In this physical 1-on-1 – Elbow-to-Elbow Rebounding Drill, players start shoulder to shoulder and fight for inside position. Elbow-to-Elbow Rebounding trains body leverage, anticipation, and aggressiveness under the rim.
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 1×1.
Contents
- Boat
- Pass
- Shot
- Free Kicks
- Outputs
- Stops
- Bounce
- Tickets to the basket
- Changes of hand
- Counterattacks
- Defense player with ball
- Defense player without the ball
- 1×1
Recommended age
- From 8 years onwards (minibasket: categories, benjamin and fry).
Number of players
- From 2 onwards.
- Going out in 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 1-on-1 – Elbow-to-Elbow Rebounding Drill
They come out two at a time. both players are placed in a side aisle of Free Throws (at the start in the Low Post and then you may vary). The player closest to the bottom line has the assigned role of the ombudsman and the closest to the Free Throw has the role of attacker.
The coach is at the Free-Throw with a ball. How much boot, the players go for the rebound (the defender closes/seals the rebound, and the attacker loads the rebound). After waiting 3-5 seconds, he shoots to the basket. The two players go for the rebound.
The is made with the ball will be the attacker and the other will be the defender. From there it plays directly 1×1 to the other ring.
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 strip 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 him (you can also 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 – Bouncing, Face-to-Face
- Exercise 2×2 – Bounce Crossed and Exercise 3×3 – Bounce Crossed.
- 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)
