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George BlaneyAssistant Basketball Coach

University of Connecticut

4 Minute Shooting Drill

I stole this drill from Pete Carril and have been using it since the early 80s. Jim Calhoun loves the drilland we have incorporated it into our practices. We do it every day and sometimes 2 and 3 timesduring the course of practice. We use it at our shoot around the days of games.

We start with 2 fines at the elbows and 3 bans in1 line.

Pass from 1 elbow to a ~ cutting to the middle.

He catches, squares, & sh001s, and then goesand ge1s his own rebound, passes to the end ofthe passing line, follows his pass and goes to theend of the passing r a n e .

The original passer goes to the end o f theshooting line.

There are 4 minutes on the clock.

At the end of the fit minute, sound a buzzer.

Now the shooter's line shifts to the right baselineand the passing line (always 3 balls) goes to thefouIline .

We n o w do the same thing from the baseline for1 minute.

At the end of the ~ minute, sound the buzzer.

The passing line shifts to the left baseline andbecomes the shooting Une and the shooting line

shifts to the foul fine and becomes the passing ,line.

Shoot, get your own rebound, pass to theopposite line, and go to the end of that line.

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# 2: I on 2 Alley Drill

This is a recognition drill where w e can work on the most Important things wemust teach all o f our front-line and second-line players. We need our front-line guys toball preSsure, dictate to a sideline, and also contain the. man. Second-line guys must beable to play "cat and mouse", read when to trap the ball and close traps hard.

A coach inbounds the ball to a guard. Xl must pressure him and force himsideline. We teach our front-line defenders to split the inside foot of the ballhandlerwith their feet, which will help force the ball sideline. X2 is matched to a .man in thealley near midcourt. He stands slightly inside the line of the ball with his-shouldersopen slightly towards the sideline. As the ball is dribbled up the alley, X2 fakes at theball taking one step .uPand two steps back; waiting to spring the trap. Our rule is X2should come to trap once he senses the ballhandler's head is down and he is gettingout ~f control. Once he decides to come and trap don't let him change his mind. Staycommitted to getting the trap. We ma y also have some situations in this drill where X2decides not to come and trap because he feels the dribbler never gets out of control.

For the purposes of the drill, we have a coach inbound and we tell the secondline offensive player to move up the floor in relation to how the ball Is being advancedby the ballhandler. If they throw over our trap or split it off the dribble, the drill stopsand the next group comes on.


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2-0N-O OUT OF BOUNDS'.

This drill triggers the most demoralizing aspect of our break: 'scoring quickly afterallowing a hoop. Nothing kills an opponent's momentum more than a quick strikeafter they have scored.

We start with our wings in a line beginning instde the 3-point arc while our big guysbegin in a line at the elbow on the same side. Eachwing has a ball. The first onemakes a lay-up and then takes off in a sprint out the opposite lane. Our big guy takesit -out of the net as quickly as possible without mishandling it because these are .precious one or two seconds. He goes deep out of bounds to create space so hismomentum won't force him over the line on his pass. We teach our big guys to stridewith their lead leg and try to throw a long baseball pass up ahead to their teammatewho made the lay-up. We emphasize a long stride forward and locking your wristforward to the target on the follow-through. Again, we try to throw between Insidethe teammate and the middle of the lane. The wing must work to bring In the passwith two hands and finish strongly. .

We usually do this drill twice, going up one end for everyone and back from the otherway. We rarely switch lines because we don't allow our wings to inbound for us onour break.


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3-0N-O SPRINT DRILL

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This drill may be out most realistic drill for creating easy hoops in games. We rarelymiss a day of practice where some form of this 3-on-one series is not being workedon. It is the essence of our break.

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We begin with a big guy in the lane with a ball. Our point guards begin deep on oneside With a wing deep on the other side. Our big guy lays it in and inbounds his ownmake to start the drill. Only after it is scored, our wfng sprints out ahead into hislane. Our point guard works up the sideline while looking for eye contact with the bigguy gathering the score. On eye contact, the point guard cuts across towards the

middle and our big guy leads him with a pass. Our point guard tries to catch, tum,and throw ahead to the opposite wing without using a dribble and without traveling.Most point guards need a dribble but that is all we'all~w for this drill. The winggathers the pass and can ideally catch In stride to lay It In without a dribble.

