Basketball: Close Out- Box Out Drill

Speed, Speed, Speed! This week's mid season session is an intense team session designed to improve the speed and decision-making ability of your team

Develop a fundamentally sound power forward! Use this session to work on all the skills required for a Power Forward, a critical position for any successful basketball team!

Complete versatility! Coaching the fundamentals to develop an effective small forward

Sprint shooting session! Get your players to practice shooting accurately at game speed to improve their shooting percentage!

Set up as shown in video clip.

When the ball is on that players side of the court they will deny.

When the ball is on the other side of the court, the players will come across and play help defence.

Once the ball has been passed to one of those players then they will play 2v2.

The defensive player will pass the ball to the offensive player.

The defensive player will run towards the offensive player and close-out by chopping their feet.

Once the defensive player has closed out, the offensive player will dribble towards the baseline for a jump shot.

The defensive player will stay with the offensive player and challenge the jump shot.

2 players work with 1 basketball. Players must catch and shoot on the move.

Once a player has shot they should catch their own rebound and pass to the other players.

Once the player has passed the ball, they should make a run/cut and then get ready to shoot the ball.

1 offensive player and 1 defensive player.

The offensive player will dribble through the cones, once the player has reached the last cone the player will dribble towards the basket and shoot a jump shot.