Tic-Tac-Toe Out of the Air: Fourth-Shot Control Drill

Summary

John Cincola’s Titan drill works fourth-shot control out of the air. Place the machine in transition-zone left or right, use rapid fire (with ball count and rest time set so you aren’t restarting from the phone), and aim at nine staggered cones laid out like tic-tac-toe.

Hitting line targets in different directions trains the placement you need when someone is moving forward in a real point — control first, then you can choose which lane to punish.

Key takeaways

• Purpose: fourth-shot OTA control and placement
• Nine-cone tic-tac-toe forces directional accuracy
• Rapid-fire from transition L/R matches game closing pressure

Action items

• Set rapid-fire ball count + rest, then clear each cone line before switching sides
• Track make% per cone lane over one full tic-tac-toe clear