A smaller-scale version of the 3×3 drill, the 2-on-2 Crossed Rebounding drill focuses on tighter spacing and quicker reads. It’s ideal for teaching boxing out and rotational defense in youth or short-court settings.
Objectives
- To inculcate the habit of fighting for the ball.
- Get used to the contacts prior to the bounce.
- Streamline decision-making in situations of 2×2 after a free kick (both in defense and attack).
Contents
- Boat
- Pass
- Shot
- Free Kicks
- Outputs
- Stops
- Bounce
- Tickets to the basket
- Changes of hand
- Defense player with ball
- Defense player without the ball
- 2×2
Recommended age
- From 10 years onwards (minibasket: category alevín).
Number of players
- From 4 players forward.
- Come out of two pairs of two pairs.
Recommended time
- Recommended time: 6-8 min (on the equator temporary gradually introducing variants).
Equipment and facilities
- 2-4 balls in total.
- Ideal to play on the court whole though you can also play in midfield.
Initial layout and description of the 2-on-2 – Crossed Rebounding Drill
In each round there are two couples in the hallway of free throws. In the range of the pole under the aisle of free throws, a player from each team. In the range of the pole through the aisle of free throws, the other two players are placed next to your opponent from the Low Post.
The coach is at the Free-Throw with a ball. How much boot, players load the rebound (also available the option of simulating directly from a free kick). None of the four players still has the assigned role. The role will be set in function of the player is done with the rebound. If the rebound picks up any of the players located in the low post, then attack to the other ring next to his partner the mid Post. If it picks up any of the players from the mid Post, will attack in the same ring together with his companion from the low post.
Note: The trainers we spent the entire season highlighted the importance of the shots are done right. At the time of pull, if we set the basket there will be a rebound as such, and we would not be doing you any favors to our players. For this reason, it is recommended to throw with the hand-not dominant. So that there is consistency between what we say and do (and by the way we also show that also can and should continue to improve).
Variants
- You can go changing the position output of the players (mid pole, high pole, elbows, etc…).
- Benito Camela: The attacking player ‘offers the ball’ and wait for the defender to go to touch it (this also may try to steal it).
- For work outs, you could also ask any type of specific output, or to determine the pivot foot (or foot support).
- Exercise 1×1 – Rebound elbow to Elbow
- Exercise 1×1 – Bouncing, Face-to-Face
- 3-on-3 – Crossed Rebounding Drill
- Team COMPETITION: The coach is the one who pulls and are scoring the rebound (2 points per rebound succeeded, 1 point for a basket accomplished and 1 point per ball stolen or capping and recovered).
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
