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Basketball: 1 v 1 Advantage

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DESCRIPTION

A line of players will start in the corner. There will be a cone in front of the players about 25 ft away.

There will also be a cone along the baseline that the defensive player will run around.

The player at the front of the line will have a basketball. The coach will nominate 1 person to start on defence.

When the coach yells GO both players will take off to get around their cones.

Once they are around the cones they are playing 1 v 1.

COACHING POINTS

The attacker must READ THE DEFENDER!

If there is a defender running out hard to stop the shot, then we have to attack the basket.

If the defender is stopping short to protect the drive then we have to go straight into the shot.

Notes:

Once the offence has scored or the defence has got the ball the drill ends. The ball will be passed to the 1st person in the line in the corner and the offence will become the next defence.

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1 on 1 Continuous:

Split into 2 lines and have a line on either side of the court.

One player in the middle with a basketball.

The player in the middle will pass to the 1st player in one of the lines. After the pass is made that player will go and defender the receiver of the pass.

They will play 1v1. Only 1 shot is allowed.

Once a shot has been taken the ball will be passed to the opposite line where the offensive player will become the defender.

Games

1 v 1 from the wing:

Set up two lines, one for the for the defending players (red) and the other for the attacking players (blue) who have one ball.

When the coach blows their whistle both players run around their respective cones (shown in diagram).

After the blue player has made their way around the cone another player in the offensive players' line passes the ball to them.

After they've run round the cones players play out the 1 vs 1.

Dribbling

Stuck in the Mud:

All players have a ball each.

The catchers have to try and touch one of the players without bibs. If they succeed in doing so then that person has to stand still and put their ball on their head.

Games

1 on 1 with Entry Pass:

The coach starts with the ball on the top of the 3 point line. Blue player 1 has to try and get free from his defender before receiving a pass from the coach. They then play 1 v 1, after the game has finished the ball gets thrown back to the coach for the other side to repeat the practice.

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