ADDING FOCUS AND VALUE TO THE 3-MAN WEAVE

The 3-Man Weave is a drill that has been a part of basketball practices for many years.  Even though this drill may be considered "old" it still serves a great purpose.  It can be used to get your team loosened up, to work on passing, catching, layups, and also for conditioning purposes.

Would you like to get a little more out of this drill with your team?  To do that coaches can add more focus in their players by making it more challenging.  Two ways to do this are:

1. Set perfection as your expectation.  Players will execute the drill like always except now the players have a goal of
               *Catching each pass clean (no bobbles)
               *The ball never hits the floor
               *No travels
               *Make each layup
Coach can set a realistic goal as to how many consecutive layups your team has to make while being perfect.  If there is a bobble, a travel, a missed layup, or the ball hits the floor you start back at zero.  You know your team best so that number may vary from year to year.  A general number of 12 in a row can be used, and based on your team's ability you can adjust from there.

2. Put a time limit on your 3-Man Weave and set a goal for the total number of made layups your team must have before time runs out. 

It's all about expectations with your players.  This traditional drill can have great value to your team instead of being a practice time filler to get your players loose.  Setting the expectations adds a focus to your team and makes them accountable for what happens on the floor...which is what we always want our players to be.

PASSING: POST ENTRY PASSING DRILL

Passing the ball into the post area is an overlooked skill that needs to be practiced just like you practice all other areas of the game.

SKILLS COVERED
*Passing to an offensive player in the post
*Ball fakes
*Creating space (pivot or dribble) to make a successful pass into the post player.
*Post moves


ALIGNMENT
*To maximize space there can be two groups working on each wing and post. For the description of this drill from here on out we will refer to the right side of the court. The left side will be doing the same thing.
*1 has the ball at the three point line area on the wing.
*Defender 1 guards 1 "live" out on the wing.
*2 starts just above the block.

EXECUTING THE DRILL
*1 will attempt to make a post entry pass to 2 as Defender 1 is guarding 1 closely. Defender 1 is attempting to tip any pass that 1 makes.
*1 will have to use ball fakes or step through pivots to clear space for them to enter the ball to 2. 1 can also use one or two dribbles to improve their passing angle.
*2 must remain in good post up position, and calling for the ball.
*When the catch the pass 2 will execute a post move and score the ball. The coach can designate a particular post move to be worked on. This can vary from player to player.
*Rotate passer (1), to defense (Defender 1), to post up player (2). The post up player now becomes the new passer.

DRILL VARIATIONS
*The passers can be moved to the lane-line extended area to give a high-low pass to practice.
*Have a defender play "live" defense behind the player posting up to make it a 2-on-2 drill.