This is a high pressure shooting drill designed to teach players to hold their ground and shoot under pressure.
Rules: Players must shoot from inside the key. No dribbling (once they have the ball they must shoot). Players must make a basket before they can get out of the key in this all against all drill.Once a player scores and gets out a new player must come in (start with 6 players inside the key).
You are looking for your players to be aggressive and finish with strong moves around the basket.
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