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Setup:
At least 5 players
One ball at basket
Story:
This drill was first introduced to me by a coach who discovered it whilst watching the Irish National Squad train, hence the name Irish Drill. This is a good drill for working on lay-ups, but also passing and the fundamentals of passing on the move.
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Player 1 shoots the layup, gets the rebound and passes the ball out to player 2.
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Player 1 then cuts away from the basket, toward player 3.
Player 2 passes to the moving player.
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Player 1 receives the pass on the move, quickly passing the ball on to player 3, before joining the end of the queue/spot where player 2 started.
After passing into player 1, player 2 should follow the pass and cut toward player 4.
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Player 3 passes the ball to a moving player 2, who then passes the ball onto player 4, before joining the back of the queue where player 3 was.
After passing out, player 3 should follow the pass and cut toward player 5.
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Player 3 receives pass from player 4 whilst cutting, and passes onto player 5 before joining back of queue where player 4 is.
Player 4 should begin to cut toward the basket.
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Player 4 cuts to the basket, player 5 passes in, and player 4 shoots the layup.
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After shooting the layup, player 4 should move to back of queue where player 5 was.
As with all the other spots, player 5 should follow the pass. He/she should then take the rebound.
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Player 5 should now be under the basket with the ball. We now have a player in each of the original spots, and we start the sequences again.
Notes:
Players always follow the pass into the middle.
Players should curl off after making pass out from middle, to the next spot. NOTE - THIS IS THE ONE AFTER WHERE THEY HAVE JUST BEEN, NOT THE ONE OPPOSITE.
Make sure you watch how many steps players take whilst holding the ball, make sure they don't travel. Especially at the layup.
If you have enough players, you can add a second ball. Start it under the hoop again, and it is best to do this when the first ball is between the top two spots.
Reverse the direction of the ball to use opposite hand layups.
