Fast break and 2 v 1 / 3 v 2
Ready when: Jump shot and fakes (i1) started.
What you are learning
The fast break: the moment the ball is won, running forward wide and fast to score before the defence is set; then using more attackers than defenders (2 against 1, 3 against 2) by spreading wide and passing quickly.
Words on this card Dribble, Fast break, Lanes
- Dribble
- Bouncing the ball with one hand while moving.
- Fast break
- Running forward quickly as soon as the ball is won, before the defence is set.
- Lanes
- Strips of the court used in practice to keep attackers spread out.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Mark the court in three lanes lengthways.
- Win the ball and run straight down an outside lane while a team-mate runs the other.
- Pass across before the defender arrives, and shoot.
Your part while they practise
Feed the first pass.
Step by step
- The moment the ball is won, drive forward wide and fast.
- 2 v 1 in width.
- Then 3 v 2.
How much: 10 fast breaks 12 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Lane game
The court in three lanes; use all three, switch the ball side to side, and cross to confuse the defence.
Who plays: 2 or 3 attackers against 1 or 2 defenders; rotate.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- You throw the ball to an attacker at the halfway line
- The attackers race forward, one in each lane
- The defenders start at the goal-area line and try to stop the attack
- 10 breaks, then rotate
- Fair play
- A grown-up defender starts 3 m further back.
- Points
- 1 goal for each score; 2 goals if all lanes were used before the shot.
- Fouls
- The attack ends
- Two attackers in the same lane
- More than three steps or a second dribble
- Any contact
- Winning
- The most goals after everyone has attacked.
- 3 goals for 1 star
- 5 goals for 2 stars
- 8 goals for 3 stars
Easier or harder
No defender.
A recovering defender.
What you will see, and what to say
- the attackers bunch up
Spread wide
One per lane. - the pass is late
Pass before the defender arrives
Pass while they are still running back.
Self-check
5 of 10 fast breaks end in a shot.
Stop and get a coach when
Collisions.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains transition, teamwork.
Intermediate is done when the player can play a small-sided game with correct shots and fakes.
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