The 3-on-1 + 4-on-3 Full-Court Drill is a dynamic transition exercise that begins with a fast-paced 3-on-1 situation and evolves into a 4-on-3 secondary break.
This drill simulates real game transitions, demanding quick decision-making, spacing awareness, and fast defensive recovery. It is ideal for teaching players how to manage numerical advantages and disadvantages in open-court situations while building stamina and competitive intensity.
Note: To avoid waiting standing on the pitch at the 3 defenders that play the 4×3, we can do that are incorporated from half court once you have solved the 3×1.
Objectives
- Promote aggressively defensive.
- Work feints defensive.
- To promote the speedy resolution in situations of offensive advantage.
Contents
- Boat
- Pass
- Shot
- Outputs
- Stops
- Step Zero
- Tickets to the basket
- Bounce
- Play free patterns
- Changes of hand
- Change of pace
- Counterattack
- Transitions
- Feints
- The defense of player with ball
- Defense of the player without the ball
- Inequality numeric:
- Numerical superiority offensive
- Numerical inferiority defensive
Recommended age
- From 10 years onwards (Minibasket: category alevín).
Number of players
- As of 7 players on.
Recommended time
- Recommended time: 4-6 minutes (you can add a few variants of the equator temporary or last third of exercise time).
Equipment and facilities
- 1 ball for each wave.
- A pitch whole of Basketball.
Initial layout and description
Placed 3 attacking players on a half court and 1 defender.
It solves the 3×1. You basket or recovery advocate, go to the other half court to play the 4×3 (if there is rebound offensive in the 3×1 ends of play, although you can ask to put some physical burden not to be effective for end of the 3×1).
At the half court plays 4×3. Once resolved, the 3 defenders become attackers and the last attackers that they would not touch the ball go out on the pitch. The last attacker who touched the ball becomes the defender.
Turn to the other half court to restart the cycle of the year (first playing 3×1 and then playing the 4×3).
Rotations
In the case of 7, there will be no players outside waiting.
In the case of 8 players, the player who is waiting outside will be the defender. There shall be a guideline for determining which player will be the one that’s going to be ‘outside waiting for you’.
In the case of 9 players, we will have two players in the prolongation of the free-kick from the half court where you play the 4×3. When one of the players to recover the ball (either by theft or because he has caught the ball after a basket), then it will leave together with those who were in bands. The other two players who defended will be placed in bands, and 4 attackers who played the 4×3, one will be the one that will defend the 3×1 remaining 3 to be placed as the new defenders.
In the case of 10 players, we will have 7 initial and 3 other off the pitch, you can choose by:
- 3 out of court replaced the defenders when they initiate new attack. Of the 4 who attacked, there will be one you make balance defensive (which may be the name of the coach, the first to reach the halfway line or the last attacker who touched the ball).
- the 3 outside is dealt, one to replace the sole defender of the 3×1 of the half-court and two to replace the defenders of the 4×3 that initiated the attack.
Note: For greater dynamism and realism, we recommend the first option.
In the case of 11 players, the eleventh player is in one of the corners of the bottom line. When you have resolved the 3×1 (advocate that retrieves or that there has been a basket), the 11th player will be incorporated into the new quartet. Of those who were playing the 3×1 we will be able to decide if who happens to be the new 11th is:
- The defender if it fits in the basket.
- The last attacker to touch the ball.
- In the case of a basket, the last attacker in getting to the half court (to give more rhythm to the exercise).
In the case of 12, we may place a 12th player in the other corner of the same bottom-line where you play the 3×1.Players will become the 11th and 12th player will be:
- Last and penultimate attackers to have touched the ball, in case that the defender recovers,
- Two last attackers to reach the half court in the case of having solved the 3×1 with a basket. Of the 3 that were attacked in the 3×1, 2 iran out. Will the new quartet the player who defended 3×1, the first attacker that came to mid-court and the players, 11th, and 12th.
Variants
- Another option is that:
- the attacker closest to the half court at the end of the 4×3 pass to be defender in the following 3×1.
- the attacker who gave the last to the player who threw it to the basket pass to be the defender of the following 3×1.
- the head coach name of a player from the that were attacking down to defend the 3×1.
- To set a maximum of pots by a player.
- To set a maximum number of passes.
- Set a certain number of boats and passes to manage by
- the attacking trio in the 3×1 and/or
- the quartet attacker in the 4×3.
- Solve in a given time with countdown (7-5 seconds).
- There is that end with shots inside the bulb.
- There is that end with shots of 3.
- Vary the starting positions of the players that are incorporated from outside, to give a greater realism.
Note: all variants are combinable.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
