Basketball drill: defensive shooting and running
Suitable for the following techniques: attack
Defensive shooting and running
Requirements:
- players must have the courage to shoot defensively
- and control a feint + dribble + shot or drive
Goal:
practice1
against 1
Organisation:
- after a goal attempt, each player catches his own ball
- waits until his team-mate is in his shooting position.
- passes the ball and defends the attacker.
- the attacker uses the space left by the defender for a shot or drive
- or lures the defender towards him with a shot fake and then makes a drive to the basket
- OR a bounce + step + shot
- do NOT introduce an element of competition to prevent defenders from making hard fouls to avoid losing.
- Make sure the attacker gets the ball where he can actually shoot, so the defender has to consider the shot AND the drive.
Teaching points:
- Catch the ball in your shot hand (ready to shoot).
- adjust shooter well
- shooting technique
- if a player never shoots but always makes a drive, instruct the defender to only defend the drive hard and leave room for the shot
Variations:
- shot distance
- Position in relation to the basket.