Katrina Merriweather, Head Women’s Coach, Cincinnati
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SETUP
- Two teams (Black vs. White), three active players per team at a time.
- Players are positioned in the corner, on the block, and on the elbow.
- Coach passes to the shooter in the corner to start the possession.
BOX-OUT ASSIGNMENTS
- Opposite block boxes out the corner shooter.
- Corner player boxes out the opposite block (the screener).
- Elbow player boxes out the other elbow.
SCORING
- Made initial shot = 3 points.
- Offensive rebound = 1 point.
- Score off the offensive rebound = 2 or 3 points (whatever is made).
- Possession ends only on a defensive rebound, which must be outlet clearly without traveling.
- No ball is ever called out of bounds — players fight for everything live.
- Defensive side also tracks: a “got one” tally for chasing down a loose ball, and a plus-one against them for surrendering an offensive rebound.
ROTATION
- After each round, rotate clockwise: one team shoots and rebounds, play dies, then the other team goes, then rotate positions.
- Continues until every player has shot a three — post players especially enjoy getting three-point reps.
- Once the full team cycles through, the drill moves up to the wing and repeats the same pattern.
- Full drill takes about eight minutes to get everyone through.
COACHING POINTS / PURPOSE
- Builds live, competitive rebounding habits under game-like chaos (no stoppages for out-of-bounds).
- Reinforces the mentality that rebounding effort determines how much a team has to run and how many extra possessions it earns.
- Intentionally gets physical/aggressive to instill a “battle” mentality toward every missed shot.
