Drills play
Drill: Celtic (Two in a Row)
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 10 steps
About this play
Archie Miller's Celtic Drill, also called the Bird drill: five spots across the arc, a two-minute clock, and the shooter has to make two in a row at a spot before he can move. Why it works: anyone can make one. Consecutive makes under a clock expose the rhythm shooter who cannot repeat his shot, and the sprinting between spots builds conditioning into the shooting work instead of after it. Setup: one shooter, one or two rebounders, one or two balls, a clock, and five cones at the right corner, right wing, top, left wing, and left corner (post players step one inside the arc). Go across the arc and back, nine spots; if the shooter finishes early he goes to the top and counts made threes until time. Record the time to finish the nine spots and try to beat it. Mistakes: sprinting without squaring, a rebounder's pass arriving late, and the shooter drifting on the catch. Progression: Shaka Smart's Evans Drill, same spots, shoot until you miss two in a row and count total makes. High school level; youth move the spots to twelve or fifteen feet. I got this one from Coach's Clipboard's team shooting drills page and its two-man shooting drills, and Breakthrough Basketball's timed five-spot version is the same idea with a makes target; give them a look.
