Basketball drill: filling spots and defending

Prerequisites:

• Some game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)

Goal:

• offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance according to how the ball is moving

Organization

• 4 players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
• Offence: pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
• Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
• 5 passes (calmly), then 4vs4
• Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence
• Possibly start with passive defence (hands on back) depending on players' level.

teaching points

• Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high stepping out - placement of feet - attention to mistakes.
• Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing - jump-to-the-ball