Defensive Slide Shadow Drill

Here is a drill to develop an athletes defensive slide or sometimes called lateral shuffle. What I like about this drill is that it is competitive and reactive. All this means is that the athletes are competing against each other and that they must react to each others movements. Most athletes will work harder if there is competition involved.

I generally do this drill going from baseline to foul line. There are two lines of players starting on the baseline where one line is offense and one is defense or shadowing the movement of the offensive player. I will generally do a work period of 10-15s, with 60-90s rest. I will commonly use 12-16 players in one large group, so that they get the required rest. This is a drill that requires maximum effort and should only be performed after a thorough warm up. Even though I am using it with a basketball team, it can be implemented in any sport training program that requires lateral movements.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• basketball
• american
• football
• soccer
• hockey
• lateral
• slide
• defence
• stance

[LiLBasketBaller]

Nice drill :D this is the gym im practicing in im from Högsbo basket this is ghotia arena righht ?

[mpaulreid]

Yes, Gothia Arena and the Gothia Men Basketball Team (2007/08).

[cmalm9]

Where is the competitive aspect? They're shadowing, but not trying to win anything?

[mpaulreid]

The shadowing is the competitive part of the drill. If you are the shadow, you "win" by staying with your man.

Mike Reid

[saluyuteful]

only 1 black dude on the team= defeat

[heelhook1]

If you watch the guy's waist while shadowing, you will not be faked out. Works every time!

[spursboi13]

@heelhook1 haha ight ill try it

[Fandake]

Men det är ju gothia för helvete!!! Helt otippat

[acrawl77]

i hope that wasnt full speed

[lastpsychosoldier]

hey i'm also the only black one in my team :p

[251Trioxin]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! True!

[asimonds422]

nice drill

[Jeffeezy23]

Nice Drill man, i will try this so i can be quicker when tackling a running back ;D