Elbow-to-Elbow
Train quick relocation shooting — catch at one elbow, sprint to the other, catch and shoot.
- Duration
- 12 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 3 items
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
How to run it
- 1
Start under the rim; sprint to the right elbow, catch, shoot.
- 2
Sprint to the left elbow, catch, shoot. That's one cycle.
- 3
Complete 10 cycles (20 shots), tracking makes.
- 4
Rebounder outlets quickly to keep the pace high.
Coaching points
- Show your hands as a target on arrival.
- Plant and turn in the air to be square before landing.
- Don't rush the release — quick but controlled.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Rim
- Rebounder
Why it works
Shooting tired-legged after a sprint mirrors real game conditions, where most shots come after movement. The nugget: the shots that win games come after you've been running — not standing. Training form under fatigue is what separates practice shooters from game shooters. A kid who can sprint elbow-to-elbow and still square up and shoot with form hits the fourth-quarter shots that gassed shooters miss.
Elbow-to-Elbow
Purpose: Train quick relocation shooting — catch at one elbow, sprint to the other, catch and shoot.
▶How to run it
- 1Start under the rim; sprint to the right elbow, catch, shoot.
- 2Sprint to the left elbow, catch, shoot. That's one cycle.
- 3Complete 10 cycles (20 shots), tracking makes.
- 4Rebounder outlets quickly to keep the pace high.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Show your hands as a target on arrival.
- ✓Plant and turn in the air to be square before landing.
- ✓Don't rush the release — quick but controlled.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Shooting tired-legged after a sprint mirrors real game conditions, where most shots come after movement. The nugget: the shots that win games come after you've been running — not standing. Training form under fatigue is what separates practice shooters from game shooters. A kid who can sprint elbow-to-elbow and still square up and shoot with form hits the fourth-quarter shots that gassed shooters miss.