Teaching point:  Week 9

Using a pivot foot– Teach your student athletes the proper way to use a pivot foot.

When teaching your players how to properly pivot, follow these simple rules: 

1. Keep their "fundamental basketball position." That is with knees flexed and feet a shoulder's width apart.
2. Pivots should be made on the balls of their feet; therefore, lift up the heel of the pivot foot.
3. When they make a full (360 degree) pivot, a half, or even a quarter-turn pivot, remind them to keep their body low and feet spread wide.

Pivot foot drill:

Break players into groups of three, two passers and a defender (like monkey in the middle). Defender must converge on player with the ball who must use his pivot foot to create space to get pass off. Make sure passers are not to far from each other, rotate defender.