Basketball drill: 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.