Basketball: Defensive Close Out

Defence wins you championships! Coach your team how to cover, help and recover on defence and build a team difficult to beat.

Introduce players to this teamwork defensive system - communicating and moving using the defensive slide to support one another at the back!

Set up as shown in the image.

1. Players will run to the first diagonal cone and close-out by chopping their feet.
   
   
2. They will then sprint to the cone at the half way line.
   
   
3. Once they get there, they will slide across the half way line to the other side of the court.
   
   
4. To finish they will back pedal to the baseline.

1 offensive player and 1 defensive player.

The offensive player will dribble through the cones, once the player has reached the last cone the player will dribble towards the basket and shoot a jump shot.

Have cones set up as shown in the image.

Players will start at the 1st cone and defensive slide from cone to cone.

Once the player gets their outside foot to the cone the player will push off of that foot and change direction.

Set players up as shown in video clip.

The baseline offensive player will drive towards the basket.

The help defender will come over and stop the drive.

The player with the ball will pass to the other offensive player. The receiver of the pass will shoot the ball.

The defensive player will sprint out and challenge the shot.