— TRAINING SESSION

Modern Offence Day (U16+)

Block and Bank · 68 minutes · 7 drills · Generated 13 May 2026

Age group: U16
Focus: Team play
Duration: 68 minutes
Drills: 7

Spacing, drives, kicks, and corner threes. The modern game in one session.

7DRILLS

68MINUTES

10AVG / DRILL

1 Passing Lines Warm-Up

4 min Difficulty: Beginner Age: u8 Court: Half

Pairs, 5 metres apart. 20 chest passes, 20 bounce passes, 20 overhead passes, 20 one-handed push passes (10 each hand).

Fundamentals warm-up every coach should run every practice. Countless turnovers prevented.

Coaching points

Step into every pass.
Fingertips on follow-through.
Receive with both hands, fingers spread.
Bounce passes: 2/3 of the way to your partner.
Overhead passes: snap wrists, from the forehead.

2 Wing Triple Threat

8 min Difficulty: Intermediate Age: u14 Court: Half

Wing with ball. Defender 3 feet away. From triple-threat: jab-step-and-shoot, jab-and-go, shot-fake-and-drive, or pass to a moving cutter. Coach calls the move.

Builds the wing's decision-making in the few seconds they hold the ball.

Coaching points

Triple-threat is a real stance, chest over knees.
Jab is a real fake, not a half-step.
Shot fake: hands up, feet stay down.
No wasted motion.
Finish or pass, don't dance.

3 Dribble Drive Motion

15 min Difficulty: Advanced Age: u16 Court: Half

Four-out, one-in spacing. Ball-handler drives the lane. Strong-side corner drifts to the corner three. Weak-side wing drifts to weak corner. Big stays opposite (the safety).

Modern offence: spacing-and-driving basketball. Every NBA team plays a version.

Coaching points

Driver: get to the rim, pass only if defence collapses.
Drifters: slide LOW to keep spacing wide.
Big stays across from drive, don't crowd.
No cuts to the lane, keep paint clear.
Kick to whoever defence helps off.

4 Hammer Action

10 min Difficulty: Advanced Age: u16 Court: Half

Ball-handler drives baseline. Big sets a back-screen on the weak-side corner shooter's defender. Driver delivers a skip pass to the wide-open corner three.

The Spurs made this famous. Brutally effective. Most defences haven't figured out how to defend it.

Coaching points

Driver reads the help, passes when help comes.
Screener times the back-screen to the drive.
Shooter relocates to corner during screen.
Skip pass: long, on the line, not lobbed.
Shooter sets feet on catch, open three.

5 Spain Pick and Roll

12 min Difficulty: Advanced Age: u16 Court: Half

Standard PnR with a twist: as the big rolls to the rim, a SECOND screener back-screens the rolling big's defender. Creates a lob option, a pop-out for the screener, or the standard pull-up read.

Modern wrinkle on a classic. 3-4 options simultaneously.

Coaching points

PG reads big defender's hips like normal PnR.
Roller dives HARD, assume lob is coming.
Spain screener: back-screen when roller starts moving.
Spain screener pops AFTER the screen.
Most defences can't cover all 3.

6 5v5 Full Court Scrimmage

15 min Difficulty: Intermediate Age: u14 Court: Full

Full-court 5v5 game. First team to 21 wins. All standard rules apply — no special constraints.

The ultimate teacher. Every concept gets tested under real pressure. Most coaches don't run this enough.

Coaching points

Run real plays — not just isolation basketball.
Call fouls fairly — train kids to play through marginal contact.
Freeze the play occasionally to teach (the 'pause moment').
Rotate teams every 5 minutes — fresh matchups.
Keep score on the wall — accountability creates intensity.

7 Cool Down Routine

4 min Difficulty: Beginner Age: u8 Court: Half

End-of-practice: 30 seconds each, toe touches, quad stretch, hamstring stretch, calf stretch, lunge stretch, cobra back stretch, shoulder rolls. Total 4 minutes.

Most coaches skip it. Don't. Recovery starts here. Players who stretch consistently miss less practice from soreness.

Coaching points

Slow movements, no bouncing.
Breathe, exhale on stretch.
Don't push through pain, just to the edge.
Hold each stretch.
Debrief while stretching: what worked today?