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Basketball drills for technique attack / offense

  • Setup:
    • 2 groups
    • At 45 degrees
    • Everyone a ball
  • Start dribble toward corner of bucket, do reverse, then lay-up
  • Speed change
  • If you are on the left, dribble in with the right, then finish on the left.
  • If standing on right, dribble in with left, then finish right.
  • Variations:
    • Cross-over
    • Through the legs
drawing 2 sides, reverse lay-up
  • Make 2 groups.
  • At 45 degrees.
  • Everyone a ball.
  • Start dribble, do reverse, then lay-up.
drawing 2 sides reverse lay-up
  • 4 players on the baseline
  • 4 players at the free throw line
  • Coach passes to 1 of the players
  • Player, opposite the one receiving the pass, runs to the baseline to join the defense
  • Other players immediately go on offense and defense
  • Important to stop the dribble
  • Important to defend the basket
drawing 4 against 4 with disadvantage
  • 3 teams of 3 players
  • 3 players in the middle
  • Attacking
  • Defense up to the center line, even after ball loss
drawing 3 by 3 by 3
  • 2 players on offense.
  • 2 players on defense.
  • 2 players at the free throw line.
  • 2 players at the level of the other free throw line.
  1. Play 2 against 2 until there is a score or stop.
  2. Defense gives outlet pass to player at height free throw line.
  3. These go 2-for-2 to other side of the court.
  4. Offense becomes defense and returns.
  5. Defense goes to height free throw line.
Variation: can also go 3-on-3.

Note: ball entered behind baseline, with defense.
drawing 2 on 2, get back
  • Half players baseline.
  • Half players half court.
  1. Player baseline throws against board and takes rebound.
  2. Chin the ball.
  3. Turn and dribble toward middle line.
  4. Outlet pass to player middle line.
  5. Player middle line goes for a layup.
  6. Dribbling return to baseline.
  7. Now with defender other side of field.
drawing Outlet drill
  • 1 defender under each goal.
  • 2 groups at the center line.
  • 1 against 1 on each side of the field.
  • Defense stays put when scoring.
  • To score first 10 times.
  • Right and left.
drawing 1 vs. 1, full court
This exercise sounds simple but it certainly is not:
  • The idea is for the player with the ball to get past a 100% giving defender in 3 dribbles.
  • The scoring player stays put, misses then goes out and the defender may attack against a new person.
  • The goal is for the player to give everything during this exercise.
  • Here the attacker is forced to be explosive and use his whole body.
drawing Three step king of court
  • Player A shoots from 10 different positions, with Player B rebounding and passing tight passes to Player A.
  • 10x shots are made from each position.
  • Both players take their turn.
  • You have about 20 minutes to have both shot, if this is not the case there is a suicide.
  • The goal of this exercise is to focus purely on your form.
At the end of the exercise you are asked which of the two has scored the most.
The losing player runs a suicide, should the score be forgotten, both players run a suicide.
drawing Form exercise
  • Prior to the exercise, we first stretch and run a suicide.
  • The ball is in the middle.
  • Two persons run backwards on the starting signal to the back line, then first to get hold of the ball on the middle line.
  • A 1-on-1 situation then arises here in which the person with the ball attacks and the other must defend.
drawing Warming up
  • 2 groups at center line level.
  • 2 players look towards goal.
  • Coach throws ball towards goal.
  • 2 players fight for the ball and play 1 against 1.
drawing 1 vs. 1 on center line
  • All players stand in the five positions; five out.
  • Each time the ball is passed and the player runs in and to the bottom spot.
  • The whole team moves up a bit.
  • You do this for x number of rounds.
drawing Five out drive kick