Drill4 phasesRuns 24.1 s
Line Sprints (Suicides)
From the baseline: sprint to the free-throw line and back, half court and back, the far free-throw line and back, the far baseline and back. Touch every line.
- Trains
- Conditioning
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Ages
- U10–Adult
- Minutes
- 5
- Players
- 1+
- Coaches
- 1
- Balls
- 0
- Equipment
- 4Marker
Run it, tilt it, change it to fit your practice. Free to start. No account, nothing to install.
Coaching points
- Touch every line with your hand, not just a foot.
- Stay low through the turn: plant the outside foot and push back the way you came.
- Sprint through the finish; never slow down before the line.
- Set a target time and rest as long as the run took; young players count reps, not minutes.
Phase by phase
1Phase 1
To the free-throw line and back. Touch the line with your hand, plant the outside foot, push back.
- 1 cuts to the left short corner
- 2 cuts to the left dunker
- 3 cuts to the right dunker
- 4 cuts to the right short corner
2Phase 2
To half court and back. Stay low through the turn.
- 1 cuts to the left short corner
- 2 cuts to the left dunker
- 3 cuts to the right dunker
- 4 cuts to the right short corner
3Phase 3
To the far free-throw line and back. This is where it hurts: keep the stride long.
- 1 cuts to the left short corner
- 2 cuts to the left dunker
- 3 cuts to the right dunker
- 4 cuts to the right short corner
4Phase 4
The full length and back. Sprint through the finish; nobody slows down before the line.
- 1 cuts to the left short corner
- 2 cuts to the left dunker
- 3 cuts to the right dunker
- 4 cuts to the right short corner
Variations
- Dribble a ball the whole way: left hand out, right hand back.
- Defensive slides for the first segment.
- Team run: the rep only counts when everybody makes the time.