Basketball drills for technique attack / offense
- 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.
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 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:
- Use whole court
- 2 players stand right on the center line ready to do lay-up
- 2 players stand on the left center line ready to lay-up
- 3 players stand on the right sideline, level with the free throw line
- 3 players stand to the left on the sideline, level with the free throw line
- Progression:
- Players at the center line start their lay-up
- After the lay-up they take their own rebound and give an outlet pass to the waiting player on the sideline
- Then they join the sideline, at the level of the free throw line
- Lay-up, bob cousy, power lay-up, lay-back, jump stop
- Progression:
- Change of direction at the level of the three-point line
- Crossover, behind the back, reverse dribble at the center line
- Coach defends, attacker adjusts
- After lay-up, stay on defense
- Regression:
- Take shot instead of lay-up
3 play sets for offence
- Toronto switch hammer (Drawn)
- Drive and kick shooting: Player begin in corner, get ball and takes a fake shot, drives in passing to the top of the key; player takes fake shot drives in passing to corner; corner takes shot immediatly. (Take turn switching clockwise)
- Drive screen kick play: Ball starts under basket, passed to top of the key who then drives and takes a fake shot, passing it out to the right corner; corner takes fake shot and drives into the base line; while driving player and left elbow switches with left corner; left corner sets screen; elbow originating player at corner, receives pass and take a wide open three.
- 4X4 or 5X5.
- Half Field.
- Only the defending team can score points through:
- Turnover
- Rebound
- When the attacking side scores there is a switch, so the attackers start defending and the defenders start attacking.
- The team that scores 5 points first has won.
- Losers 10 push ups.
- Blue makes a board pass to the right of the hoop and sprints left around the pillon to the opposite side.
- White catches the ball in the air and makes a board pass, sprints right around the pillon and sprints toward the center line.
- Red catches the board pass, turns up the right side already in the air, makes an outlet pass to White and sprints across.
- White makes a long pass to blue and sprints across.
- Blue makes a layup and sprints across the right side to the other side.
- White sprints past the left pillon and sprints across again.
- Red grabs the rebound and makes another outlet pass to white.
- White passes to blue again.
- Blue makes a layup... etc, etc
- High tempo.
- Try to execute this drill without a dribble.
- Clearly call Outlet.
- How many times can you score without letting the ball touch the ground?
- Starting lineup:
- 1 forward left + defense
- 1 forward right + defense
- 1 guard center + defense
- 1 strong group, 1 weaker group
- Progression:
- Guard gives the pass to 1 of the forwards - alternating left and right
- Forward does a v cut to run free
- Defense tries to prevent the pass, but does not go full out yet
- Forward goes 1-on-1 and makes a drive
- Progression:
- Defense weak-side must drop off when the forward gets the pass
- Give and go with the guard instead of 1v1
- Active defense
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group baseline with ball
- 1 group baseline without ball
- The inner group has the ball
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles slowly to the center line
- Player 2 does step and slide up to the center line
- Then they play 1 against 1
- Progression:
- Active defense during step slide
- Extra defender under goal
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- Player 1 sets up under the board with a ball.
- Player 1 jumps 3 times and taps the board with the ball after which he finishes.
- Player 2 takes the rebound and passes to player 3.
- At the same time player 1 runs to player 3 where he pulls the ball out of his hands -giving resistance- and immediately goes to the hoop to score.
- He takes his own rebound and repeats the exercise.
