Step 1/4Runner dribbles round the outside; shooters try to score

Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot

Games drill

Home Run Shootout

One team dribbles round the outside of the half court to score runs; the other team has to make a basket to stop each runner.

Equipment: 1 ball per runner, 2 balls for the shooters

How to run the drill

1Split into a running team and a shooting team. Runners line up in a baseline corner with a ball each; shooters line up at a spot near the basket with two balls.
2On “go” the first runner dribbles round the outside of the half court and back home. The shooters shoot in turn, rebounding their own shot and passing to the next shooter.
3When a shot goes in the shooters shout “stop!”: the runner freezes where they are, and the next runner sets off.
4A runner who gets all the way home before a basket scores one run and goes again from the back of the line.
5When every runner has been stopped, swap roles. Most runs wins.

1-on-1 games at every basket: winners move up a court, losers move down. Check ball, three dribbles maximum.

Every player for themselves: 2 points for a basket, then free throws worth 1; first to exactly 21.

Half-court 3-on-3 games to 3 baskets; the winning team stays on, the next team comes in.

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