Outlet Passing Basketball Drill

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Rebounding Outlet Passing Break Drill

Written By Lamar Hull @ Google+

Emphasis:

The player that rebounds the basketball must sprint the length of the floor and try to beat the dribbler down the court
Beginners: after one rep, stop and set up for the next rep
Advanced players: go down the court, don’t stop, come back down the court before you set up for the next rep
The player who is the outlet, call for the ball (yell – “O-U-T-L-E-T”), and have your hands ready. Be vocal!
The player that is rebounding the basketball, attack the rebound with both hands!
The post player that is posted up on the block at the other end of the court, sit down, have both hands ready to receive the pass, make a strong move (work on your hook and other move variations in the post), and then score.
If there is a coach or someone else to help, play defense on the post, when he/she gets to the other block.
Guards – work on making hard and accurate passes (ex. bounce pass, over the head pass, side one arm bounce pass, etc.)
Get conditioned – post players should out sprint the dribbler!
It should only take the ball-handler 3-4 dribbles to get to the other wing (push the ball out, beat the defense)

Instruction:

The post player starts inside the lane, right in front of the basket, while the guard starts at the free-throw line extended (wing area).
The post player that’s positioned in the lane tosses the basketball off the backboard and rebounds the basketball at its highest point (don’t bring it down).
The post player keeps the basketball above his/her head and makes an outlet pass to the player at the free-throw line extended.
Once the guard receives the pass, quickly dribble the basketball down the sideline to the other end of the court.
The post player who made the outlet pass sprints down the middle of the floor to the ball-side post (block)
The guard who received the outlet pass, dribbles down the court, and makes a pass to the post player who is posted up on the block.
The post player scores the basket

Other iterations of the drill:

1. Guard passes the basketball to the post, the post passes it back to the guard, the post player re-posts deeper on the block and then scores.

2. Guard passes the basketball to the post, the post immediately passes it back and the guard shots a 3 or one dribble pull-up.