Jerry Mac Fund

Level: CYO, High School, College
Shot Location: Tamalpais High School, Marin County, California
Instructor: Caren Horstmeyer
Notes: This drill is designed to teach you the hesitation move with the counter hesitation crossover move. In the hesitation move you change your speed to keep the defender off balance or to get them to stand up, while the hesitation crossover move you change your speed and then change your direction.

Place two cones on the court, one at the hash mark above the block and one at the free throw elbow. The player will make two hesitation moves. If there is only one player in the line have them turnaround and do the moves back to the baseline. If there are more players in line, after finishing the second cone, they hustle with their dribble back to the line. If you have 8 cones and 4 lines, you keep the lines moving. If you want more control to watch the players moves use less lines.

When learning the hesitation move it is important that you lift your body, using your waist, head, shoulders, eyes to lift your body upward and slow down. As the defender slows and lifts you quickly get low and take a BIG quick step by the defender exploding to the basket or up the court in transition. Work on the right and left hand hesitation. The hesitation crossover, you lift the same as with the hesitation, however, the defense knows how to play you, so you counter and cross the ball over, getting low and taking a big step by the defender.

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