4-Person Outlet Drill

More passing requires accuracy and proper spacing as another person enters the fold in pushing the ball up the floor.

Why use this drill

• This is the next progression from the previous page’s drill. Get players used to throwing quick, accurate passes to advance the ball rather than the dribble.

Set up

• The middle line starts with the ball
• There is a wing on each side
• Add another wing on the left
• Have another group of three ready to go once the first group completes the up-and-back.

How to play

• 5 flashes to the middle
• 1 passes to 5 as 7 streaks down the floor.
• 3 enters from the right side.
• 5 passes to 7 [1]
• 1 sprints the length of the floor and serves as the rebounder (grabs the ball before it hits the floor)
• The outlet line (5) sprints
  to the opposite free-throw
  line to get in position for the
  outlet coming the other way
• 7 scores the layup [2].
• 7 curls to the left side for the second outlet coming back to the start
• 1 passes to 5.
• 5 passes to 7
• 7 fires the long pass to 3 in stride for the layup [3].

Here’s a simple diagram for setting up this drill:

How to perfect the technique for this play

• All four players sprint to cross the baseline before 3’s layup comes out of the net while the next group of four take the floor. Remember, make 10 layups in a row and never allow the ball to hit the ground.