Great 1 on 1 Practice Idea
When I was younger I would go to basketball camps and they would have tournaments to see who was the best 1 on 1 player in camp. I would always do really well until I played the kid who developed before the rest of us. You all know who i’m talking about. So the fast developing kid who has body odor just backs me down near the basket and scores the ball and I lose. I hated it and it wasn’t legit. The kid didn’t learn anything and all I learned was that deodorant was a good thing.
As I got into high school our coach had us play 1-1 against players we would normally go up against and he would have us play it from where our position was. If I was a point I would have to originate the ball at the top of the key. The wing players, the wings and so forth. The kicker was that we were only allowed 1 dribble or 2 dribbles to make our move or shoot it. It finally evened out the playing field and made the drill realistic.
What I learned:
1. You don’t have time to take 5 dribbles to get to the basket
2. You have to be creative in ways to get GOOD shots off
3. You realize how important strength was because you had to make your dribbles work for you
4. The triple threat position is the key to being a solid offensive player because from the triple threat i could set up any shot i wanted.
