Eastman 1 on 1 Drill
Ages: All Ages Youth Middle School High School+
Purpose of the Drill:
Offense- to read the location of the defender in transition and work on attacking the basket
Defense- to determine a good angle of pursuit ahead of the ballhandler and force a contested shot
Instructions
- To begin the drill, position two obstacles (chairs, cones, trash cans, etc.) on the court as shown in the diagram about 5-10 feet apart.
- Have an offensive player, with the ball, line up even with the outside chair and behind the baseline. Have a defensive player line up even with the inside chair and behind the baseline.
- On the coaches command, the offensive player speed dribbles toward the outside of his chair (in this diagram with a right hand dribble). The defensive player sprints towards the outside of his chair.
- The offensive player circles the chair and crosses the ball to the outside hand (in this diagram the left hand) and looks to attack the basket.
- The defensive player sprints around the chair and picks a spot ahead of the ballhandler to cut off his basket attack.
- If the defensive player is successful in picking a good angle of pursuit and gets ahead of the ballhandler, the ballhandler must utilize a dribble move to attempt to beat the defender and finish at the basket.
- The defensive player is working to force a difficult and contested shot and prevent the ballhandler from getting into the key.
Points of Emphasis:
- Defensively, the focus is on picking an angle of pursuit ahead of the ballhandler in order to prevent an easy basket.
- If the defender is unable to get in front of the ballhandler it is important to get the hands up and chest the ballhandler to prevent an easy basket. Also, the defender should look to strip the ball if the ballhandler rocks it across the body when going up to finish.
- The offensive player needs to read where the defense is located.
- If the ballhandler can read the jersey (or "see the sternum") of the defender, then it is time to utilize a dribble move to beat the defender.
- If the ballhandler cannot read the jersey of the defender, then it is time for the offensive player to attack the basket keeping the ball protected with the body (ball-body-man) and finish at the basket.
- It is important that the ballhandler keeps the ball on the outside hip or shoulder to prevent rocking the ball back towards the defense as they go up to finish the play.
Motivation/Teaching Tips:
- Coaches can move the defenders chair closer to the baseline to force the offensive player to work on attacking dribble moves, or for slower defenders.
- Coaches can move the defenders chair closer to halfcourt to work on pursuit angles, chesting the ballhandler, or if the defensive player has a speed advantage.
- Coaches can put cones down the midline of the court to keep the play on one side of the basket.
- Play games by counting made baskets or defensive stops.
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