4 ON 3 + 1 FROM PASS

SETUP: form two teams of 4 players. Players are set near half court facing each other. They start doing some footwork on their spot. Coach with a ball is at half court near the sideline.

GOAL: fast break, quickness, readiness.

DESCRIPTION: Coach passes the ball to one player, his choice. As soon as the player gets the ball, his team plays on offense, attacking the basket in front of them. The other team is on defense. The defender of the player who got the ball has to touch the spot where man started before, he can play defense. When defense get the ball, they play another action, attacking the opposite basket.

GAME: play to a certain score. Coach switches the team who receive the ball from his pass on each action.

4-3-2-1 TEAM SHOOTING COMPETITION

SETUP: form two teams: every player has the ball. Both teams are in line behind a cone in low post. Other 3 co- nes are put around the lane in diffe- rent positions, increasing the distan- ce from the basket.

GOAL: stand shooting from different positions.

DESCRIPTION: every player shoots once, gets his own rebound and co- mes back to line. The team has to score 4 baskets in a row (without er- rors) from the first position, then they move to the second cone. Team has to score 3 baskets in a row from the second cone, 2 in a row from the third cone, and only one shot from the last cone. Distance and difficulty increase at every cone.

GAME: the first team to complete the four positions wins the game. You can repeat the drill changing the posi- tions.

CORRECTIONS:
focus on different details in shooting: ask the players to be squared (feet, shoulders, elbow, hand), legs into the shot. Follow through.

2 ON 1 + 2 ON 3

SETUP: players are divided in two te- ams: team A is split in two lines (one line with the ball, one line without the ball) in the corners at halfcourt.

GOAL: playing in outnumber.

DESCRIPTION: 1 and 2 attack the basket against X1. When X1 gets he ball, he attacks opposite with X2 and X3. 1 and 2 play defense in the second action. When the game is over, all players come back to the lines of their team, switching side.

GAME: play a game to 6 baskets. At the end of the game, repeat it switching teams starting on offense/defense. To have a drill more realistic, you can add some rules:
1 and 2 can do only 1 pass before every shot.
X1, X2 and X3 have 6 seconds to take a shot.

CORRECTIONS: the player with the ball must drive to the basket strongly. He passes the ball to his team mates only if X1 is helping with his chest on the line of penetration.