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Basketball drill: bird on a wire

Suitable for the following techniques: dribbling

Bird on a wire

  • Setup:
    • Everyone baseline
    • 3 defenders
    • 1 defender near free throw line
    • 1 defender at center line
    • 1 defender near the free throw line
  • Defense stays on their line, may deviate a bit
  • Players dribble across
  • Whoever loses the ball becomes a defender
  • Group of defenders gets bigger and bigger
drawing Bird on a wire

Characteristics of the drill

5
20
Necessary materials:
1
Suitable for the following levels: