Drills play
Drill: Two-Line Layups
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 7 steps
About this play
The layup lines every team runs, done right: a shooting line beyond the arc at the right wing, a rebounding line beyond the arc at the left wing, two balls. The shooter dribbles in with the hand that matches the layup and finishes with outside-inside footwork; the rebounder steps in and catches the make before it hits the floor, then bounce passes to the next shooter, who is already cutting. Why: the drill is game-speed finishing with the correct hand and footwork, and the rebound-and-outlet half builds the habit of catching the ball out of the net and throwing it ahead. Setup: the whole team, two balls, both lines starting outside the arc; when the lines creep in, nobody has to run and the layups come at a jog. Run it against a two-minute team goal, so many makes, push-ups if it is missed. Common mistakes: lines creeping in, the wrong-hand dribble, walking rebounders, chest passes to a cutter. Progression: swap sides for left-hand layups, then reverse layups, then a token defender in the paint. Youth and all levels as a warmup. The rules here come from Coach's Clipboard's layup drills page and PGC's layup drill video; read them if the lines at your practice have gotten lazy.
