Basketball drill: dribbler lane keep learning

Requirements:

• players must be able to individually defend the man with the ball
• players must be able to dribble

Goal: defender must force the dribbler to the side of the field. Dribbler must never penetrate over the defender's front foot and through the middle

Organization:

• choose a line on the field and demarcate the lane with it
• the dribbler must reach the baseline within 5 seconds
• the waiting player counts down aloud
• every time the attacker dribbles over the chosen line, he has a point (waiting player will judge doubtful cases)
• the attacker then dribbles back to the touchline at the same height and lets the defender take his position. The players continue the game, the time runs on
• defender pushes up 5 times for each point
• Attacker becomes defender, waiting player starts dribbling

Teaching Points:

• front hand points to the ball
• at the start of the dribble, the front foot of the defender should be next to the attacker to prevent him from coming directly over the front foot.
• Encourage the attacker to try this every time
• defender should keep an appropriate distance, taking into account the dexterity and speed of the dribbler
• defender should take a slide-step towards the half way line and towards the by-line to prevent the attacker from penetrating over the front foot.

Variations

• start with restrictions for the dribbler: compulsory dribbling with the weak hand; other hand on the back etc.
• as the defenders improve, remove these restrictions step by step

Game shape:

• helper starts on the block
• and may only defend in the marked block
• attacker has 8 seconds to score (the helper counts down)
• if attacker 1 manages to pass defender 3 over his front foot, he can score through the bucket, without the helper being able to do anything
• if defenders 2 and 3 are only allowed to help in the marked area
• at a score the attacker keeps the ball
• at a stop, the players move up one position