A month Into practice we usually add a defender on the lnbounder to bother his passand a defender on the point guard to force him to make a sharp cut to receive theoutlet.

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3-0N-O POST PASS

This drill has helped keep our big guys running and kept our guards thinking oflooking Inside early on the break. This helps us maintain offensive balance wheneverour perimeter people aren't looking Inside enough.

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We stress the exact same beginning as the 3-on-0 sprint drill but we are really on ourInbounder to sprint the entire court after his pass. Our wing now must drag dribblethe ball to the comer under control while our big guy angles from the weakside to thestrongslde block. The point guard guard trans toa .spot on the.strongslde outside thearc near the top of the key. Once the big guy Is.settled, the .wlng enters it and wewant a quick, strong power move from our big guys. We usually have a reserve or amanager with a pad waiting on the block to play token defense and allow our big guysto establish and initiate contact when posting up.; We also will have a defender aheadin the comer at times waiting for the wing to drag dribble there so he must make hispost pass under pressure.


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3-0N-O BASKET CUT OR fLARE

We have been very successful with our post passer making a hard basket cut In allareas of our offense. This drill emphasizes this In our early offense to further programour wings to do it every time.

This drill progresses exactly as the 3-00-0 sprint and 3-on-0 post pass. In this drill,once the post pass is made, our big guy gathers the pass and pauses. Our wingpasser cuts full speed to the hoop on either side of the post man dependlnq on hisspot on the floor. If he feeds the post from the comer, we allow him to basket cutalong the baseline. We try to cut by the post man and allow 6 feet of space to beharder to defend. Our big guys drop a bounce pass to the cutting wing who attacksthe rim for a dunk or lay-up. The point guard must be sliding down to the comer tofill the wing's spot on.the wing's basket cut.

After a series of drop passes for our wings basket cutting, we then have our big guysfake to the wings and kick It out to our point guard sliding for a 3. This drill Is usuallyrun 4 trips with both options run to each end.

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2-0N-l MIDDLE MAN PLAY DEFENSE. .

This drill works on our entire team's ability to go as quickly as possible from defenseto offense and it helps us attack the rim on the break.

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We begin with three lines of players along the baseline. Our top 10 guys are in thewing lines with our reserves and walk-ons In the line under the hoop. The ball beginsin the middle. On the whistle, they pass from the middle to either side. The wingpasses right back to the middle who then passes to the other wing. This continues upthe court with the three players moving together and the ball not hitting the floor. Asthe ball is leaving the middle man and is in the air to either wing, the coach blows thewhistle again and It immediately becomes a 2-on-l going the other way. The defensesprints back down the middle of the court while the two offensive players think attackas'quickly as they can from wherever they are on the court. We encourage the ballkept off the floor and thrown ahead. Quick point guards carr accelerate It bythemselves with a full-speed dribble but.everyone.else.must try to pass it ahead

. Remember. our rules from earlier, whenever we have only one defender back we ~ggt a dunk or lay-up. No jump shots are tolerated at the end of this drill.


9/13

It Is our contention that a team can only do a limited number of things well. Since"we feel that rebounding is one of the most consistently controllable, we put a majoremphasis in practice on this area.

I. PHILOSOPHY -Rebounding, we feel, is the most controllable. It keys our fastbreak, makesup fora poor shooting game, limits number of shots a good shooting teamwill take, demoralizes and intimidates an opponent, and changes anopponent's game preparation.

The single most important factor in rebounding is wanting the basketball.You must acquire a rebounding attitude. This pride and courage Inrebounding is developed by drills which are repetitious, constant emphasisin practice, and statistical and personal coverage of it during aUgames andpractices. A rebounding attitude will become a source of pridaJor the entireteam, and if maintained, will make any team at minimal a good reboundingteam.

