Criss Cross | Fun Youth Basketball Drills from the Jr. NBA available in the MOJO App

Practice closing out and help defense in this game we call crisscross. Use a half court. Here's how it looks. Divide players into teams of three, seen here in white and black. The team in black lines up along the baseline. The team in white lines up across from them at the three-point line. The player on the far left of the baseline starts with the ball. They pass to the teammate next to them and sprint to guard the player diagonally The player with the ball then passes to the next teammate on the baseline before sprinting to guard the player directly in front of them. The final player on the baseline passes the ball to the player in white directly in front of them before sprinting to guard the player diagonally across from them. The players in white then pass the ball all the way back to the far left before the game is live. That means white becomes offense, black becomes defense, and teams play to a score or a stop. Then swap roles and play again. Here, we're working on closing out the offense, rapidly accelerating towards them while chopping the feet, getting low, putting one hand up to guard the shot and one hand down to guard the dribble.