Basketball: In and Out - V-Cut

Mix it up and change the way your players move to receive the ball - using sharp movement to cut through defences!

Pass and follow in a square or box formation.
Progression: Upon hearing coach’s whistle, immediately react and change the direction that the balls are being passed.

3 players with one ball playing inside a quarter court area.

Player 3 passes to player 1 and follows their pass. After running towards player 1 player 3 then cuts away, with a change of pace and direction, running into open space.

Meanwhile player 1 passes the ball to player 3.Once player 3 receives the ball they pivot and then pass the ball into the path of the running player 3 who then passes the ball back to player 1 for the drill to start again.

Players line up at the half way line. The first player in the group starts with the ball.

Player 2 stands on the left hand side of the court and player 3 stands at the corner on the right hand side.

Player 1 passes to player 2, fakes to go the other way and then goes towards the ball and receives the return pass.

Player 1 pivots (use front or reverse pivot) and passes the ball to player 3 before then performing a V cut towards the other side of the court, stopping and then pivoting towards the ball to receive the pass from player 3 and executes a lay up shot.

After the lay up shot player 1 plays an outlet pass to player 2 and then goes to replace player 3. Player 3 replace player 2 who then passes to the next starting player and goes to join the back of the queue.

Players work in teams of 4 with 1 ball per team.

Tell the players to number themselves 1 to 4 and they have to pass the ball from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 and then to 1 again and continue.

Do this for a minute so the players can get used to who passes to who. Once they have established the pattern tell the player that after they pass the ball they have to run around one of the outside corner cones before they can come in and receive the ball again.