Basketball drill: backup

Prerequisites:

• players must already have good dribbling skills

Objective:Using penetration to play the defender out of position and create a jump shot and use backup dribble to create space if that fails

Organisation:

• the four positions are always one metre outside the three-point line.
• always penetrate with the right hand on the right side of the helpline, on the left with the left hand.
• player 1 dribbles in hard with his right hand
• Switches hands under the buttocks at the bucket's edge
• and goes with a backup dribble with the left hand to the next position
• passes under the buttocks and with right again dribbles in hard
• to the third position with backup left and directly dives in with left again
• from the last position stop at the bucket's edge and take a jump shot

Teaching points:

• Always go in hard
• Keep body between ring and ball during backup
• Head right to overlook the whole width of the field.
• do not penetrate further than the bucket rim.
• dribble backwards to one meter outside the three-point line.

Variations:

• start on the other side
• Finish with rocker step, fade away etc.
• retreat instead of backup, i.e. jump backwards with two feet when breaking the penetration, then pass under the buttocks
• between the legs instead of under the buttocks