Basketball drill: overplay the high post
Suitable for the following techniques: defense
Overplay the high post
Goal: high post permanent replay after pass between forward and guard
Organisation:
- attacker 4 offers himself at the elbow at the moment of the pass
- defender 3 passes with his back to the baseline
- when passing back to the guard, defender 3 steps in front (here: right foot) and passes to the other side
- attackers 1 and 2 try to adjust high post 4 on the elbow
- if they cannot do so within 2 seconds, they must pass back to each other Each passis a point for the defender.
- if 4 is matched, he gets a point and plays 1 against 1 against 3
- the winner gets another point
- play to the 5
Teaching Points:
- feet on both sides of the high post
- keep the elbow cylinder
- prevent the pass on the high post with the other hand.
Variations:
passers parallel to side of bucket and center asks at the mid post