Activities · match · 12 min

Help and recover 3-on-3

CompetitionMove and stopadvantagecontact

Cue

Help with your chest, recover with your feet.

Principle
Go for the ball only when the team is safe behind you.

Set-up

Half court, 3-on-3. The attack may only score from a drive or the kick-out after it.

Rules

On a drive the nearest defender helps with the chest, and recovers to their player on the kick-out. No reaching from the side; no doubling to hide weak one-on-one defence.

Scoring

Stop by the defence = 1. Score = 2 for the attack.

Where this fits

Period P3 · Game & tactics

Cells P3 · layer 1 P3 · layer 2 P3 · layer 3

Solves Positive aggression and contact Advantage Order

By layer

Layer 1Control	Know who you have; see ball and player.
Layer 2Shape your own	First help and recovery.
Layer 3Shape others	Help and rotate as a unit; protect the paint.

How do you coach it?

Intensity, emotion and consequence. The coach protects the rules and stops play as little as possible.

A score that rewards the focus, not only talentcompetence
Everyone plays, nobody is eliminatedrelatedness
Choices inside the rulesautonomy
Mixed teams that changerelatedness
Intensity, as few stops as possiblecompetence

Long explanations and technical correction during play do not belong here.

Works on

First help and recovery; keeping the team safe

Easier

Attack at half speed.

Harder

4-on-4 with rotations.

Question to observe

Does someone jump at the ball and leave the team behind, or help and recover?