1 line right seam at the baseline with 4 players with balls, 1 line foul line extended right side of the ring (no basketballs)
1st player from foul line extended leads out to receive the ball from baseline and will dribble up the seam of the court jump stop @ the 3pt line step through pass to the in bounder who has sprinted the court to get ahead who should be able to catch and layup off 2 steps without a dribble.
key points:
sprinting to get ahead of ball handler
no dribble on catch for layup
right hand right side
left hand left side
make 30 layups as a group.
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