🏀 Salesianos' drill. Passes to get before a defender

I am going to comment on a drill we used at Salesianos basketball club in Vigo when I trained there during the first half of this 2017/2018 season.

The drill starts on the bottom left side of the court with two players, Y and X, who pass the ball between them without dribbling as they move along the court. When player Y reaches the free-throw line extended, he drives to the basket and makes a lay-up.

The first X player gets the rebound and passes to the second X player, who is on the right sideline. This player passes to the third X player, who is at the centre of the court. This player passes to the fourth X player, who is on the right sideline near the bottom. Meanwhile, Y, who has just made the lay-up, runs quickly to the other side of the court, trying to steal the ball by intercepting the passes between the X players, and goes to defend the last X player, who drives to the basket.

The idea is that the passes between the X players are very fast and Y has no time to defend.

More basketball plays and drills

For more basketball plays and coaching ideas, read my review of NBA Coaches Playbook.

For other moves we practise in Vigo, see Llull’s and Dončić’s moves we practise for Rías Baixas.