Introduction

The aim of this site is to give an overview of the plays and drills that we'll be learning and developing in practise. This is either for players that can't make practise for whatever reason, or players who are unsure of the plays and want to increase their knowledge as part of their preparation. Most posts will have diagrams that should be easy to follow. Diagrams will be colour coded:

Yellow circles with numbers inside are UEA players and are designated in the descriptive text as (1), (2) etc...

Red X's are opposing players.

Blue lines represent movement in one of three ways: A bold line represents movement without the ball; a curving line represents dribbling with the ball; a dashed line represents ball movement (a pass or shot).

Key points are indicated through the use of bold font.

You can easily navigate to relevant sections of the site using the directory list in the top right of the main page.

Suicides

Suicides are good fitness drills. They utilise the quick stop and change of direction that happens so often on the basketball court while incorporating a sprinting element. In the drill, you sprint to each of the lines in turn, however you must return to the baseline before you can sprint to the next line. For example, start from the baseline and sprint to the free throw line -1-, then turn and sprint back to the baseline. Quickly stop and turn and sprint to the halfway line (-2-), turn and run back to the baseline (repeat for all the lines).


A variation of this drill is to sprint forwards towards the lines but to sprint running backwards as you come back towards the baseline.

Sliding

This drill is designed to teach defenders to use a quick sliding motion to stay in front of their attacker. However, once beaten you must sprint to regain position before getting back into your sliding defensive stance. Dotted lines represent a lateral sliding movement (do not allow you feet to cross when sliding), the solid lines represent a sprint. The two colours are used to avoid confusion and distinguish the route each corner team takes during the drill.

2 + 3

This play is exactly the same as "1", however the ballhandler is one of the wing players, (2) or (3). (1) dribbles downcourt and calls either "Two" or "Three" and then passes the ball off to the wing.

The post player on that side then comes up to set a screen on They then cut away from the ball towards the opposite sideline and the two other players not involved pull down to the baseline.

Once the screen is set, the movement is the same as "1".

1

One of the basic plays in basketball, the pick and roll. In this play, the point guard (1) calls for a high screen from either of the post players (4) or (5) by calling "One *name*". At the same time, the other players back off the ballhandler towards the baseline to draw their defenders away from the play.

Here we can see (5) has come and set the screen on (1's) defender. (1) then dribbles right around the screen as (5) rolls off and seals their defender before cutting toward the basketball to receive the pass. (5's) defender will have to pull away and cover the driving (1).

As (5) has rolled off the pick and sealed (1's) defender, it should be a 2-on-1 for the easy layup. If the defense comes across, (1) passes off to (5), bounce pass is usually better in this situation. If the defense doesn't adjust, (1) can drive all the way to the basket.