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Organization:

• 3 players stand around the perimeter (top of key and either wing) – each has a ball.
• The defensive hustle player stands in the middle of the key without a ball
• A coach stands out of bounds near the short corner area with a ball

Procedure:

• 2 drives to the basket and X1 establishes position and takes the charge
• X1 immediately gets up and takes a charge on 1 driving to the basket from the top of the key
• X1 immediately gets up and takes a charge from 3 driving from the opposite wing
• As x1 gets up the third time, the coach rolls a ball toward mid-court.  X1 dives on the ball to complete the drill

Coaching Points:

• x1 must establish position outside of the lane when 2 and/or 3 drive.
• X1 must establish position near the broken semicircle line when 1 drives
• Every player goes through one circuit, focusing primarily on making great hustle plays

Organization:
Players organize into groups of three, with two offensive
players facing
each other, approximately 15 feet apart. The defensive
player stands between the
offensive players. One offensive player has a ball.

Procedure:
1. Offensive players pass the ball back and forth
to one another while the defensive
players attempt to deflect all passes. Offensive players
should "fake a pass to
make a pass", performing ball fakes in one
direction and passing in the other
direction. Players should fake low
as if to complete a pass off of the defender’s
hip, and pass high
completing a pass off of the defender’s ear. Alternatively,
players
should fake high as if to pass off of their defenders either, and pass
low,
sending a pass off of the defender’s hip.
2. Defensive
players follow every pass, closing out on the offensive player with the
ball. Defensive players respond to every ball fake by aggressively
mirroring the
ball with both hands (As the ball goes high, the
defenders hands follow as if they
were a mirror in front of the
ball).
3. Defenders remain "in the middle" until they deflect a pass.
A deflection is
defined as a player getting his hands on any part of
the basketball. When this
occurs, the offensive player who threw the
pass switches positions with the
defensive player, and the drill
continues.

Coaching Points:
1. Offensive
players are not allowed to make any lob passes. All passes must be
either direct passes or
bounce passes.
2. Offensive players should attempt to reach past the
body or head of the defensive
player when releasing the pass. This
insures that the defense will not get a
deflection. By "faking a pass
to make a pass" the offense is simulating
completing a pass to the
post.
3. Defensive players should aggressively mirror the ball with
both hands and look
for pass deflections. The pass deflections do not
always lead to turnovers, they
can still be quite valuable in
disrupting the opponent’s confidence in running its
patterns fluidly.
For pressure defensive teams, pass deflections are an excellent
indication of aggressiveness. This type of aggressiveness can erode an
offense‟s
confidence over the course of the game.

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