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Passing Faults & Fixes Chart   Error Correction Drill/Test Reference Chest pass is too soft. Start with elbows close to your body and push your wrist and fingers through the ball. Target Pass Bounce pass is too high and too slow. Start with the ball at your waist and aim for a bounce spot closer to your teammate. Modify the Target Pass to be a Bounce Pass. Target can be on the floor for bounce or the wall for a target. Overhead pass is too soft. Make sure the ball is over your head and not behind it when you start. Passing Under Pressure Passes are off target. First two fingers of each hand should be pointing to the target/person at the end of the pass. Target Pass   Coaches' Tips for Basketball — At-A-Glance Tips for Practice Assist an athlete with lower ability by standing behind him or her. Put your hands over the athlete's hands and guide the athlete through the chest pass motion. Mark a target on a wall and ask the athlete to chest pass the ball to the target. Gradually increase the distance between the athlete and the wall as the athlete's skill increases. Progress to starting at the same spot and asking the athlete to chest pass the ball to targets placed in several different locations, at varying heights and distances. Demonstrate passes that bounce before, on and well beyond the halfway spot. Allow the athletes to experiment with both short and long bounce passes to teammates standing at various distances. Encourage games of "tips" or just "catch," to give athletes practice handling the ball. Encourage families to play passing games at home between practices.

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