Ball Handling · U10 drill · ages 8–10
Basketball Flag Tag
Keep your dribble, steal their flags, and don't pick the ball up once.
AgesU10+
Players6–16
Time6 min
Spacefull court
Equipment1 ball per player, flag belt with 2 flags per player
Levelbeginner

Setup
Each player wears a flag belt with two flags and holds a ball. The court lines are the boundary.
How it runs
- On the whistle players dribble and try to pull flags off other players while keeping their own.
- Only one flag may be taken at a time, and it goes onto the taker's own belt.
- A player who loses both flags sits down and keeps dribbling from a seated position.
- Play until one player still has a flag, or until a set time is up.
Coaching point
The off hand has two jobs here: shield the ball and reach for flags.
In the U10 Drill Book, page 16
The full drill
- 2 more coaching points
- 2 common mistakes and how to fix them
- 3 progressions to make it harder
- a way to make it competitive
Plus 119 more drills for ages 8–10, one per page, with court diagrams.
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