Basketball drills
- Starting lineup:
- 5 players on one side of the field
- 5 players on the other side of the field
- 1 ball
- Conduct:
- Play 1 against 0
- Play 2 against 1
- Play 3 against 2
- Play 4 against 3
- Play 5 against 4
- Games 5 against 5
- Progression:
- 30 seconds rest before the next session starts
- Play this 5 times in a row until everyone has started once
- Play 6 against 6 if there are 12 of us
- Regression:
- Play this 1 time
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player guard
- 1 player right forward
- Rest players under goal
- Progression:
- Player under goal passes to the right forward
- Player under goal does a close out
- Right forward passes to the guard
- Right forward cuts in front of player doing close out -front cut
- Guard passes to right forward
- Right forward does a lay-up
- UPDATE
- Player under goal passes to guard
- Player under goal does a close out
- Guard passes to right forward
- Guard cuts in front of player doing close out -front cut
- Forward passes to the guard
- Guard does a layup
- Progression:
- With enough players, split the group into 2
- Player cuts behind the player doing close out -rear cut
- In groups of 3.
- One player passes to himself through the board, takes the rebound and gives an outlet pass by pivoting well.
- Second player receives the outlet pass and gives it to the third who was behind the first.
- Everyone slides through.
- Practice continues continuously.
- The ball starts in the middle.
- The blue player stays in the middle and always grabs the rebound on both sides of the court. He passes the ball to the outlet.
- The white player at the outlet passes the ball to the red player on the other side of the court and runs to the Free throw line.
- The red player runs the layup and becomes the new outlet.
- Blue grabs the rebound and passes to the outlet, red.
- Meanwhile, the white player has run back to receive the ball from red and run a layup.
- The blue rebounder makes sure the ball doesn't hit the floor!
An intense drill for:
- fitness
- team building
- perseverance
- passing
Variations:
- make x number of scores
- x number of scores in a row
IMPORTANT: build well
To make it easier:
- Ball may bounce once on rebound anyway
- The outlet may first set 1 or 2 dribbles before the long pass
- The players are divided into 4 corners,
- Every 2nd player in line has a ball.
- 2 players start and run diagonally across the field.
- At the 3-point line they receive the pass.
- Front to goal, feint, crossover to the ring and connect in the opposite corner.
- The passers in turn run diagonally to the other side.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 defender at the level of the free throw line
- Rest of the players in the middle of the center line
- Ball at the center line
- Progression:
- Player dribbles forcefully to in front of the free throw line and takes a shot
- Defense moves but does not prevent the shot
- Shotter takes own rebound and rejoins in the back
- Defense stays standing x number of times
- Progression:
- Defense comes up
- Offense does a crossover and takes a layup
- Extra defender on the lay-up
Players are lined up in 2 rows.
- First player in the corner has no ball and starts with a feint-cut to the wing.
- Then he runs backdoor and receives the pass from the player on the wing.
- The latter makes the same feint to the top.
- Then he also cuts backdoor and receives the pass from the corner.
- 4 players stand fixed at the elbow of the bucket.
- Other players stand in the 2 right corners of the court.
- Get across in 2 give & go's, possibly with short dribble and finish with lay-up.
- Players are lined up in 5 lines.
- The first line has a ball, the others do not.
- 3 defenders are lined up in the 3 circles and must try to intercept passes.
- After a pass you join the row you gave the pass to.
- The last one finishes with a layup and comes back with the ball.
- Starting lineup
- 1 group left end line
- 1 group middle end line
- 1 group right end line
- Balls in the middle
- Progression:
- Player in the middle passes to player left
- Player on the left passes back to player in the middle
- Player in the middle passes to the right
- Player on the right does a layup and runs through to the other side
- Player in the middle runs around the cone on the right side and returns that way
- Player on the left takes the rebound and runs down the middle
- Play the same to the other side
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player sideline at free throw line level
- 1 player baseline at the bucket
- Players baseline with ball
- Sequence:
- Player baseline gives an arch pass to the player on the sideline
- Player sideline catches the ball, sprints and makes a lay-up
- Player baseline runs after player
- After 10 minutes of free throws
- Everyone baseline, 1 player makes a free throw
- If missed, everyone except shotter runs to the center line and back
- Progression:
- Return with passive defense, step slide
- Give player sideline less lead
- Score 2 free throws in a row
- Regression:
- Giving player sideline more lead
- Starting lineup:
- There are as many teams as there are groups of 4
- 1 player baseline on one side with ball
- 1 player baseline on other side with ball
- 1 player three-point line on one side
- 1 player three-point line on other side
- Conduct:
- The players standing at the level of the three-point line walk to the other side of the field
- There they receive a pass from the baseline player
- Then they take a shot at the free throw line
- The passer runs to the other side of the court to receive the ball there
- The shotter takes own rebound and waits for the next player to come running in
- Progression:
- To first take 7 shots inside, then move on
