what's up Hooper's it's coach Alex with
pink pro basketball and in today's video
we're gonna go over the top five passes
or passing drills that you can use to
become a better passer let's get started
alright guys well like I said in this
video we're gonna go over five different
passes that you can use as drills to
work on them as well alright let's dive
right into it the first one we're gonna
work on is a basic chest pass all right
so I've got buddy out here obviously his
hands are up so when we're working on a
chest pass we're passing the ball to our
teammates we want to make sure we're
hitting them you know chest level where
they can catch the ball and shoot so a
lot of the passes will come in this area
here as if he had his hands down ready
to shoot yes he may fall over because
he's not you know
a real human being but he's my best
friend okay so with the chest pass right
now the focus is here we want to start
in a triple threat position and we want
to step now a lot of the times you may
be taught to step with your strong side
foot alright so if I'm a right-handed
player I want to be taught to you know
step with that right foot forward so
let's work on that let's start in our
triple threat position and then when we
go to make the pass we want to step with
our strong foot so if you're a
left-handed player you would step with
your left foot if you're right-handed
player going to step with your right
foot all right so I'm here and I just
want to step and throw the chest pass
now the chest pass means the ball that
I'm passing from it's coming from my
chest right because there's a lot of
different passes a bounce pass and
overhead pass behind the back things
like that but with the chest pass we're
here we're gonna step and now when I
throw it I want to hit buddy in the
chest or in his hands like I said his
hands are up we're gonna imagine that
they're down and he's ready to shoot the
basketball okay so I want to show you
the chest pass and a few different
angles in full speed pay attention to my
feet the release of my hands and how I'm
snapping that ball through cuz if you
throw a chest pass soft it's not gonna
get there you really want to put some
steam on it and get that ball to come
out nice and fast to get to your
teammate as quick as possible alright so
the first one you're gonna see in
full-speed is the chest pass
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all right now the next pass we're gonna
be working on is it bounce pass okay so
again we want to be in that triple
threat position and we want to make sure
that we step in with that foot that I
talked about you're right-handed I want
to step with our right foot if we're
left hand one step with our left foot
okay so now here's a couple things with
the bounce pass if I'm throwing a bounce
pass I don't want to bounce the ball far
away where it takes two bounces maybe
even three bounces to get to my teammate
I don't want to bounce the ball too
close to their feet right where it comes
up and hits their ankles hits their
knees or anything of that nature when I
throw the bounce pass I want that ball
to bounce at a good spot so when it
bounces up it comes straight up to the
chest of my teammate or my target
alright so buddy's right there and I'm
here I want to feel that bounce pass so
when it bounces boom it hits it right in
his chest he's able to stand up still
Henriot receive the pass alright so with
a bounce pass it's important that the
bounce placement is where you need it
right we don't want it too far where it
takes multiple bounces to get there we
don't want to bounce it too close where
it comes up and now your teammates
reaching down by their ankles we want
that ball to bounce and come straight up
to where they want the basketball all
right so the bounce pass is an excellent
pass a pass to use and transition off of
a pick-and-roll drive into the basket
right you have to be able to use it and
incorporate it into your game okay so
again we want to step with that right
foot or left foot and when we step right
you might want to just cannonball it or
football throw it with one hand or your
like this to try to bounce it as you get
older and as you continue to work on
your game you'll be able to throw
one-handed bounce passes but for now
let's go with two hands to the side now
when you throw it through then it's
gonna be like a one-handed push so if
you're looking from behind I want to
throw it here so it is like a one-handed
pass but we're still have the ball in
two hands until we released it then it's
coming out of one hand okay so I want to
show you what that looks like right now
in full speed check out the bounce pass
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all right well I'm sure you're getting a
real kick out of me passing the ball to
buddy and him falling over but the main
thing I really want you to pay attention
to is the technique of the passes and
the things that I'm talking about the
detail that goes along with becoming a
great passer the placement of the
basketball the placement of the bounce
pass things like that where you're
looking for the technique of your pass
are all important I want you to think
about that while you're watching all
right so now the third pass we're gonna
be talking about is the overhead pass
where the Skip pass that you make right
