Chest · bounce · overhead
Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
Passing drill
Partner Passing
Partners 12–15 feet apart cycling chest, bounce and overhead passes.
- Time
- 6 min
- Players
- 2+
- Ages
- All ages
- Level
- Beginner
Equipment: 1 ball per pair
How to run the drill
- 1Partners face each other 12–15 feet apart.
- 210 chest passes, 10 bounce passes, 10 overhead passes each.
- 3Progress to one-hand push passes off a jab step, both sides.
Coaching points
- Step to your target
- Thumbs down on release
- Bounce passes hit two-thirds of the way to the receiver
- Show a target hand
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