Basketball drill: split the mid post

Requirements:

• players must be able to drive and shoot from the 3-point line
• forward 3 must be able to apply pass fakes to feed the post
• the centre 5 must master the fundamentals to keep his defender behind him and to be playable with a bounce pass (or with a lob when he is lost)
• the center must master the fundamentals to be able to play 1 on 1 from the block

Goal:
train
split
the low post

Organization:

• 5 stands extremely deep, near the bottom line
• as soon as 3 starts to dribble, 1 starts to screen for 5
• 5 crosses over to the block on the other side.
• 1 fills the guard position
• as soon as 3 has adjusted the post, he cuts across to the ring
• at the same time, 1 sprints to the corner for the shot
  
  

5 has 3 options:

1) adjust 3 for the lay up2
) adjust 1 for the shot3
) play 1 against 1 himself against 6

Teaching points:

• timing: the pass to the center must come at the moment it arrives on the block
• at the split, leave enough space for the (bounce) pass.
• 1 immediately sprints to the corner as soon as the pass is made, so that defender 4 is hindered by in cutting 3 and his defender
  
  

Variations:

• in preparation run 3 against 0 and systematically go through the various options.
• left and right
• Cut below