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3 DRILLS TO SHARPEN
YOUR 3-POINT SHOOTING
By George Haas, Carroll University
H
..ere are three drills designed to improve your
..perimeter game. The 3-pointer is a major
part of a team's offense, so it's imperative you
spend a significant amount of time practicing it.
6-MINUTE DRILL
There are three facets to the 6-Minute Drill:
* Swing it/step into your shot.
* Drive it (wing baseline drifts).
* Wing drive it (opposite wing gets shot).
Use a clock and rotate the drill every minute so
players get a chance to shoot in all segments.
Six minutes usually yields 42 to 48 attempted
3-pointers. Other options include skip passes,
flares or handoff 3-pointers. Also, be sure to
use both sides of the floor so players become
accustomed to shooting from either side.
All players rotate lines by following their pass
and the shooter rebounds.
DIAGRAM 1: Swing it/step into the shot. The
ball is passed from the left wing to the middle and
from the middle to the right wing. Upon catching
the ball on the right wing, the player steps into the
shot and releases.
DIAGRAM 1
DIAGRAM 2: Drive it (wing baseline drifts). The
left wing starts the drill by passing to the middle.
The player in the middle takes one dribble before
passing to the right wing player, who has drifted
into the corner. The right wing shoots a 3-pointer
from the corner.
DIAGRAM 3: Wing drives it (opposite wing
gets shot). The left wing starts the progression
again by passing to the player in the middle. The
middle player then passes to the right wing. The
right wing drives with the ball to the baseline
before firing a cross-court pass to the left wing
player, who has moved into the left corner. The
left wing shoots.
'IOWA'
This drill involves teams of two and is great to
build confidence in late-game, time-restricted
situations.
DIAGRAM 4: Playing in teams of two, give each
player 10 seconds to complete their portion of
the drill. The first player dribbles to the opposite
basket and shoots a 3. They grab their own
rebound and dribble back to the other end of the
court and shoot another 3. Their teammate grabs
that rebound and speed-dribbles back down to
the other end of the court and shoots a 3.
That player then must gather the rebound and
dribble hard back to the original starting end
of the court and launch a shot before the 10
seconds expires. Sometimes, this is a typical
3-pointer but, if the first player's second shot
created a long rebound, the 10 seconds might
be running out faster for this second player. This
creates the possibility of a half- or three-quartercourt
shot.
Allow players the option to shoot either a
3-pointer or a regular shot, giving fewer points
for a shot inside the 3-point line. Add some extra
excitement by awarding more points for a half-court
made shot and even more for a three-quarter-court
make. While rare, even these shots need to be
practiced a little for end-of-game situations.
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