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Rick Allison said:

I often let my training sessions take on a life of their own..seeking engagement through spontaneity. This Sunday afternoon's session was such an occurrence and resulted in what I felt was a rather nice shooting drill. It evolved as a progression of 5-spot shooting with three shooters as described below.

The first round began with three players taking turns shooting a mid-range shot from the baseline off of 3 scissor dribbles (aka 'rhythm shooting'). The shooter is required to lock eyes on the rim throughout the scissor dribbles and shot. I like this little routine for training the eyes, instilling confidence with the ball prior to shooting, and establishing a rhythm for the shot. The rule was the group of three shooters could not advance to the next spot until one person made the shot. The spots were (1) baseline right side, (2) baseline left side, (3) wing right side, (4) wing left side, and (5) middle.

The second round was moved back to beyond the arc (3-point range) and now two shooters had to make the shot before advancing to the next spot. 

The third round required all three shooters to make the shot before advancing to the next spot. However, now individual point scoring was added to the round. The way this worked was when a player made the shot, that player was now “armed” to score a point for each subsequent “make” until all three shooters made the shot. The second shooter to make the shot also became “armed” and capable of scoring points for subsequent “makes”. Once the third shooter made the shot from that spot, the scoring window was closed and all shooters advanced to the next spot. This process continued through all five spots and points were accumulated.

For the fourth round, the shot was changed to a shot-fake, step-back..and, for the fifth round a shot-fake, step-back, cross, step-back. Points accumulated through all remaining rounds. This turned out to be engaging and competitive for the shooters.

I have found some of my better drills result from spontaneous tweaking of progressions rather than pre-determined planning. Don't be afraid to experiment during training sessions, not everything has to be pre-planned John Wooden style.

Rick Allison

LoneStar Basketball Academy

http://www.lonestarbasketball.com

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