P0 · Observe & prepare · Layer 3 · Shape others
Stop at game speed, fakes automatic
What this layer works on
Stops and fakes at game speed, used to move a defender.
Defence
Talk and organise.
Question to observe
Baseline: height, training age, terminology 1, relative strength.
Activities that fit here
Ultimate with a basketball
Agree who cuts deep and who comes to the ball.Passing game, growing team
The passers make a plan to trap the last runner.Explore: throwing in every way
Short, as a change after a hard session.Pivot dribbling under pressure
Use the pivot to move the defender and open a pass for someone else.Defense in the middle
Short as a warm-up; choose the rules yourselves.Monkey in the middle, no dribble
The defenders steer the pass to one side and attack it there.Monkey in the middle, drive and pass back
Use the drive to pull the help defender and open the pass.Elbow 2-on-1
Add a second defender coming from behind.
Teams in this layer
All goals11
Basketball
- Stopping at game speed, under contact
- Catch under pressure, one hand on the move
- Fakes and rips as an automatic part of the stop
- Skip, lob, baseball, hook pass — 10–16 m
- Build the jump shot from the set-shot rhythm
Game & decisions
- Tactical awareness in all four Moments of the Game
- Help & rotation, stunt & recover
Attention & independence
- Own preparation, recovery and sleep
- Able to name your own role
Playing together & language
- Coach each other and give feedback
- Terminology round 1
Weeks and sessions9
- wk 1–2Getting to know each other, agreements, baseline
- wk 3–4Landing & deceleration
- wk 5–6Catching + good stop on the move
- wk 7–8Stop → shot fake → jab → first step
- wk 9Checkpoint 1
17 Aug – 16 Oct