Basketball drill: 1 against 1 back half field
Suitable for the following techniques: attack
1 against 1 back half field
Requirements:
players must be able to dribble a layup run
Objective:
to increase attacking ability in 1 against 1
Organization:
- player 1 receives the ball from 3
- 3 moves backwards
- 1 unbalances 3, passes and goes hard to the basket
- the defender's task is to stop the dribble
- loser continues to defend on the same side
- winner attacks on the other side
Teaching Points:
- attacker must aggressively close the distance
- dribble straight at the defender
- throw the defender off balance
- attacker must be unpredictable
- choose which side to pass on at the last moment
- Use feints in the dribble
- After passing, go full speed towards the basket
- play with guts
- If you cannot, regain your balance and try another technique, e.g. backup dribble + jump shot.