Community | Preliminary Movements (Group Half Court)

DESCRIPTION

Follow on from Preliminary Movement (Practice in Pairs) Working with 5 players either in one-third or across half a court (depending on the space available and/or ability of players). Mark a limited square for each attacker to perform their preliminary move (or moves). They need to time their drive out of their area so they are taking the ball on the move. This drill can move continuously around the space by the players moving into the next square once they have released the ball. If you have more than 5 players, then they can feed into the drill continuously whereby once they complete a circuit, they recover in line and join in turn. Progression Remove the cones Add in defenders (start with 2 marking space, add in more defenders) Add in positional relevance: run it to goal then reset and run from a backline Make it full court and take it to goal

COACHING POINTS

Meaningful movement! Meaningful is taking feet under the body, angled and ready to go at any time; it shouldn't be all at a high pace but likewise not on the spot! Encourage players to drive into different spaces outside the square (inside as your add the progression). Eyes always on the ball. Timing of drive at pace and clear angle for the feeder to deliver. Taking feet all the way onto the ball and landing balanced. You don't want the attacking movement to become too "staged" so it should not be the case that all players are moving throughout. Whilst the ball is further away, the players can think how to stand ready, angled, mentally focussed, and time the preliminary movement just as they time their drive!

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PROGRESSION

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