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Basketball drill: close out and box out exercise

Suitable for the following techniques: rebounding blocking defense

Close out and box out exercise

  • Player blue passes to red and sprints to red for a close-out. 
  • Player red tries to get into the "paint" to score. 
  • Player blue is going to try to prevent this.
  • Either blue can steal the ball 
    • point for blue
  • Either red can score
    • point for red
  • After a possible goal is score, red takes rebound, passes to the next in line. 
  • Blue goes to the position of red.
    The exercise now starts again with the next players.
drawing close out and box out exercise

Characteristics of the drill

2
12
Necessary materials:
Not applicable
Suitable for the following levels: