Basketball: V-cut to the basket

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.

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.

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;