Small-Sided Games · U10 drill · ages 8–10
Mushball
Make the free throw and you score. Miss it and three players fight for the rebound.
AgesU10+
Players4–12
Time12 min
Spacelane area
Equipment1 ball
Levelbeginner

Setup
One player on each low block, everyone else in a line at the free-throw line, front player with the ball.
How it runs
- The shooter takes free throws and keeps shooting while they keep making them, one point each.
- Lane rules apply: the two block players hold until the ball leaves the shooter's hand, the shooter holds until the ball hits the rim.
- On a miss all three players fight for it; whoever rebounds is on offence one against two, worth two points for a basket.
- Nobody may go more than a step outside the lane, and play ends on a score, a held ball, a violation or the ball leaving the area.
- Rotate through the positions and back into the free-throw line.
Coaching point
Same free-throw routine every time, however loud the line gets.
In the U10 Drill Book, page 131
The full drill
- 3 more coaching points
- 3 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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