Defensive Drill – Deflection Challenge

This basketball drill is great to teach the fundamentals of defensive stance, footwork, positioning and to understand the importance of mirroring ball path to get deflections and disrupt the offense.

Keys to Success: The offensive player must wait for the defensive player to finish their close-out before moving. Offensive players cannot throw the pass over the defender. The defensive player needs to close-out hard and be active with their hands.

Elapsed Time: Run the drill for 3 minutes, rest for 1 minute and run it again for 3 minutes.