Okay, so today I wanted to mess around with some basketball drills, and I decided to focus on something called “5 passes call for basketball.” It sounded simple enough, but I figured it would be a good way to work on my passing skills. First, I grabbed my basketball and headed out to the court.
I started by trying to remember what I could about passing drills. I vaguely recalled something about players lining up. So, I imagined myself at the top of the key, since that’s where the one example mentioned players should line up.
- First pass: I started dribbling, then made a quick bounce pass to my imaginary teammate on my right.
- Second pass: Imagining the ball being returned, I caught it and immediately did an overhead pass to another teammate further down the court.
- Third pass: I pretended to get the ball back and did a chest pass to a teammate who I visualized cutting towards the basket.
- Fourth pass: In my mind, this teammate passed it back out to me, and I did another bounce pass.
- Fifth pass: I made the final pass, a chest pass to the teammate who initially passed to me, and imagined a layup.
I did this a few times, each time trying to visualize the movement of my “teammates” and really focusing on making the passes quick and accurate. I tried to mix up the types of passes I was doing to keep it interesting. This might sound a bit crazy, but I was even trying to practice making one-handed passes, like I read about, and passing off the dribble. It was definitely tougher than it looked!
After a while, I realized I was getting pretty tired, but I felt like my passing was a little bit sharper. I think by visualizing the plays and practicing the different types of passes, even without a real team, I was making some progress. I realized this drill was a good way to improve my passing skills for basketball. Maybe next time I’ll actually grab some friends to make it more realistic. But for now, I’m pretty happy with how it went, even if I was just playing against myself!
