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Basketball: Swapping Defender in the Middle

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Once the player passes to the opposite line, they will follow their pass and play defence on the player with the ball. The passer will always go to defence. Once the defence has finished they will join the back of the opposite line.

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Teaching the screen:

Off the ball screen, practiced in a closed situation.

In threes players set up in a triangle.

player at the top passes the ball in either direction then sets the screen the opposite way. in the diagram 1 passes to 3 and sets a screen for player 2. 2 curls round towards the basket and receives a pass from player 3 to shoot a lay-up. collects the lay up and passes to either player and sets the a screen.

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Three man switch to shoot and score:

Player 1 starts with the ball in the middle of the court and plays the ball to player 2 who cuts in to the first cone.

Player 2 must then pass to player 3 who has also made a run inside to the other cone further up the court.

Player 1 in the meantime should loop on the outside behind player 2 to receive the ball back from player 3 and take a shot.

Shooting

Star Passing drill:

Players set up about 10-15 feet apart as shown in video.

Players must follow their pass to the next passing position. The final (4th) pass will to a player who complete the move by shooting a lay-up.

The drill then continues in the same way, with each player having moved on one position.

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Star Pass and Follow Drill:

Ball starts on one of the corners. This player passes and follows the ball into the middle. The middle player catches the ball and pass / follows the ball to the next player.

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