Purpose:
To build on the previous fundamental skills and add to it with greater lateral movement and passing combined
What You Need:
- Make 2 tape lines down the middle of the court 12 feet apart (yellow lines shown in the diagram)
- Divide your players into groups of 2
- Give each pair a ball
How It Works:
- One pair will start inside the two taped lines and one person will toss the ball to their partner
- After they toss it, they must shuffle to their right and touch the tape before coming back to the middle
- The second player will receive the ball and pass it back to the first player
- After they pass it, they also must shuffle to their right to touch the line and then return to the center
- If players can complete 10 consecutive passes back and forth then they can rotate with another pair
Results & Tips:
- With repetition players will increase their quickness in lateral movements and ball awareness so they can easily recover and make good passes
- To mix things up you can require players touch a different line each time they pass the ball, forcing them to shuffle both left and right