The 3-on-1 Fast Break Drill is a classic transition exercise used to develop quick decision-making, spacing, and finishing under pressure. Three offensive players attack in transition against a single defender, creating a numerical advantage that forces players to read the defender, share the ball, and finish efficiently. It also challenges the lone defender to delay, recover, and protect the rim.
Objectives
- Take to the streets in a position to counter-attack.
- Getting to field attack with order.
Contents
- Boat
- Pass
- Shot
- Outputs
- Step Zero
- Tickets to the basket
- Change of pace
- Counterattack
- Transitions
- The defense of player with ball
Recommended age
- From 10 years onwards (Minibasket: category alevín).
Number of players
- From 4 players forward.
Recommended time
- Recommended time: 5-7 minutes (you can add a few variants of the equator temporary or last third of exercise time).
Equipment and facilities
- 1 ball available for each wave.
- A pitch whole of Basketball.
Initial layout and description
It is located a player with ball on end line with the ball, extending below the ring; the player without the ball on the free kick, with his back to the player with the ball, players without the ball on the right hand side, to the height of the extension of the free kick, and a player without the ball on the left hand side, again at the height of the extension of the free kick. The player with the ball (4) begins to dribble the ball in static with the hand to decide. The player at the free throw (1) turn the face to the ball and opens up to receive towards the side of the hand that boot of the player with the ball.
Player (1) receives a pass to a player’s hand (4), receiving with the feet parallel to bottom, giving back to the line-of-band more next. The player without the ball on the opposite side to where the reception (3) becomes the attacker, racing to the opposite field for his street.
The player without the ball to the height of a free kick on the same side where the reception (2) passes to defender. (1) it attacks by grabbing the centre with boat, (3) is attached to the band, and (4) is the central street of the trailer. After shot to the basket, rotate to the right ( 4 to position 2, 2 to position 1 and so on).
Probable errors
- Low voltage pass.
- Problems of orientation of the feet at the front desk.
- Run the contrataque without respect streets, away from the line-of-band.
Corrections
- Pass tense.
- Put feet to receive the pass and leave immediately.
- Run the contrataque respecting the streets.
Variants
- You can only finish with an entrance to the basket.
- Only you can pull out of the restricted zone.
- Only you can pull into the restricted zone.
- You play without boat.
- There is a limit of boats per player each time that it receives.
- There is a limit of passes per team on field of attack.
Note: all variants are combinable.
Authors: Ignacio Casado, Carlos López-Tello, Álvaro Sánchez and Pablo Atencia
