Basketball: Zig-Zag Defence with Offence

Get your players working together with this team session - perfect for building team chemistry and preparing your players for their next big game!

Have cones set up as shown in the image.

Players will start at the 1st cone and defensive slide from cone to cone.

Once the player gets their outside foot to the cone the player will push off of that foot and change direction.

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.

Players and cones will be set up as shown in video clip.

One offensive and one defensive player. The offence will dribble through the cones with the defence sliding keeping their head in line with the ball. Once they have gone through all the cones, the defensive player will retreat.

The offensive player will dribble to 15 foot away from the basket and shoot the ball.

The defensive player will contest the shot and then box out to get the rebound.

Players pass the basketball off the wall and catch the ball in a quick stop position. The coach will either say forward or reverse pivot.

On hearing the call the player will pivot round 360 degrees so they are facing the wall again before making the next pass.