The Drill: Penetrate & Kick

A former assistant with the Seattle Storm and now defending state 3A champion Lakeside, Chris Bown has made his mark with individual player development. His latest column is about developing penetrate-and-kick drills

Make Penetrate and Kick

Requirements: One coach, 3-9 players (mix of posts and guards), one ball.

This is a multi part drill with variations for post players and wing players.

1. Guards line up at the top of the key with a ball. Wing players line up on the wing at about the 22-foot line. Guard makes a move on the coach at the top and penetrates to the bucket. Guard simulates being picked up by a second defender and kicks the ball to the wing player who is moving down the sideline with the guard. The guard is looking for the catch-and-shoot or the shot-fake-and-one-dribble shot. If there is no wing player and only a post on the ball side, the post player will circle low out to the corner for a short corner jumper.

2.Guards line up on the wing in an area from where they can pass the ball into the post. Post player posts up ballside in the low post. Wing player lines up on the opposite side of the floor. Guard makes an entry pass to the post player. Post player makes a move to the baseline side and realizes that she is covered kicks it out to the wing player on the opposite side of the floor in the corner. Incidentally, when the guard makes a pass to the post she relocates. She should try and move opposite the way her defender turns her head to help on the post.

If the guard uses dribble penetration to the middle, the post player moves to the short corner. If the guard uses dribble penetration along the baseline the post player slides up the lane.

There are many other opportunities for the penetrate and kick:

• Guard penetrates from the top and kicks to the wing.
• Pass into the post and the defense doubles from the off side so post steps away and kicks opposite.
• Penetrate off the pick-and-roll and kick either to an off-side guard or back to the screener.

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Chris Bown is an assistant coach with the Lakeside girls varsity basketball team and a coach of the Northwest HoopGurlz select girls team. He recently was an assistant coach in charge of player development for the WNBA Seattle Storm. Chris also does individual training and can be reached at 206-794-9046 or . A graduate of the University of Washington, he has been the head coach for girls varsity basketball teams at Holy Names Academy, Seattle Academy and American Indian Heritage School. This is his second stint at Lakeside as an assistant to Sandy Schneider. Chris also has been a math and physical education instructor at St. Paul School and Seattle Academy.

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More Chris Bown Columns:

Make a Move
Multi-Shot
Banana Run
Ballhandling
Oiler Screen Series
Medicine Ball Passing
Oiler Three-Point
Running the W
Oiler Shooting
Basic Four
Mikan Plus
Defensive Combo
Half-Circle