In this variation of the 4-corners format, players start from diagonal positions and engage in 2-on-2 play.
The Crossed 4-Corners Drill improves court vision, rotations, and off-ball defensive awareness (is a variant of the well-known ‘2×2 – Front 4 corners’.
Objectives
- Clinching game free 2×2.
- Speed reading 2×2.
Contents
- Boat
- Pass
- Shot
- Outputs
- Stops
- Step Zero
- Tickets to the basket
- Play free patterns
- Changes of hand
- Change of pace
- Feints
- The defense of player with ball
- Defense of the player without the ball
Recommended age
- From 8 years onwards (Minibasket: categories, benjamin and fry).
Number of players
- From 4 players forward.
Recommended time
- Recommended time: 6-8 minutes (you can add a few variants of the equator temporary or last third of exercise time).
Equipment and facilities
- Minimum 1 ball.
- A half Basketball court.
- If you have pitch, a whole can take advantage of the two half courts and have 3 pairs in each half (two playing and the other resting).
- Or you can reward the defense, giving the option of playing towards the other half in case of recovery.
Initial layout and description of the 2-on-2 – Crossed 4-Corners Drill
Make 4 rows in each corner of the half court. Players are placed in such a way that your partner will be the person holding the diagonal opposite.
The exercise begins with the coach making the ball bounce in the center of the half court. How much the ball is out of the hands of the coach, the 4 players will come out for the ball from the centre and from there will play the 2×2. The exercise is resolved in one of two ways:
- The attackers make basket.
- The defenders steal before shot, or capture the rebound after shot.
Variants
- To set a maximum of pots by a player.
- To set a maximum number of passes.
- You have to solve in a given time with countdown (7-5 seconds).
- The attacker 1 (player 3 in explanation) is not obliged to give the pass.
- The attacker 1 (player 3 in explanation), you must start with pot.
- There is that end with shots inside the bulb.
- There is that end with shots of 3.
- To give continuity to the exercise by the defenders can attack if they retrieve the ball, taking the ball out of the triple and attacking.
- By varying the arrangement of the output of the 4 players with:
- ‘Exercise 2×2 – 4 corners front’
- ‘Exercise 2×2 – 4 corners crusades’
- You can incorporate the variant of ‘2×2 – Partner mysterious’
Note: all variants are combinable.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
Basketball Coach (CES 2014)