with the overhead pass now instead of
being down here and throwing a bounce
pass or a chest pass we're gonna be up
here so when we step on this pass we
want to step again with the foot that
we've talked about throughout this
entire video and throw a good pass so if
I'm throwing it at the wall I want to
step above my I want to step the ball is
above my head and I want to snap that
ball as hard as I can because a lot of
the times I'm gonna be throwing it from
here
across the court so I've got to put some
power on it to get it to my teammate
okay so again we're in our triple threat
position and when we step we got the
ball head above our head and we snap
that ball as hard as we can so it comes
back like we're throwing it against the
wall or so we can get it across the
court to our teammate okay so this is
the overhead pass again make sure you're
paying attention to the technique that
you see in the full-speed clips rather
than buddy trying to catch the ball and
falling down alright again the main
purpose of this video is all the passing
that you're seeing so with the overhead
skip pass make sure you're taking that
step and you're snapping that ball above
your head and throwing it as hard as you
can so that ball can get to the
recipient as fast as possible because if
we throw float balls right that gives
the defense a lot more time to react and
try to steal the basketball all right so
let's have a look at the third pass this
is the overhead pass in full speed
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all right so these next couple passes
are for those that are more confident
and comfortable making a behind-the-back
pass so the first one we're going to do
is it behind the back bounce pass so
this is a fourth type of pass we've gone
over all right so now the bounce pass
behind the back you're not gonna be
straight up squared up with your you
know your teammate because if I throw
behind the back pass I'm gonna have to
like really turn my entire body so
behind the back pass this could be like
we're running in transition right now
buddy's on that left side of the court
I'm pushing on the right so with the
behind the back bounce pass it's the
same thing as its bounce pass we don't
want to bounce that pass the ball too
far away where it's taking multiple
bounces to get there we don't want to
throw it low when it comes and it hits
it our teammate it's bouncing in towards
their ankles we want that ball to bounce
boom right into the hands of our
offensive players and what that ball
will come right up to alright so as I'm
running I've got the ball boom so in a
stationary position you're gonna be here
and we just want to throw that behind
the back bounce pass even that was still
a little low but that's how we want it
to be right we want that ball to bounce
like that I just need to put a little
more power on it so it comes up a little
higher to the hands over the offensive
player would be alright so now with this
with the behind the back
like I said we're stationary we're
facing this direction now and we want
when we do this we want to take this
step here and go behind the back because
if I go behind the back now with this
leg back here it's a good chance that I
can hit that leg so I want to be here
boom and now when I go to pass it's that
last step okay so we want to make sure
again that we're bouncing the ball at
the right spot in the right area to come
up and hit our teammate in the hand so
this is the behind the back bounce pass
here it is in full speed
I Hooper's the fifth pass we're gonna
work on is another behind the back
variation but now we're gonna go with a
behind the back chest pass so we're not
bouncing it but we're just going with
the behind the back pass so now instead
of putting that ball on the floor we
wanted to just throw it straight in the
air right again we're focused on and
concentrating on hitting our teammate in
their hands all right so I've got buddy
out here this entire video and I'm just
showing you I'm trying to hit him in
this area here where his hands would be
when he's trying to be ready to shoot
the basketball
all right so if I'm showing you against
this wall here behind the back pass I
don't want to throw it too high
obviously and I don't want to throw it
too low where it's hitting my teammates
ankles or feet you want to throw that
ball chest level so they can catch it
right we want to put some heat on it
meaning we're gonna put some speed on it
so it gets to our teammate as quick as
possible all right we don't want that
ball to come out slow where the defender
can react to make a play on it again
this could be in a transition situation
you might just want to make a
behind-the-back pass when you come off
the dribble boom and throw them behind
the back pass to a teammate all right so
this is the fifth pass that we've worked
on we've had chest pass bounce pass
overhead behind the back bounce pass now
we're working on them behind the back
pass with to the chest right we're
focused on that here it is check it out
in full speed hopefully buddy will catch
another bags
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all right Hooper's well there's five
drills that you can use different types
of passes to help you become a better
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