Own the Angle Finishing Drill

These drills were submitted by Coach Mason Waters you can follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/masonwaters_

Mason Waters has coached at multiple levels of basketball including the NCAA Division 2 level at Flagler College, the high school level at West Forsyth High School in Georgia, and at the middle school level. He’s currently an assistant at South Forsyth high school.

You can download his entire Drill Book here: Coach Mason Waters Drill Book

OWN THE ANGLE

PURPOSE:
This drill practices creating advantages when attacking the rim and finishing. Often times offensive players create a driving angle but neglect to maintain that advantage by initiating contact with the defender. This allows the defense to get back in front of the basketball.
 

SETUP/INSTRUCTIONS:
This drill is being performed on both sides of the floor. Only two players will go at once and then the other side of the floor will go.
One offensive player will start with the basketball in the yellow area. They will compete against one defender. The defender has the choice to start in 1 of 3 arrangements: (1) on the left side of the ballhandler(2) on the right side of the ballhandler,

 or (3) completely behind the ballhandler.
The ballhandler will attack the rim when the defender says, “Go!” The offensive player aims to maintain a good driving Tangle by initiating contact with the defender. Once the ballhandler gets in a scoring area, they will nudge off the defender to create space for their finish.

TEACHING POINTS:
1) Good finishing involves two-steps: (1) Initial getting past defender (2) Maintaining that advantage through creating contact.
2) Do not push off the defense with your arm. Instead, bump off them with your body and protect the basketball.
3) It is better to drive in a straight line than a curved line.

VARIATIONS TO THIS DRILL:
1) Finish the last set of reps by having the defender play straight in front of the offense and have them play 1v1 with the same emphases.

# OF BASKETBALLS: > 4+

24 WEAK HAND FINISHES

PURPOSE:
This drill practices weak hand ballhandling and finishing, with a variety of different footwork.

SETUP/INSTRUCTIONS:
Players line up along the baseline. One player performs the drill at a time. Each player will make 3 layups going in one direction and then make 3 layups coming back in the other direction.
Each round consists of 6 made layups where the player dribbles to the cone.1 will go through and make 6 layups. After 1 finishes the drill, 2 goes next, then 3, etc.
All layups should be made with the weak hand. For each of the four rounds there will be a different type of finish. In round (1) Weak hand/right foot finishes (2) weak hand/ left foot finishes (3) weak hand/2-foot finishes (4) weak hand/must have a shot fake of some sort then finish.
The next person in line must perform 10 weak hand inside out dribbles before going.

TEACHING POINTS:
1) Make layups with your eyes.

VARIATIONS TO THIS DRILL:
Incorporate whatever finishing or footwork move you prefer.

# OF BASKETBALLS: 1 PER PLAYER

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We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

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Dan Hurley currently coaches the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. Hurley was named head coach of the Huskies on March 22, 2018, after six years at the University of Rhode Island and two years at Wagner College. Prior to Wagner, Hurley was head coach of Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School, where he is credited with building the New Jersey school into one of the top high school basketball programs in America.

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills.  The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

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If you would like to see more information about Coach Hurley’s entire presentation, click this link Defense Philosophy and Drills

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is by NBA Shooting Coach John Townsend.

This drill involves 42 3-point shots in sets of 3. This means players will shoot 3 shots on the move and 3 shots stationary from 7 different spots around the arc.

You can and should modify any of the drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

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