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Basketball: Pass and Lay up Drill

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Player 1 passes to Player 2, who he then loops. Player 2 bounce passes to Player 1, who drives towards the basket and completes a sucessful layup.

COACHING POINTS

It is vital that the return pass from Player 2 to Player 1 is accurate

Once players become more advanced alternatives can be used:

Player 2 can dummy to shoot before passing to player 1 who executes a lay up

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Pass and Shoot Drill:

Player 1 recieves a one two from Player 2 before driving towards the basket and shooting

Shooting

Pass and to the circle - shot relay:

Player 1 will pass to player 2.

After the pass player 1 will cut to the bottom of the circle, stop and cut straight up above the free-throw line.

Once player 1 is above the free-throw line, player 2 will pass the ball where player 1 will catch and shoot.

Player 1 will become the next passer in the corner.

Shooting

Pick up and Shoot - Single movement:

The ball is placed one step away from the player.

As they step forwards to pick up the ball the player should bend their knees.

As they stand up in one movement the player should raise the ball above their head (bending at the elbow), locate the basket and push off the heels of their feet so that they are on their toes as they shoot.

Shooting

Lay up drill with pass:

Set up the same as the original lay up drill. Players in the right line pass to a player in the left line, they then receive the ball back to make a lay up. The left lane gets the lay up and passes to next player without ball in the right lane and joins the back of the right lane. The shooter leaves their shot and joins the back of the left lane. This can be done on the left of right hand sides

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