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Article: A five-spot shooting drill. (basketball)
- Article from:
- Coach and Athletic Director
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
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A series of progressive moves that will create a more realistic approach to practice shooting
Many coaches at the Junior High and middle school levels have been pressed into service with little or no prior coaching experience. They are parents, business men, academicians, or retired athletes whose experiences are distant memories.
In many areas of human interest, however, beginning coaches have shown a surprising aptitude for adapting successful coaching strategies to the needs of young people.
As you can see in Diag. 1, it pairs up a shooter at five spot out on the floor (wing on each side, baseline on each side, and top of the key) with a defender in ...