3 ball drill:
1 running FH xcourt deep
2 FH aggressive dline
3 BH xcourt angle or dline attack
Finish whole basket, then repeat other side:
1 running BH xcourt deep
2 BH / off FH inside out/in deep
3 FH xcourt angle or dline attack
- after the first shot player must recover 2 steps towards centre
- importance of the 3rd shot - being out of court, needs to get opponent out of position
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