Key Teaching Points

Dribbling & Bouncing the ball

- Use your fingertips to bounce the ball
- Stay low by bending the knees
- Head up
- Hands above/on top of the ball while bouncing it
- Use your body to shield/protect the ball when defenders are trying to steal it from you

Cross-overs
- Bounce the ball across your body from left to right to left in a ‘v’ motion of the ball
- Move/rock your body as the ball moves side to side
- Stay low with your head up

Chest pass
- Hold the ball with 2 hands in front of your chest
- Step forward and push the ball to your target (once you have let go, point your hands to where
you are passing to

Pivot pass
- Keep one foot on the floor
- Swivel/rotate your body around and then pass

Shooting
- Face the net with your feet shoulder width apart
- Hold the ball with your strong hand under it, and support the ball with your other hand on the
side
- Lift the ball up in front of your head, making an L-shape with your elbow/strong arm
- Use your whole body to push the ball
- Straighten out your elbow and release the ball off your wrist to get backspin with the ball

Layups
- Dribble towards the basket from the right side and leap up off your left leg with a high right
knee, and grab the ball with both hands
- While in the air, roll/release the ball off your right hand with your fingers to bounce it off the
backboard into the basket
*Opposite for left hand from left side of basket

Defensive play
- Knees bent to get low
- Follow the movements of the attacker
- Positioning and movement to force player to one side
- Attempt to intercept shot/pass
- Attempt to steal the ball

Attacking play
- Effective movement on and off the ball
- Change of pace and direction
- Protection of the ball whilst dribbling
- Head up

(Prime Coaching, n.d)