Basketball drill: filling spots and defending

Suitable for the following techniques: defense , attack

Filling spots and defending

Prerequisites:

  • Bit of game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)

Goal:

  • Offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance depending on how the ball moves

Organisation

  • Four players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
  • Offence: Pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
  • Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
  • Five passes (calmly), then 4vs4
  • Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence.

Teaching points

  • Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high exit - jump-to-the-ball - placement of feet - attention to running faults
  • Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing.

Characteristics of the drill

8
12
Necessary materials:
Not applicable
Suitable for the following levels:
U6
U7
U8
U9
U10