Rip-Through Series
Use the rip-through to power through a defender's reaching arms and attack.
- Duration
- 10 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 2 items
- Difficulty
- Advanced
How to run it
- 1
Catch on the wing; defender reaches across your body.
- 2
Rip the ball forcefully through and below their arm, then drive.
- 3
Read: rip-and-drive if they reach; rip-and-shoot if they back off.
- 4
10 reps each side.
Coaching points
- Rip with force — move their arm, don't just dodge it.
- Keep the ball below the defender's hands on the rip.
- Explode into the drive the instant you clear the arm.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Defender
Why it works
Reaching defenders give the offense a free advantage — if you know how to take it. The nugget: the rip-through converts defensive aggression into an immediate driving lane. In a game, a defender who reaches is off-balance — a kid who rips through them gets a free path to the rim or a foul. This is how you punish over-aggressive defense and turn a defender's mistake into points.
Rip-Through Series
Purpose: Use the rip-through to power through a defender's reaching arms and attack.
▶How to run it
- 1Catch on the wing; defender reaches across your body.
- 2Rip the ball forcefully through and below their arm, then drive.
- 3Read: rip-and-drive if they reach; rip-and-shoot if they back off.
- 410 reps each side.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Rip with force — move their arm, don't just dodge it.
- ✓Keep the ball below the defender's hands on the rip.
- ✓Explode into the drive the instant you clear the arm.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Reaching defenders give the offense a free advantage — if you know how to take it. The nugget: the rip-through converts defensive aggression into an immediate driving lane. In a game, a defender who reaches is off-balance — a kid who rips through them gets a free path to the rim or a foul. This is how you punish over-aggressive defense and turn a defender's mistake into points.