Basketball drill: footwork and posture

Suitable for the following techniques: defense

Footwork and posture

Requirements:

players must know what the correct defensive posture is have

Goal:

  • reinforce good habits regarding defensive position
  • To increase speed and flexibility of footwork

Organisation:

  • do as circuit, 1 minute each time
  • player 1 jumps sideways with 2 feet left and right of the line
  • player 2 does that forwards and backwards.
  • players jump with 2 feet forward wide - narrow - wide. With a jump in the air they do a 180 degree jump and start over again.
  • player 4 passes the ball through the wall to himself and goes with slides to the position where he catches it again. Makes it more and more difficult for himself by increasing the distance.
  • player 5 defends the mid post and chooses every time another position (behind, swim over - full front - swim over low and back again)
  • player 7 makes a square with jumps on 1 foot (feather by landing) always 2x with right, then 2x with left. First left, then right etc.

Teaching points:

  • knees bent
  • head above the

Characteristics of the drill

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12
Necessary materials:
Not applicable
Suitable for the following levels:
U13
U14
U15
U16
U17
U18
U19
U20
U21
U22
Seniors