Finish the Job: Basketball Special Situations
Finishing Drills, SSGs, and Quick Hitters
In this week’s newsletter:
🎧 A Quick Timeout Podcast: Coach Special Situations Better
⭐ SSG of the Week: 2v1 One More Pass Shooting
🏀 Drill of the Week: Perfection Finishing
❗Special Offer for 2025
➕ Basketball Shot Selection: Finishing
🎥 XsOs: 3-2 Zone Quick Hitter
Coach Special Situations Better
Radius Athletics' Randy Sherman and A Quick Timeout's Tony Miller break down coaching decisions for special situations and prepping your team for the close-game scenarios. Included are resources for simulating special situation scenarios in practice.
Listen to the full episode…
⭐ SSG of the Week: 2v1 One More Pass Shooting
Drive, kick, pass, one more for simple decision-making training. Driver passes to most open teammate. One more pass to the open shooter.
Looking for more small-sided game ideas? Here are 35 Small-Sided Games Playbook for Player Development.
🏀 Drill of the Week: Perfection Finishing
A “perfection” drill to warmup/start practice to focus guys’ attention. Nothing fancy. This one works on finishes.
put 1:00 on the clock
lots of talking
everyone does the finishing move with no misses before we go on to the next finish
ball doesn’t touch the ground
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🎥 XsOs: 3-2 Zone Quick Hitter
Coaches often ask for quick hitters against zone defenses. This is against man, but the defense is standing in a 3-2 shape. Give it a try.
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