Drill3 phasesRuns 4.2 s
Free Throws Under Pressure
One shooter on the line with the lane spaces filled as in a game. Everyone else's sprint depends on the shot. On the release the defenders in the first spaces step in and box out, and the shooter's team crashes, so every free throw is also a rebounding rep.
- Trains
- ShootingRebounding
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Ages
- U12–Adult
- Minutes
- 10
- Players
- 6–12
- Coaches
- 1
- Balls
- 1
- Equipment
- No equipment: players and balls only.
Run it, tilt it, change it to fit your practice. Free to start. No account, nothing to install.
Coaching points
- One routine, every time: the same dribbles, the same breath, the same release.
- Shoot it like the last free throw of a close game: the team runs if it misses.
- Defenders in the first spaces step into the lane and make contact first.
- The shooter's teammates fight for the inside position, they don't watch the ball.
Phase by phase
1Phase 1
Same routine every time: feet set, the same number of dribbles, a breath, then shoot. Nobody in the lane moves before the release.
- S shoots
2Phase 2
Ball in the air: the defenders step across into the lane and box out the shooter's teammates; X3 boxes out the shooter at the line.
- X1 cuts to the left block
- X2 cuts to the right block
- O1 cuts to the left block
- O2 cuts to the right block
- X3 cuts to the high post
- S cuts to the nail
3Phase 3
On a miss the defender who wins it chins the ball and outlets to the coach. A make: the shooter's team scores and the next shooter steps up.
- C cuts to the right wing
- X2 passes to C
Variations
- One-and-one: the second shot only if the first goes in.
- Team target: ten makes out of twelve, or everybody sprints a length.
- Shoot tired: free throws straight after a conditioning run.