The drill starts with 3 offensive players on one end and two defensive players on the other.
Player 1 starts with the ball facing the backboard. They throw it up off the backboard and practice good rebounding principals. Once they secure the rebound, they pivot and found the outlet with a good pass.
Player 1 makes the outlet pass to player 2 who becomes the ball handler getting to the middle of the floor.
Player 1 fills the lane behind them and player 3 is sprinting to fill the opposite lane.
From here, we play 3 on 2. Try to score with as little dribbling and passing as possible. Seek your advantage and capitalize on it.
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In this drill, we can really focus on the fundamentals of the outlet pass and creating transition advantages.
It's simple enough that we can see exactly where we need to shift our focus as coaches.
Things to pay attention to:
Now, this is primarily an outlet and transition offense drill, but it can be used to apply defensive principals as well. Are we stopping ball first? Is the bottom covering first pass and the top defender dropping to see two players? Are we rotating and communicating? Are we boxing out?
Once the defense gets a rebound (make or missed shot), those two defenders become offense going the opposite direction and the shooter gets back as the only defender to create our 2 on 1 situation.
If no shot has been attempted, we usually have the person that creates the turnover get back on defense.
If there's a foul committed, we'll just start it back over at the top with that same group and keep going.
Feel free to adjust as needed or wanted.
