Toss & Box Out
Introduce the box-out: find your player and hold them out after a shot.
- Duration
- 8 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 2 items
- Difficulty
- Beginner
How to run it
- 1
Toss the ball off the backboard (intentional miss).
- 2
Turn, find your partner, and step into them with your backside — make contact.
- 3
Hold them out with bent knees for 2 seconds, then go get the ball.
- 4
5 reps each as offense and defense.
Coaching points
- Find your player before the ball comes down.
- Make contact with your hips, not your hands.
- Hold the box-out, then release to the ball.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Partner
Why it works
Young kids chase the ball and forget the body. The nugget: rebounding is 80% positioning and 20% jumping — the player who boxes out gets the ball even if they can't jump high. This drill flips the order — body first, ball second — which is the entire secret to rebounding. A kid who learns to box out young will outrebound bigger, more athletic kids for the rest of their career.
Toss & Box Out
Purpose: Introduce the box-out: find your player and hold them out after a shot.
▶How to run it
- 1Toss the ball off the backboard (intentional miss).
- 2Turn, find your partner, and step into them with your backside — make contact.
- 3Hold them out with bent knees for 2 seconds, then go get the ball.
- 45 reps each as offense and defense.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Find your player before the ball comes down.
- ✓Make contact with your hips, not your hands.
- ✓Hold the box-out, then release to the ball.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Young kids chase the ball and forget the body. The nugget: rebounding is 80% positioning and 20% jumping — the player who boxes out gets the ball even if they can't jump high. This drill flips the order — body first, ball second — which is the entire secret to rebounding. A kid who learns to box out young will outrebound bigger, more athletic kids for the rest of their career.