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Handball Rebounding Drill

The Handball Rebounding Drill looks to build up a player’s stamina and control of the basketball when around the basket. The focus of the drill is on catching and pushing back the basketball while in a rebounding position. This requires the players to develop some additional coordination around their control of the basketball and familiarity with their own abilities in regards to jumping and maintaining balance.

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Defining Communication between Half Court Defenders

In every single training session at least at one stage or another, you will hear a coach emphasise the importance of communication. Communication is always one of the skills most spoken about by coaches to their players and amongst other coaches. One point of note though is a lack of clarity on exactly what a coach would like their players to say.

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Box Offense: High On-Ball Play

One of the great features of a Box Offense is it condenses the defence into a very small area. This spacing allows the offense to gain a large amount of clean space on the floor to move within. The Box Offense High On-Ball Play looks to rapidly bring defenders away from the keyway with each side of the court the play is continued on.

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Box Offense: High Screen and On-ball Screen

The Box Offense is always a good tactic for condensing the defence and pulling every player into the keyway. This can be very effective against defences that are in full denial as it provides the spaced need for the offense to move and gain possession easier.

 

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Box Offense: Basket Screen (Zone Offense)

The Box Offense lends itself to being effective against zone defences because of the condensed starting position of all players. This starting point means all defensive players are in motion from the start of the offense being reactive, rather than proactive. The Basket Screen Play form the Box Offense forces defenders to make decisions and plays on their weaknesses.

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