Drill: Rip & Go

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Coaching Objective

Skill Level: Intermediate, Skill Development: Layups, Shooting & Footwork. Develop and master your footwork in the Rip & Go. This drill will help you confuse your defender, shifting them, wrong footing them and helping create space so you can quickly drive to the basket. Keeping the ball low on the rip also helps you protect the ball from the defender.

Drill Instruction

Right Handed Rip & Go

  1. Facing the basket, start in a triple threat position on the right side/wing of the basket from a distance similar to the 3 point line.
  2. Rip the ball down from left to right, down to your shoe laces and quickly step your left leg forward and wide across your body to the right.
  3. Pound bounce the ball with a push of the ball with your right hand and prepare to layup.
  4. Complete a right handed layup.
  5. Rebound the ball and now repeat the drill from the left side/wing.

Left Handed Rip & Go

  1. Facing the basket, start in a triple threat position on the left side/wing of the basket from a distance similar to the 3 point line.
  2. Rip the ball down from right to left, down to your shoe laces and quickly step your right leg forward and wide across your body to the left.
  3. Pound bounce the ball with a push of the ball with your left hand and prepare to layup.
  4. Complete a left handed layup.
  5. Rebound the ball and now repeat the drill again from the right side/wing.
  6. Repeat from the right and left sides until you complete at least 15 on each side.

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Coaching Messages

  1. On Rip; a) When ripping from left to right, step your left leg out long and wide, b) When ripping from right to left, step the right leg out long and wide, c) Stay low and keep your shoulder down to a defenders hip height.
  2. Get to the basket in as few dribbles as possible and quickly.
  3. Practice at game speed and remember practice always wins.
  4. Layups win games so practice your Rip and Go and Be Awesome!

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