II. TECHNIQUESDefensive Reboundlnq1. . Attitude2. Contact-1 st step3. Box- Either reverse or front pivot4. Control-butt, legs, elbows5. Read-release, find ball, quickness to it6. Rebound-stronq, two hands7. Outlet8. Pin to the baseline

DEFENSIVE FOUL SHOTS1. Feet together and dose to offensive man2. Push off foot closest to baseline3. Thrust arm and leg up in a cut-off move4. Regular techniques

OFFENsIVE REBOUNDING1. Attitude - go after every ball2. Active - don't allow yourself to stay boxed out3. Spin, hook elbow, step away - step back4. Tip ball to your other hand

OFFENSIVE FOUL SHOT1. Attitude2. Quickness 1 st step3. Do not allow contact from defensive man4. Une up away from defense

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III. DRILLS

One-on-One Box-Out Drill

OBJECT: To improve the rebounding techniques and instill a"rebounding attitude" in the individual rebounder,

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The manager shoots the ball at the goal, the defender attacks the offensive playerand boxes him out. He should attempt to force him in the direction the shot camefrom but, more Importantly, he must make contact with the offensive player thengo and secure the rebound.

The ball is live once it leaves the shooter's hand until. the outlet pass is made backto the managers. There is no out of bounds, play the whistle, no pushing with armsand no blatant elbows, use body.

Each player must secure three consecutive rebounds, he then moves to the rear ofthe .line on offense and another player replaces him on defense. Every player musttake his tum.

Note: This drill Is also done from either weakslde by moving the line of offensiveplayers to th e OPPOSitewing from the manager shooting.


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One-on-One 112Court Box-Out Drill

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OBJECT: Box out skills and attitude, reactions to ball, ability to defend break--

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o begins at mid-court and dribbles In towards the foul line. Once inside the foulline, he has two dribbles. X picks up 0 around the foul line or above and attemptsto force 0 to pun up for a jump shot. Once the shot Is taken,-.X must box out andsecure the rebouoo. As soon as the ball Is rebounded and a perfect outlet pass Isthrown to either manager on a Wing, X must react to the n e x t 0 who Is already onthe way.

There are no boundaries, no hi;mdchecks, play the whistle. Each player again needsto get three consecutive stops on defense. A stop Consists of mntrolllng theoffensive player, contesting his shot, boxing him out, securing the balli andthrowing an outlet pass.


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Tw~on- Two Box-Out Drill

OBJECT: To improye individual rebounding techniques, instill a "reboundlnqattitude" and work on team rebounding skills and communication

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A manager shoots the ball towards the basket, the defensive players move at theoffensive players and box out. The offensive players may use several diversionslike a pick or criss-cross to make the defensive players job more difficult and it isup to the defenders to communicate In this situation.

There are no boundaries and the' ball Is liveuntil the outlet pass is thrown, play thewhistle.

Again, three consecutlye rebounds are needed before new defenders come' out.Everyone must take a tum on defense.

NOTE: As In the one-on-one'version, fatigue becomes a big factor once two guysget "stuck".ln there bylng to get three straight rebounds. They areconstantly going against relatively fresh offensive rebounders. Coachescan really learn a lot about their players' hearts in this drill.


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Thre=on- Three Box-Out Drill

OBJECT: To workon Individual and team rebounding skills in both zone andman-to-man situations, and instill a "reboundi.ng attitude."

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The ball starts out front with the shooters and it is initially passed around theperimeter. The offensive. players move in a drcular rotatJon and the defenders playeither zone or man-to-man defense. .The shooters will hit any open postman in thefirst few passes or they will shoot.' -

Points of Emphasis:Ball side - two step' move defending the low post, must have head and hand inpassing lane, lock offenslve player with back leg,bas~.lIne side if below 45

High Post - baseline side denial, lock offensive player with leg when the ball comesout topsIde front.

. . .. Weak Side - help position, step off line of the ball towards the-basket, deny flashcuts to the ball'and make sure you go .to the 'man' and box, 00 NQI relinquishrebound position, contact Is Imperative, everyone boxes out .

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The baH Is live until the outlet pass Is made. Go for as long as you feel necessary.No boundaries, play the whistle.

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