Hammer Action

Scrimmage/finisher

Punish help defence with a baseline drive and a cross-court skip to a corner three off a back-screen.

12 min 4+ Half court · dual
TeamworkPassingU14U16
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Setup

A driver on the wing, a shooter in the weak-side corner, a screener on the weak-side block.

Steps

  1. 1The driver attacks baseline to draw the low defender.
  2. 2On the weak side, the screener sets a back-screen for the corner shooter.
  3. 3The shooter lifts off the screen to the corner.
  4. 4The driver throws the cross-court 'hammer' pass for the corner three.

Coaching points

  • Driver: get two feet in the paint to force help.
  • Time the back-screen with the drive.
  • Throw the skip pass on time and on target.

Why kids love it

Teaches the read that great teams live on — drive, collapse the defence, and skip it to the open corner.

Variations

Easier

No defence — rehearse the timing of the drive and the skip pass.