In this half-court drill, players start from each of the four corners and engage in live 2-on-2 action. The 2-on-2 – Front 4-Corners Drill emphasizes spacing, closeouts, and help-side defense, with rotations that simulate real-game reactions.
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 – Front 4-Corners Drill
Make 4 rows in each corner of the half court. One of the two rows of the corners of the bottom line of the row with the ball.
The exercise begins with a pass to the other corner of the bottom line.While the pass, the player 1 who gave it goes to the diagonal opposite to defend.Player 2 gives a pass to player 3 and will defend to player 4.When the player 3 receives the ball, giving a pass to player 4 and cut toward the rim. Players 3 and 4 attack against players 1 and 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:
- You can incorporate the variant of ‘2×2 – Partner mysterious’
Note: all variants are combinable.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
Basketball Coach (CES 2014)
