offense
Drive-and-kick offense
Drive-and-kick is a transferable action: penetration attracts help, then a pass and coordinated relocation preserve the advantage. It can occur in DDM, spread ball screens or zone offense.
How it runs
A baseline drive moves two outside receivers
1. Drive while teammates create passing windows
1 drives along the baseline. 2 moves from the opposite wing down to the corner, 3 fills that wing, and 5 moves higher to keep the passing route open.
Notation
- Offense
- Defense
- Coach
- Neutral
- Ball
- Cone
- Cut
- Dribble
- Pass
- Screen
- Hand-off
- Shot
- Def. slide
A five-player spacing illustration of the reviewed baseline-drive progression. Two extra teammates provide space; this is not a claim that every drive uses the same rotation. Defenders are omitted; captions state the chosen read. Spacing is illustrative.
Original CoachAssist teaching illustration, not a complete playbook. Arrows show the action from the displayed starting positions. Read each caption before advancing.
Reads and decisions
- Watch the help defender before passing. In the cited baseline-drive progression, the opposite-side receiver moves down to the corner and the teammate at the top moves into the open wing position.
What to emphasize
- Progress guided closeout/help decisions into live defenders.
How to teach it
Choose current readiness, not gender or an assumed ceiling. Simplify whenever players need it.
New to basketball
- One idea to notice: The receiver moves into the passer’s view when help commits.
- Use a manageable ball, short passing distances and a comfortable shooting range. Rehearse only one movement at a time; screening begins without contact.
- Let players explain or point to the open space. Stop for a short demonstration, then let them try again without a score or speed quota.
Level progressions are original coaching adaptations, not claims that a cited coach uses this exact sequence.
Tradeoffs, counters & terminology
- It does not require an undersized lineup or imply one universal circle-movement rule.
Documented coaches & teams
No verified coach or team association is established in this review. A familiar system name alone is not evidence that a particular team ran it.
Matching drills · steps and diagrams
Teaching level changes the lesson above, not these drills automatically. Check each drill’s players, equipment, skill and coaching adaptations before running it.
Drive and Kick — One More Pass
Court diagram · view the drill first
System-specific breakdown: Practices a drive into the paint, recognizing help, passing back outside and making one extra pass. The required extra pass is a drill limit, not the answer to every live possession.
A driver reads the help defender, passes out to the perimeter and practices an optional extra-pass rule.
4–12 players · 6–12 minutes · basketballs
Purpose
A driver reads the help defender, passes out to the perimeter and practices an optional extra-pass rule.
Set it up
Four players: driver, two perimeter receivers and one guided helper, one ball. Name one rebounder for the first phase and keep the other routes clear. Spare balls and waiting players stay outside the active routes.
Run the drill
- Agree on a short timed interval and begin at walkthrough pace. Use one active ball and one group in the playing area; add controlled opposition only when players understand the routes and can stop safely.
- The driver approaches an open gap under control while the helper shows the agreed response.
- Read the help and pass to the available perimeter receiver; stop or reset rather than entering a blocked lane.
- For the extra-pass phase, that receiver passes to the next open receiver for a balanced shot. Do not force a covered extra pass.
- The designated rebounder collects the ball after everyone has landed; rotate the driving and receiving roles.
- End the repetition on a controlled finish, dead ball or coach stop. Clear the ball and landing area before restarting; rotate roles and rest within the planned interval, without extending it to reach a target.
Scoring
Optional: within a short coach-chosen timed interval, count sound decisions, controlled catches or completed defensive possessions. Stop at the planned time or sooner; no required makes, winning streak or exercise penalty. Rotate roles and allow rest regardless of the score.
Coach the details
- Passing need not wait for an arbitrary paint landmark when help has already committed.
- An extra pass is a teaching constraint, not proof that a defender cannot recover.
- Use comfortable passing and shooting distances and an appropriate ball. Progress by demonstrated control, not speed: keep eyes on the play, leave stopping/landing space, and stop if a route or loose ball creates a collision risk.
Variations & provenance
- Original CoachAssist display adaptation: these edited steps, workload limits and optional scoring are coaching adaptations, not a claim that the cited author prescribed this exact version.
- The teaching-level selector does not automatically adapt these drills for age or ability. A coach must choose suitable roles, equipment, contact, space and progressions; simplify or defer anything the group is not ready to perform.
Feed the Post and Slide
Court diagram · view the drill first
Supporting fundamental: Reinforces moving to a useful perimeter passing window after an interior entry. This post-feed drill supports relocation but does not teach dribble penetration.
A wing feeds a post, then relocates to an open corner window for an inside-out read.
4–10 players · 6–12 minutes · basketballs
Purpose
A wing feeds a post, then relocates to an open corner window for an inside-out read.
Set it up
Four players: top passer, wing, post and cooperative post defender, with one ball. Leave room for the wing’s relocation and the post’s landing. Spare balls and waiting players stay outside the active routes.
Run the drill
- Agree on a short timed interval and begin at walkthrough pace. Use one active ball and one group in the playing area; add controlled opposition only when players understand the routes and can stop safely.
- The wing gets open for the top pass and faces the post.
- Post presents a legal target; wing creates a clear passing angle and feeds the available hand.
- The wing relocates to the corner as the post catches and reads the defender.
- Post chooses a controlled finish, return pass or reset; rotate all four roles.
- End the repetition on a controlled finish, dead ball or coach stop. Clear the ball and landing area before restarting; rotate roles and rest within the planned interval, without extending it to reach a target.
Scoring
Optional: within a short coach-chosen timed interval, count sound decisions, controlled catches or completed defensive possessions. Stop at the planned time or sooner; no required makes, winning streak or exercise penalty. Rotate roles and allow rest regardless of the score.
Coach the details
- Do not grab or displace the defender to hold a post position.
- Relocation creates a possible window, not an obligation to shoot or a guarantee that a double-team disappears.
- Use comfortable passing and shooting distances and an appropriate ball. Progress by demonstrated control, not speed: keep eyes on the play, leave stopping/landing space, and stop if a route or loose ball creates a collision risk.
Variations & provenance
- Original CoachAssist display adaptation: these edited steps, workload limits and optional scoring are coaching adaptations, not a claim that the cited author prescribed this exact version.
- The teaching-level selector does not automatically adapt these drills for age or ability. A coach must choose suitable roles, equipment, contact, space and progressions; simplify or defer anything the group is not ready to perform.
Sources & evidence notes
The system description and source links are reviewed references. Level progressions and evaluation ideas are original CoachAssist teaching adaptations, not tested prescriptions or a named coach’s complete playbook. Supporting drills develop ingredients; they do not automatically install the whole system.
Evidence status: established. Sources support the specific claims described here, not every possible version of the system.
- Drive and Kick Drill
Online Basketball Drills contribution · Coach's Clipboard · publication date not listed
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