Step 1/3Coach passes — the receiver shoots at once
Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
Rebounding drill
Close Out, Box Out, Play On (3v3)
Coach passes to a shooter who shoots straight away: defenders close out, box out, and it's live until somebody scores.
- Time
- 12 min
- Players
- 6+
- Ages
- 10+
- Level
- Intermediate
Equipment: 1 ball
How to run the drill
- 1Three attackers around the arc, three defenders in the key. The coach has the ball.
- 2The coach passes to any attacker, who shoots immediately. Defenders close out, then box out.
- 3Whoever gets the rebound can score straight away — play is live until a basket is made. Each basket is a point; play to five.
- 4Harder: the defenders jog in a circle in the key until the pass, so they have to talk and sort out who takes who.
Coaching points
- Close out, then find a body before the ball
- Go and get it with two hands
- Offence: crash every shot
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