Basketball drill: defending: close out - basic
Suitable for the following techniques: defense
Defending: close out - basic
See the diagram below.
- Depending on the number of players on your team, make three or four lines along the baseline and the same number of lines just above the free throw line.
- Each player along the baseline has a ball and goes to the perimeter player.
- First 3 quarters: sprint
- Last quarter: slides - 1 hand high for defending the shot
Finish high dribble so force towards baseline.
