this drill.
If you teach them to cut a certain way on a drive, it should be expected they do the same here.
If you teach they should react a certain way on a post touch, they should be doing it in the drill.
ALTER THE DRILL HOWEVER IT BEST FITS YOUR OFFENSE AND PLAYERS
This is common sense…do what works for you, your team, your personnel, your game plan, your available staff
This is also a defensive drill.
Teach about rotations, stunting, guarding actions, flying around, x-outs, whatever it is you teach.
Your team WILL be in disadvantage situations in games! Teach them how to handle them.
Original Version
No driving or cutting allowed; make the ball pop and get an open shot
Emphasize ball fakes, finding the open man
Slight Cut Version
Players can cut…but they can’t cross the 3 point line
One More Version
The score doesn’t count unless it’s after a “one more” pass
What’s a “one more” pass? The ball is kicked out and instead of taking a shot, the player throws it “one more” to the open player for a shot
Drive It
Instead of allowing no dribbling, allow north/south drives only…a dribble east/west results in a turnover.
You could make an “ONLY layups count” rule or “ONLY kick outs count” rule
3 Out, 1 In
Put a player in the post
Better yet, start the drill in the post with a pass from the coach and play live from there
Baseline Drive
The drill begins with a forced baseline drive; play out of that
You could either force the player to drive it baseline…or have the defender playing too high on him so he has a driving advantage
Circle the Wagons
The three defenders go from free throw line, to block, to block in a triangle until the coach passes to an offensive player. Once the pass is completed, the drill is live.
Rip Opposite Only
The only scores that count are ones that result from a “rip opposite”
Paint Scores Only
The only points that count are paint scores - whether through a drive or post catch
Golden Basket
The team can only get a point if a particular player scores.
You can tell the defense who this player is…or elect not to do so
Start with an Action
This could be a ball screen, screen away, flare screen, dribble handoff, etc.
Choose an action you run a lot of…and start the drill there.
Any other ideas? Leave them in the comments or hit us up on Twitter!