P3 · Game & tactics · Layer 2 · Shape your own
Read before the catch
What this layer works on
Shape your own movement, with and without the ball, with a goal.
Defence
Go for the ball only when the team is safe behind you.
Question to observe
Does the player move on the pass, or on the defender?
Activities that fit here
Ultimate with a basketball
Cut at the moment the passer is ready.The second cut
Time the second cut on the moving defender.Look before you catch
Read the closeout before the ball arrives.Help and recover 3-on-3
First help and recovery.Short-handed: 4-on-3
Punish the advantage quickly before help arrives.Contain or go: when to go for the ball?
Only go when the team is safe behind you.Ball–you–basket: defending on the pass
Deny the logical pass; close out and first help.Monkey in the middle, no dribble
Pass to the space; the receiver moves first.
Teams in this layer
All goals9
Basketball
- Off-dribble pass
- V- and L-cut, drift away, fill behind
- Pull-up off two dribbles, inside your range
Game & decisions
- Read the closeout before the ball arrives
- Blast cut reads and backdoor
- Space relative to the defender, not the spot
- Begin help & rotate
Attention & independence
- Stay calm as the tempo risesnew
Playing together & language
- Demonstrate something to a younger playernew
Weeks and sessions3
- wk 24–25Read before the catch
- wk 26–27Help & rotate — by age
- wk 28Apply it in game form
22 Feb – 26 Mar