BEFORE WARM-UP - Start with a team chat with all kids.
- Do the roll
- Go over the rules (including the BUDDY system for toilets)
- Split kids into age groups.
LAY-UP DRILL.
SET-UP: Place two pizzas close to the basket for children to perform their two steps. Place a cone on the corner of the court and at the half way mark like in the diagram.
When instructed to go, child runs to the basket without the ball, performs a two step layup, defensive slides to the cone in the corner, runs backwards to the next cone and joins the back of the line.
The next person goes once the person in front of them has done their two step lay-up.
"It is not only useful for staff who are experienced but a valuable tool for those subject staff who have to take teams."
The variety of sessions across sports - sometimes we steal session ideas from one sport and use them with another.
As we enter the business end of the competition, we take a look at the remaining eight teams and the key talking points surrounding each side.