5 SSGs for Player Development
Alex Sarama shares small-sided games
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This week’s A Quick Timeout guest, Alex Sarama (Transforming Basketball, Cleveland Cavaliers), shared several of his favorite small-sided games for player development. In this edition, I provide diagrams and a video breakdown of those small-sided games along with a resource from Coach Sarama and Transforming Basketball.
Click below to listen to an extended version of the YouTube film session…
Around the Arc
Each player starts with a basketball, straddling the 3P line. Both players dribble until Player 1 makes a move towards the rim. The first player to score a basket wins.
Possible variations
Require only finishes in the paint
Allow mid-range jumpers
If Player 1 fakes and Player 2 puts two feet inside the 3P line, Player 1 automatically gets a point
