In the Shooting Drill/Game – Sudden Death, players compete in a win-or-go-home shooting challenge. One miss can end it all. “Sudden Death” builds mental toughness, shot confidence, and emotional control, ideal to simulate end-game free throws or clutch shots.
Objectives
- Perfecting the Shot.
- To improve the concentration.
Recommended age
- From 10 years onwards (Minibasket: category alevín).
Number of players
- From 2 players and up to a recommended maximum of 3.
Recommended time
- It is recommended to play 3 or 5 points. The duration will vary in function of the members of the couple (how much smoother it is, the longer it will last).
- The recommended duration is 5 minutes.
Equipment and facilities
- 1 ball of Basketball for a couple.
- A half-Basketball court (if it has a pitch of the whole, much better).
Initial layout of the Game-Shooting drill: sudden Death
Players are grouped by pairs. The goal is to reach the target score before the opponent (the score that the coach or you have agreed to). Set the turn order.
Description of the Shooting Drill/Game – Sudden Death
Set the turn order. The first player rolls to the basket. Then the second player throws to the basket from the same point (or the same distance).
Can be 3 situations:
- A player has marked and the other not. The player that scored the points a bit.
- The two players have marked. Any player amount.
- The two players have failed. Any player amount.
In the case of the trios, the form of rate changes. We can provide 4 conditions:
- A player has marked and the other not. The player that scored the points a bit.
- Two players have been marked and the other not. The players that have been annotated add up to much.
- The three players have marked. Any player amount.
- The three players have failed. Any player amount.
Note: playing three you can play in mode ‘Nightmare’. If this is the case in which a player fails, and the other two scored, then the player who failed subtracts a point and the two that marked do not add any point.
At the end of the game, the player before it reaches the target score.
Variants of the Shooting Drill/Game – Sudden Death
- You can toggle the initiative in the turns.
- It may include one or more changes of hand before pulling.
- You can include the receipt in static or in motion.
- You can play facing a partner against another (more likely to score points since it is easier to swing the balance). You can play in two ways
- First pull turns the first of each pair and then the seconds.
- First pull the two members of the same couple, and then the two of the second couple.
- Nightmare mode: If one of the two players mark clean, you win a life that you can spend in one of the following rounds. You can choose the option that lives are cumulative.
Note: All variants variants proposals are combinable.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)
