T-Box Out Drill
Teach the box-out: find your player, make contact, and hold them out.
- Duration
- 10 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 1 item
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
How to run it
- 1
Coach shoots the ball (intentional miss).
- 2
Defender locates the offensive player, pivots, and backs into them (the 'T').
- 3
Hold the box-out with bent knees and wide base for 2 seconds.
- 4
Release to grab the ball with two hands high.
Coaching points
- Find your player before the ball arrives — see man, then ball.
- Make first contact; don't let them run free to the rim.
- Chin the ball after grabbing it.
Equipment
- Basketball
Why it works
Rebounding is 80% body positioning, 20% jumping. The nugget: the T-box-out teaches the contact-first habit that lets smaller players rebound over bigger ones. In a game, the rebounder who makes contact first owns the position — the ball comes to them. A kid who boxes out every shot ends possessions, which is how you win: every defensive rebound is a chance to run, and every offensive rebound is a second chance to score.
T-Box Out Drill
Purpose: Teach the box-out: find your player, make contact, and hold them out.
▶How to run it
- 1Coach shoots the ball (intentional miss).
- 2Defender locates the offensive player, pivots, and backs into them (the 'T').
- 3Hold the box-out with bent knees and wide base for 2 seconds.
- 4Release to grab the ball with two hands high.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Find your player before the ball arrives — see man, then ball.
- ✓Make first contact; don't let them run free to the rim.
- ✓Chin the ball after grabbing it.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Rebounding is 80% body positioning, 20% jumping. The nugget: the T-box-out teaches the contact-first habit that lets smaller players rebound over bigger ones. In a game, the rebounder who makes contact first owns the position — the ball comes to them. A kid who boxes out every shot ends possessions, which is how you win: every defensive rebound is a chance to run, and every offensive rebound is a second chance to score.