1.) the players line up behind the red cone with a ball
1.) the player runs thought the cones without doing crossovers switchin from left to right throught the first set of cones
2.) the player runs to the basket and makes a layup then grabing the rebound
3.) the player runs up to a cone, does a crossover and continue runing to the next cone and repeats the opposite way
4.)when the players on the last cone makes a jump then stop and shoot then collects the rebound
5.) the player goes to the back of the line
the players need to go throught the cones without losing control of the ball
the players need to use the proper shooting form at the last shot
the players need to contol their speed when they are jumping then stoping at the last shot
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