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Basketball: Chest pass to wall

Great tool for bringing focus to practices. Began using it last year...

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Players work with a ball each and pass the ball against the wall so that the wall bounce passes the ball back to you.

Repeat.

COACHING POINTS

Start with the ball close to your chest (fingers should be spread around the ball).

Step into the pass and extend your arms as you push the ball towards your team-mate.

Look at the receiver as you make the pass (not at the ball).

Finally remeber to straighten your wrists and follow through (the pass will go where your fingers are pointing).

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Circle pass with Defender

Players set up a circle with one defender in the middle and one ball per group.

The players on the outside of the circle must pass the ball and try to keep it away from the defender.

The defender stays in the middle until they steal or deflect the ball. When that happens, the pass who threw the pass will become the next defender.

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Ball Movement - Chest Pass

Player 1 rolls the ball out to player 2, who in turn picks the ball up and gives a bounce pass to player 3 (in one action). Player 1 then goes behind player 4 and player 2 goes behind player 3 so the practice keeps going.

A progression would be to introduce a chest pass

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Chest Pass Variation

Two players standing opposite each other. Both pass the ball to each other using chest passes.

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