Drills

444 Pitino Drill

How to run 444 Pitino Drill — a drill you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
444 Pitino Drill — frame 1 diagram
X1 cuts to the left perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 2 diagram
X1 dribbles to the top
444 Pitino Drill — frame 3 diagram
X1 cuts to the right perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 4 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 5 diagram
4 cuts to the top
444 Pitino Drill — frame 6 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 7 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 8 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 9 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 10 diagram
4 cuts to the left perimeter; X1 cuts to the right perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 11 diagram
X1 cuts to the right perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 12 diagram
X1 cuts to the right perimeter; 4 cuts to the top
444 Pitino Drill — frame 13 diagram
X1 cuts to the right perimeter; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 14 diagram
4 cuts to the left perimeter
444 Pitino Drill — frame 15 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 16 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 17 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 2 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 18 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 1 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 19 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 1 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 20 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 1 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 21 diagram
X4 cuts to the right low post
444 Pitino Drill — frame 22 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 1 defense)
444 Pitino Drill — frame 23 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense, 1 defense)

Use the 444 Pitino Drill to condition your guard on change-of-direction dribble moves at game speed. Your ball handler repeatedly attacks the perimeter left, resets to the top, then attacks right — building the footwork and handle needed to create off the bounce in a set defense.

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