Step 1/4Coach shoots from the wing
Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
Rebounding drill
1v1 Box Out off the Coach's Shot
Defender starts in a stance on an attacker at the free-throw line. Coach shoots: find them, hit them, go and get it.
- Time
- 6 min
- Players
- 4+
- Ages
- 9+
- Level
- All levels
Equipment: 1 ball
How to run the drill
- 1An attacker stands at the free-throw line with a defender in front of them. Coach has the ball on the wing.
- 2Coach shoots. The defender turns, makes contact and boxes out; the attacker tries to get round for the rebound.
- 3If the defender gets it they pass out to the coach and stay on. If the attacker gets it, they score and become the defender.
- 4Play first to three rebounds, then two new players.
Coaching points
- See the shot, then find your player: don't watch the ball
- Make contact first, low and wide
- Go and get the ball with two hands
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