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The Gate Drill

The Gate Drill is a favourite activity of Functional Basketball Coaching. The Gate Drill demands players compete in a one on one situation, but are limited in their scope of movement and offensive objective. The Gate Drill forces players to utilise the room they have when using the ball to score without being wasteful by over dribbling.

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Attacking the Hip of the On-Ball Screen Defender

In an On-Ball Screen situation, the offense must be well drilled in how to achieve their goal of creating a scoring opportunity. It is not uncommon in these situations for offensive players to lack the conviction and confidence to achieve a positive outcome for their efforts and good intentions.

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4-1 Offense: High On-ball Screen

4-1 Offense formation is a great choice for coaches who do not have a lot of depth within their playing roster for interior targets. This alignment provides good spacing for all players on the court while allowing for short quick passes left or right and into the keyway to the post target.

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Pick and Roll Offense: Horns

The Horns series offence is characterised by dual on-ball screens that make it a variation of a pick and roll offense. The pick and roll offense is a highly popular style of play currently across the globe with many variations of the basic concept being developed and the Horns series is just one of these examples.

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Carrying Hands to Contest the Shot

In junior forms of the sport of basketball Carrying Hands to Contest the Shot can have a great effect on the performance of offensive players. In the senior levels of the sport carrying hands to contest the shot is a given and one of the “just expected” range of skills players will be predetermined as having.

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