Basketball COACHING MADE EASY

To perfect the set shot let's start with one hand. The hand should start cocked back, with the ball slightly in front of you. As you shoot bend your knees, spring up and unfold your arm so that it straightens and flick your wrist to put back spin on the shot. You should finish up on your toes.

The idea of this is to get the player to perform the correct footwork for the lay up without having to worry about the dribble. One player stands to the side, holding the ball out for the player to take. (for the right hand side) The shooter runs towards the ball, as they take the ball, they should beginning their first step with their right foot, they then take the second step onto their left and shoot as per lay up technique.

The third step to teaching a lay up. From the right side the player takes a step with their right foot and then continues with step 2 followed by step one. On the left side, it should be one step with the left, then the right.

Players should throw the ball in the air slightly ahead of themselves for them to step onto. As they catch the ball they should jump slightly. As they turn towards in mid-air towards where the basket is they should raise the ball above their head so that when they land they are ready to shoot.

The player will stand just in front of the backboard(to the side of the rim). The player will jump and reach out with both arms to try and touch the backboard. Once the player lands they will jump straight back up.

Set out cones to split the court in half, with your players working in pairs. The player with the ball should dribble the ball up the court in a Zig Zag pattern. The second player will be playing passive defence. They should be in front of the attacker at all times but are not actively trying to steal the ball. The defensive player must try to cut the dribbler off at each of the the lines (cones and touchline) using their outside foot so that the dribbler has to change direction. They continue to do this until they reach the end of the court at which point players then switch roles and repeat the drill in the opposite direction.