Today, I'll share Part Two of core development drills.
Shell drill works both offense and defense. Start with basic shell with perimeter passing to practice on and off-ball positioning. Expand the drill to include cutting, screening, dribble handoffs, and dribble attacks. Shell advantage-disadvantage calls a player out of defense to touch the center circle and get back into the play. Others must talk and scramble.
Manmaker pressures the ball full court, 3 v 3. You must stay in your lane and with each catch you are allowed one dribble. Learn to pivot out of trouble and go high and low.
Kevin Eastman's "Dog Drill" tests ball containment and dribbling in a confined lane versus pressure. We struggled with ball containment last season.
Transition 3 v 5 calls two defenders out to touch the baseline and recover into play.
Speed layups for warm-up via the Lithuania team at the #JonesCup. I like it because most of warm-up IMO is about getting shots as we shoot more than we get layups in games...the other part is a short burst of energy & enthusiasm so this would take care of that. pic.twitter.com/UQXy7w1Ozg
— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) July 29, 2018
Lithuania layups are a good practice and pre-game volume layup drill.
Racehorse works passing, catching, sprinting, conditioning and finishing (layups). Change passers each minute.
28 Special or "Gauntlet" with 2 vs 8 advance the ball. One dribble per catch. The goal is to advance the full court and score. Tough!