Basketball drill: close-out drill

Suitable for the following techniques: defense

Close-out drill

  • Setup:
    • 2 in defense, one foot each in the bucket
    • 2 in offense at the three-point line
    • 1 passer
  • Passer passes to 1 of the forwards
  • Footwork is important, foot defense over foot offense
  • Forward passes to the other forward
  • Defense adjusts position
  • Forward passes to other forward
  • Defense adjusts position
  • Passer passes second ball to other forward
  • And then they go 1 on 1 towards the baseline

Characteristics of the drill

5
20
Necessary materials:
2
Suitable for the following levels:
U13
U14
U15
U16
U17
U18