Basketball: Options - time your V Cut run

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

3 players work with one ball between them inside a quarter of the court.

In the middle of the half of area is a cone. Player 1, with the ball in hand, starts on one of the corners of the grid and passes to player 2 after they have run inside the area, touched the cone, and then run outside into open space to receive the pass.

Player 2 then passes to player 3 and the drill continues.

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.

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.

Start in the corner of the court by the sideline and baseline, players lined up one behind another along the baseline;

First player leads the line crouched and sidestepping diagonally across one half of the court;

Keep low, arms outstretched as if defending;

At the corner of the half court line and the sideline jog normally along the half court line;

At the opposite side of the court, low crouched sidestepping diagonally to the corner of the court at the baseline and the sideline;

Jog normally along the baseline to the starting position;