Basketball drill: retreat dribble
Suitable for the following techniques: dribbling
Retreat dribble
Prerequisites:
players must already have good dribbling skills
Objective:
practice retreat dribble to get out of a kick
Organization:
- use the length of the field
- defender 2 forces attacker 1 to the sideline with slides
- defender 3 sets up the kick by closing off the sideline
- dribbler creates space with a retreat dribble
- dribbles between the legs
- and attacks the free shoulder of 2
Teaching points:
- put the body between the 2 defenders and the ball
- Feet perpendicular to the direction of movement
- Take off hard and make a jump to the back
Variations:
- AFTER retreat dribble with between the legs OR under the buttocks by changing hands
- if you cross the centre line without the ball being tapped away by a defender, you play 1 on 2 on the other basket
- OR if you only have a quarter court: from the midline back 1v1 on the basket you left.