hey guys it's coach Damon we get a lot
of questions about becoming a better
passer and we brought you in the past
wall passing series where you try to hit
a certain spot or you make moves and hit
a spot where you really technically
develop the ability to hit spots over
and over again today we're going to
bring you another level in a chair
passing series
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step one is to be able to pass with no
defense step two is to be able to hit
through very tight spaces as you know in
a game there gonna be five guys on
defense so that's ten active arms that
you have to navigate when you're setting
up teammates when you're dropping dimes
to get guys in positions the score to be
able to get through those spaces
requires a lot more than just being able
to hit a spot on the wall so today's
series is about giving you some
representation of a defense and then
going forward we're going to bring you
even more videos where you have to work
against a live defense and show that you
can pass even with the defense guarding
you and somebody guarding your teammate
today with our chair series as you can
see we've got chairs set up creating a
tight window the better you get the
tighter you want to make that window and
then you're going to work through a
series with several different game
passes the first of which is just going
to be a standard bounce pass now when
you're leading the break or even if
you're in a half-court situation you may
have to drop a very quick standard
bounce pass through tight spaces so here
with our tight spaces here we're going
to just rep out what's simple and I'm
over and over and over again tight space
straight back to tight space straight
back to the more comfortable I get the
further I'm going to back up and see if
I can still get it through that tight
space I want to get to where I'm
eventually three-point line and still
able to fire it through those tight
spaces if I can't get it through a tight
space with out an active defense I'm not
going to be able to get it through with
the defense this simulates that action
our second drill is going to be a move
to pass where I'm gonna be just like if
I was in the half court making a quick
move teammate pops open cuts backdoor
and I still have the ability to feed it
through that tight space if I can't make
these passes off of a quick move it's
going to be very difficult for me to
make a pass in a game when somebody's
guarding me somebody's guarding my
teammate and help side is constantly
rotating the move is up to you but I
might start here and then quick through
hit always navigating that tight space
I might go don't move has it quick
through hit mix it up the
goal is to always get it through that
tight space I want you to also notice on
each of my passes the ball is getting
all the way back to me I'm not aiming it
through so it comes back and hits the
chairs every time ball is through then
it's back to my hands because there's
some velocity is that getting my pass in
our third pass in the series is going to
be a pocket pass just like if you were
to come off of a screen and roll if
you've seen some of our screen and roll
content you'll see where we come off and
then we go pocket to pocket throw in a
cross our body with that pocket pass
this enables us to quickly go straight
from the dribble to hit the roll man
without telling everybody in the gym a
pass or shot is coming as we pick up the
ball now in a pick and roll situation
that's going to be one of the tightest
spaces we find in the game so we want to
try to simulate that and take those
steps and hit left right and then pocket
pass foo our chair tight space so I'm
here boom tight space hit through I'm
here chair tight space hit through now
see the game I'm off the pick roll man
Oh barely made it through big garage
pocket pass pocket pass through tight
space straight back to me game actions
in a drill situation our next pass is
going to be a dump down where we attack
the mid line and as that big man steps
up he leaves our big open on the block
now there are two passes that can get
through here
one if we've got an athletic big or
somebody who can play at the rim we can
go high two hands where they can go up
to the rim and finish or we can also
dump down one advantage we have against
a big coming to us is if I put the ball
on the ground somebody who's six eight
six nine seven feet they're not going to
be able to get down and get that so
again using a type of pocket pass I'm
going to go across my body outside
pocket inside pocket is that pocket pass
to that big again I'm trying to see a
game situation here I'm not just doing a
drill so I attack midline big steps up I
pocket pass and we get a finish
I'm seeing the game big steps up pocket
pass I beat it big steps pocket pass
right back to it pocket pass over and
over and over again pocket pass simple
pass pocket to pocket see in the game in
my drill situation now our last pass is
going to be a behind the back pass
there's a time and place for every pass
some guys will say that this is too much
it's showing off
you watch elite players if I'm attacking
and the big steps up here I may not be
able to throw over top or rap and this
may be the best pass for me anything is
a fundamental if you've practiced it to
the point where you can't get it wrong
in your workouts so if you've perfected
this pass it's something you should be
able to apply in your game here we're
going to work on them behind the back
bounce pass through tight spaces
something that can be used as you attack
and see help side something you might
use in the open court in transition but
something that needs to be on time on
target to be used correctly here behind
the back tight space again behind the
back tight space on time on target any
pass is a great pass if it's completed
it's been practiced it's been perfected
and it leads to a basket now this chair
tight spaces series again it's a part of
a larger curriculum a larger series
where we started hitting spots now we're
adding tighter spaces before we progress
to where we go live game speed against
the defense you have to be able to do it
slow before you can go fast you have to
better do it fast before you can go
contact
now our next component is going to be
you seeing against a live defense where
you make decisions where you have to
process information to give you step
three before you go step four where you
can do it in a game
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