TLU Bulldogs 3 Line Lay-up drill by Wes Kosel
Today’s drill is a 3 line lay-up drill that we use as a warm-up for almost every practice and pre-game routine. This is a staple for our basketball program, and we use it to get the players’ bodies ready for practices or games and also to get the players focused for the practice or game ahead. We start this drill aiming for 55 each side, and increase this number throughout the season. This drill is great at getting your players to move, talk, and to execute. Any missed lay-ups, dropped passes, or mistakes filling lines can result in not reaching the goal.
Emphasis:
• Move the ball without passing
• Sharp passes (do not float passes)
• Finishing lay-ups
• Communication (we require the players to say the name of the teammate that they are passing to or receiving a pass from)
Set-up:
• 3 Lines
• 2 basketballs
• Basketball in either the right or left line (this doesn’t matter, because the drill will switch sides half way through)
Rules:
• The ball should never hit the ground (no dropped passes and no dribbling)
• Don’t leave early from the lines (players will tend to leave early for passes to reach the goal in the allotted time)
• Always rotate to the LEFT, whether we are shooting from the right or left side
• 6:00 minutes on the clock
• Start with a goal of 55 on each side (players switch the drill once they reach 55, ideally close to 3:00 minutes left)
Execution:
Frame 1: The ball starts in the left line. 1 passes to 2. Once the pass is made to 2, both 1 and 3 can start cutting to the wings. This is where players will begin leaving early (usually the players in the far line opposite the ball). 2 passes to 3 at the wing, and then 2 runs straight up the floor into the lane.
Frame 2: 3 passes to 1 for a lay-up. 3 then cuts to the opposite side of the floor for an outlet pass. After shooting the lay-up, 1 clears out to the opposite side of the floor from which he started. 2 follows the shot for the rebound (the ball shouldn’t hit the floor!). At this time, the 2nd ball would have started (Player 4 passing to 5), but for the diagram I left this out.
Frame 3: 2 passes to 3, and then clears out the opposite side of the pass. Players will tend to want to follow the pass. 3 passes to the next player in the 1st line (left side of the floor), and the drill starts over again. Players 1, 2, and 3 should then rotate to the next line to the left of where they started.
I hope you enjoy this drill.
Coach Wes Kosel
Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Tommy Jones at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX. 2013-2014 marks the second year for Kosel at TLU. Prior to arriving at TLU, Kosel served as a student assistant coach under Head Coach Chad Killscrow at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and teaches weight training and aerobic fitness courses at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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