Layups
Blast cuts
| 1 Start in the corner (or drag the arc to the corner, shown), blast cut to the wing for a pass, attack to finish at the rim. Rotate passer to shooter, shooter to passing line. Variations include - shots, pull-ups - attack middle - catch and go middle - coach is the passer. See Tactics - Teaching 4-out motion (Blast cut layups), Shooting - Angled pull-up (lift from the corner, split catch, attack outside), Ouse drive and kick chaos (lift, split catch, attack middle), Pop-out (e.g. catch and go middle).For footwork options catching on the move, see Library - FIBA Travel Rule, also Shooting - Angled pull-up, Sackmann pull-ups. Use a cross-step drive to avoid a travel, protect the ball, and get a downhill angle, see Footwork - Pasquali pivoting, Dribble starts, Layups - Cross the lane, Shooting - Borg, Blasone, Flare-wing (hop pivot), also Beat the closeout. 1) Aaron Blakely
2 bounces off the baseline for a pass from 1, sweeps baseline (outside pivot foot), attacks the basket for a layup. |
| 2 Progressions
- sweep baseline, attack middle (crossover step)
- sweep and attack baseline, secondary move middle,
- sweep, attack middle, secondary move baseline
- backdoor cut. 2) Ian MacKinnon - 3 dribbles from halfcourt with a primary-secondary move, 1 lifts from the corner for a pass, progressions - baseline layup, middle layup, baseline pull-up, middle pull-up - 1 passes to 3 filling behind for a shot and rebounds, 3 is the next cutter. 3) University of Virginia - perimeter rip drill - use a chair or defender on the wing, spin a pass from the corner or have a passer out top, progressions - rip baseline (crossover step), straight-line drive - rip baseline, pull-up - rip baseline, 2nd move (middle), finish - rip baseline, 2nd move, pull-up - double rip (jab baseline, crossover), straight-line drive middle - double rip, pull-up middle - double rip, 2nd move, finish - double rip, 2nd move, pull-up - live dribble from the wing. Coach Nick - on a backdoor cut, walk towards the ball, lift up the inside foot, swivel your hips into a sprinter's stance (split stance), nose behinds toes, take off. See Shooting - Beat the closeout. For more on footwork and other options, see Shooting - Mike Procopio wing, 5star foul-line flash, Pop-out, Group workout, Guard workout, Thrive3 footwork, Rick Carlisle, Footwork - Jay Wright jab-swing series, 5star cutting, Dave Smart first step, Layups - 4-out drive and kick, Fast break - 2 (secondary). |
| 3 1 on 1
Live, no restrictions, read the defender (here 1 backcuts when denied), rotate passer to attacker to defender. Dean Smith - Explode to basket drill - groups of three players each (use both sides of both baskets), 3 fakes a crosscourt pass, hits 1 coming toward the ball, 1 drives on his defender, rotate positions after each play. See 1 on 1 - On close-out, Coach as passer, Dave Malowski (no passer needed), Defending - Duke driving line.  |
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