Combination Drill for 4s and 5s

Written by Coach Peterman

I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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July 21, 2012

A combination drill for 4s and 5s presented by coach Ron Sen:

Finding drills to teach young players how to play creates an innovative challenge. The best drills are competitive, challenge both offense and defense, help players see the game, and have a conditioning element. We ask our fours and fives to work together closely.

Part one, from Dean Smith’s “Basketball, Multiple Offense and Defense” works post players and defenders. The coach/guard enters the ball to the ‘4’ or ‘5’, who immediately looks for their teammate cutting to the basket or to an open spot, to score if open, or to pass back out if there is nothing there. The goal is to accustom the post players to find ways to get open in confined spaces and look for their teammate quickly. Defenders get work on post and denial defense. You vary the spot where the entry pass is made from and teach post defense to your specifications.

The second part of the drill is an option, with the low post player setting a screen for the high post for typical pick-and-roll action. Most teams don’t run screen-and-roll with the 4-5 combination so this creates a potentially unique defensive problem when your post players have the skill to put the ball on the floor.

Ron Sen, MD, FCCP @rsen01 on Twitter