Learning targets

Game Seeing and choosing: space, time, advantage

• Find open space

  Moving away from the crowd to a spot where you can get the ball.idea · layers 0–2

• Create, see and punish an advantage

  Making a numbers edge or a step on your defender, recognising it and using it at once.idea · layers 1–3

• 2-on-1: go, the defender decides

  If you have the ball in a 2-on-1, you go to the basket. What the defender does decides lay-up or pass.idea · layers 1–2

• Drive first

  Going to the basket and making space for a good shot is not selfish. Passing straight away without a reason or a goal is.idea · layers 1–3

• Drive reactions

  When a teammate drives, you move to a spot where they can find you: corner, behind the drive, to the rim.idea · layers 2–3

• The second cut

  In pass-and-cut the first cut rarely works. The cut from two or more passes away is the dangerous one.idea · layers 2–3

• Good shot

  A good shot is in balance, within range, uncontested, after a good pass or a drive with a small advantage.idea · layers 0–3

• Lanes and corners in transition

  After winning the ball, sprint forward wide, fill the corners and get the ball up fast.idea · layers 1–3

• Ball–you–basket

  Stand between your player and the basket, and see the ball and your player at the same time.idea · layers 0–2 · defence

• Help and recover

  Stopping a drive as the helper and getting back to your own player before the pass arrives.idea · layers 2–3 · defence

• Foresee the advantage, don't gamble

  Defending against the advantage: not giving it, seeing it coming and recovering when it's there. Only go for the ball when the team is safe behind you.idea · layers 2–3 · defence