Warming up
Playname : Drive and kick

1 Drive and Kick (Pregame Warm-up) Great warm-up drill to get your kids thinking about dribble penetration, "sitting down" or jump stops after the drive, passing, catching and shot fakes. This drill works on both right and left hand penetration. Three lines with your captain, #1, in the middle with the ball. Does not matter who is in the other lines, in terms of guards, forwards or centers, just that the lines are even. The warm-up drill starts with #1 driving in the gap with about two dribbles, really concentrating on covering some distance with those two dribbles, knowing the hard penetration creates a help situation which creates the drive and kick out opportunity. As #1 drives in the gap, #4 slids down to the corner area and "spots up" for the shot with his hands up in a ready position to catch and shoot the ball. #1 passes to #4 and then runs directly straight ahead off the court and behind the right wing line.

2 Drive and Kick (Pregame Warm-up) #4 catches the ball, makes a good, solid shot fake, and drives the ball with his left hand into the gap with at least two hard dribbles. As #4 drives, #2 slides to the left side of the floor and "spots up" to receive the pass from #4. #4 makes the pass to #2 and then runs behind the center line.

3 Drive and Kick (Pregame Warm-up) #2 now catches and makes a good shot fake and then attacks the left gap with at least two hard dribbles. As #2 drives, #7 is spotting up in the corner to receive the pass from #2. #2 passes to #7 and runs directly straight off the court and around to the back of the left wing line.

4 Drive and Kick (Pregame Warm-up) The drill now continues going to the right. #7 catches the ball, shot fakes, and drives hard in the gap while #3 slides to the right and spots up to receive the pass from #7. #7 then moves to the back of the center line.

5 Drive and Kick (Pregame Warm-up) #3 catches, shot fakes, and drives hard in the gap and kicks out to #5 spotting up in the right corner. #3 runs directly straight off the court and to the back of the right wing line. The drill now continues back to the left side of the floor. I like to run this drill until your captain, #1, gets back to the front of the center line. You may want to run it longer (perhaps until your captain, #1, gets back to the center position for a second time) depending upon the amount of time you have or the number of players in the drill. POINTS OF EMPHASIS: Great passes, right in the shooters "shooting pocket" each time. Quick penetration with the ball with the goal of getting two defenders to guard them, creating a "help" situation and the kick out for the open shot. Solid jump stops after driving with the ball. I call it "sitting down", avoiding the charge and being under control. Fundamentally sound shot fakes, about six inches with the ball and arm only, while offensive player remains in his stance. Should not put his entire body into the shot fake.

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