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3-on-3 No-Dribble Keep Away
Purpose of the Drill
This drill provides a fun way to teach kids to move without the ball to get open for a pass and provides a context for developing an understanding of effective spacing. For the passer, it provides practice in pivoting and protecting the ball from a defender. Obviously, it helps kids overcome dribble mania and to see the court.
Instructions
- The team on offense keeps the ball for two minutes, which is one round. Depending on the age range, you might consider finding a fun piece of music that lasts about two minutes to make the drill more engaging.
- The team with the ball gets one point every time they complete a pass to a teammate.
- There has to be a pass every five seconds. If the team does not pass within the five seconds, they lose a point and the counting starts over. They can get negative points, but this isn’t likely (In fact, if this is happening, you should stop the drill and teach the prerequisite cutting skills more thoroughly). The coach will count each five second sequence out loud.
- A steal taking more than five seconds to pass, dribbling, or a pass that goes out of bounds erases a point, but the 'offense' gets the ball back for the remainder of the round.
- After one round, the offense and defense change roles and you play round two.
- Play for two or three complete cycles and provide the kids with positive rewards for their total completed passes. For instance, you could give kids some skittles or the like.
- Feel free to adjust the time parameters to suit the age and abilities of your kids.
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Points of Emphasis:
- Teach kids simple pivoting principles before turning them loose in this drill.
- Teach kids how to v-cut and backdoor cut.
- As the skill level of the kids advance, introduce screens away from the ball to free cutters.
- Provide defenders with the basics of defending the passing lanes effectively. This is a foundational drill for denial defensive techniques.
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Comments
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Tony VanDerlinden says:
12/20/2007 at 12:40:04 PM
My group of boys (9-10y/o) sometimes complain that they never get the ball, although I explain the need to move to open up a passing lane, they don't! So, I can't wait to try this drill on them! Also, the passing and pivoting are also skills they need to practise more. Thanks!
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zdravko says:
12/20/2007 at 4:52:25 PM
are they can move to open for pass or only with pivoting to find the speace for passing
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Carl Odom says:
12/21/2007 at 11:51:05 AM
Yow, - Sign me up for this one too. This is likely to help me as much as the spacing drills. You may have just saved me from hanging myself, or at least made the last part of the season more enjoyable. Thanks, C. Odom
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Bryan P. says:
1/12/2008 at 8:09:51 PM
I was just explaining to my kids the importance of moving without the ball. A lot of them complain that no one passes them the ball. I can't wait to try this drill.
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a youth coach says:
1/22/2008 at 2:39:07 PM
I "came up" with this drill a few weeks ago and have found it very good. Im coaching 10yo boys and it really does good for them.
Few players can't get to dribble all the time which is very good. We haven't been playing with dribble at all in the practices after the Christmas break and I'll go on with that for a while. Perhaps at some point allow a dribble or two.
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