Offense Drill #3B: Off-Ball Cycle & “Support”
INTERMEDIATE
- Arrange players in one or both ends of the floor depending on numbers. Have them stationed on their proper floor sides, in the crease and shooter positions, on both sides of the floor; with one or the other line of shooters having balls (switch halfway through the drill).
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- Variation #1 (10 min): "Off-Ball Cycle." The shooter on the side of the floor with balls starts the drill by swinging the ball over to the other shooter, and as soon as the other shooter passes down to the crease, they cut the middle.
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- The crease player looks off (or fakes a pass to) the cutter and carries the ball up to the shooter position after the shooter on the same-side delays for 1 second (which allows the off-ball cutter to cut first) and then cuts the middle looking for a north-south give-and go pass (eventually filling the crease position).
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- The original off-ball cutter then fills the crease position (circle the net option) and the crease player from the same-side (off-ball) fills up to the shooter position. The ball carrier can then pass to any teammate, finishing the play with a quality shot.
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- Advanced players are okay to Freelance for a few extra passes as long as they continue to follow the "rules" of the Motion Offense.
- Advanced players are okay to Freelance for a few extra passes as long as they continue to follow the "rules" of the Motion Offense.
Variation #2 (10 min): "Drag & Support." The shooter on the side of the floor with balls starts the drill by dragging from the shooter position to somewhere near the mid-boards. At the same time the opposite-side shooter supports the ball by filling up to the point position (shortening up the pass), at which point they receive a pass from the ball carrier at the mid-boards; crease players play the "L" during this time.
The player now at the point position then drags back to the shooter position, while the off-ball shooter fills near the point position. The shooter with the ball subsequently passes to the "support player" or either crease player, with advanced players freelancing for a few passes and taking a quality shot (at the coaches discretion). (Draw Diagram)
Variation #3 (10 min): "Pressure." Another variation of the above drills would be for coaches (or volunteer defenders) to apply varying amounts of pressure to the players who are trying to execute on offense. If players are being utilized to apply pressure, they should first play offense at the shooter positions, then play defense, then move to the crease lines.
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