1v1 Read & Cut

A progression drill that teaches players to get open before it ever goes live: the cutter works V-cuts, face cuts, rear cuts, and back-door cuts against on-ball defense to get a pass from a coach at the top, opening up out of the cut instead of turning their back for better vision. Once they catch, it's live 1v1 — attack off the bounce if there's nothing there, or make one more pass and read the defense's next reaction (a jump at the passing lane earns a rear cut, an overplay earns a back door) before going live again. Builds the cutting and reading habits that every layer of team offense after it depends on.

This drill comes from BreakthroughBBall.