Fast Five: Broken Wing

We've all faced the "broken wing" situation, a player with a fracture, dislocation, or combination which keeps her from full participation. I have a player in that situation now. But can we train this to advantage. 

Here are some possible "broken wing" solutions that still mimic game actions. 

1) Dribblers can improve their spin dribble by enforcing the move by keeping the ball in one hand and relatively tight to the body. Dribblers can also practice hesitation and in-and-out (fake crossover) moves. 

2) Proper warmup shooting. Form shooting. 


I have players that struggle to keep the elbow in. Form shooting can correct this. Players need to understand that 'form precedes function. 

3) Floaters. Smaller players need tools to deal with 'the monsters'. Floaters emphasize quickness and elevation...with a one-handed finish. 




4) Layups. Even one-winged, players can practice underhand, reverse, and high arcing layups. 




5) Passing. Players can work on one-handed 'push' passes as well as baseball passes. You can also work on one-handed post entry passes. 


Remember Coach Wooden's sage advice, "never let what you can't do interfere with what you can do."