Drill: Pick Up Cone & Go

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Coaching Objective

Skill Level: Advanced, Skill Development: Layups, Handles & Shooting. This is an excellent hand and eye co-ordination drill. Learn how to pound the ball while you are not thinking about. There will be times in a game when you are under pressure from a defender and you need to think about how you will beat your defender and you want to pound the ball without thinking about it so it becomes automatic. This drill will help you practice this type of situation. The pick up of the cone helps you forget that you are dribbling by concentrating on the cone pickup.

Drill Instruction

Start with a Right Side layup:

  1. Start in a Triple Threat position, right side of the basket around two big steps outside the 3 point line.
  2. Push off hard and fast, dribbling on your left side towards the cone.
  3. When approaching the cone, slow down, get low, cross over the ball to your right hand, continue to pound dribble on your right and pick up the cone with your left hand.
  4. Push off hard and fast, dribbling on your right side towards the basket.
  5. Complete a right sided layup shooting with your right hand.

Then swap and complete a Left Side layup:

  1. Start in a Triple Threat position, left side of the basket around two big steps outside the 3 point line.
  2. Push off hard and fast, dribbling on your right side towards the cone.
  3. When approaching the cone, slow down, get low, cross over the ball to your left hand, continue to pound dribble on your left and pick up the cone with your right hand.
  4. Push off hard and fast, dribbling on your left side towards the basket.
  5. Complete a left sided layup shooting with your left hand.

Coaching Messages

  1. Pound the ball hard while picking up the cone.
  2. Maintain Control and Balance.
  3. Practice this drill on your left and right sides.
  4. You have mastered this drill when you can complete the drill on both your right and left sides, maintain balance and score at game speed.
  5. Beat your Defender and…Be Awesome!

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