Basketball drills for technique catching

Players gather on the right or left side of the center line.
The first two have a ball.
There are two catchers under the basket.
From the center line you dribble to the basket and make a lay-up.
The catcher catches the ball and passes it to the next player in line.
You do this until you have scored 15 times and then you change sides.

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  With 3 men on the back line and the middle one has the ball
• The middle passes to a man and runs after the ball
• The man in the middle passes to the man on the other side, who also runs after the ball.
• They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
• When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.
• He becomes the defender and the other two attackers must try to reach each other with a long ball.
• The goal of the defender is to prevent the attackers from scoring.
• If the attackers do not manage to score, they must do 5 push-ups.

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  With 3 men on the back line and the middle one has the ball
• The middle passes to a man and runs after the ball
• The man in the middle passes to the man on the other side, who also runs after the ball.
• They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
• When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.
• He becomes the defender and the other two attackers must try to reach each other with a long ball.
• The goal of the defender is to prevent the attackers from scoring.
• If the attackers do not manage to score, they must do 5 push-ups.

Objective:

Try to score 5 times with your group as quickly as possible.

Task:

Divide the players into 2, 3 or 4 groups so that there are max. 6 of them in a group. Give each player in each group a number from 1 to 6. Each group sits in a corner of the terrain. In the middle there are 2, 3 or 4 basketballs in hoops.

When the coach says a number, the players with that number sprint to the middle as fast as they can, take a basketball and dribble to goal. They get only 1 attempt to score. After their goal attempt, they put the balls back in the middle and rejoin their group. The first group with 5 scores wins the game.

Variations/ gradations

Make scoring easier by attaching a hoop to the ring where players can also score. A score through the hoop is then worth double points.

• Guards + Forwards + Centers
• from U14 - 6 to 12 players
• 4 balls
• whole field
• 2 baskets

Objective:

• Pass on the flyer training and finishing at full speed
• Players 1 and 4 receive the ball at the outlet position and dribble directly to the centre circle.
• passer sprints along the sideline (flyer)
• receives the ball at full speed
• makes the lay up without a dribble

Teaching Points:

• dribbler is not allowed to cross the centre line
• the pass should be such that the flyer can finish without dribbling
• The flyer must ask for the ball with his hand
• execute at full speed
• communication: outlet calls
• after the lay up join the line near the basket where you scored
• the dribbler returns directly to the outlet after the pass and for the next ball

Variations:

• (to teach the attacker to finish at full speed under pressure)
• Have a defender walk up to the attacker during the layup to distract him visually (no physical contact).
• make the defender appear bigger with a mat or similar in his hands

• Numbers opposite each other. 
• Increasing distance slowly.
  • Pass with 1 hand up on 1 hand teammate.
  • Catch with 1 hand and throw back. Continue until ball falls. 
  • Alternate right/left.
• As soon as this runs. 
  • Two numbers left and right midcourt. 
  • Throw with 1 hand, catch, pass with same hand on cutting player for lay-up.
  • Left/right alternate.

Start with 1 ball, later on you can use two balls.

• 4 rows in 4 corners
• 1 ball in opposite corner
• pass to the man on the right, run straight ahead
• pass to the running man, and run straight ahead
• running man passes straight ahead, connecting behind the second row.

• Call out the name of the person you're passing to.
• after 5 minutes, switch sides and pass left

• Walk fast in pairs, from baseline to baseline on the right side of the field, 
• meanwhile chest-pass back and forth, 
• spacing approx. 3 meters. 
• Return on the left, but with bounce pass

1. with 1 ball (repeat 2 or 3 times)
2. Stand in a circle
   • 1 ball / dribble on the spot
   • call name of the other and bounce pass
   • No name mentioned is out of the circle!
   • Not captured, out of the circle!
3. same with 2 balls (repeat 2 or 3 times)

• Throw the ball above your head against the wall and catch it.
• Short movements 
• 1 minute

  
  

• With 3 men on the back line and the middle one has a ball.
• The middle one passes to a man and chases the ball.
• The receiver keeps the ball behind him and the one who passed first takes the ball and passes on.
• The person who has the ball behind his back runs behind the ball, picks it up at the receiver and passes on to the other side.
• They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
• If someone is close enough to the basket, the man plays a lay-up.
• Make variations on the passing lines

• Consider the pilons as the defense (players can also be used for this). 
• Player 1 (white runs) towards player blue. 
• Halfway through the run, player blue runs behind his defender and asks for the ball. 
• Player white passes to blue. 
• As soon as player blue catches the ball, player red sprints away behind his defender. 
• As soon as player red catches the ball player 2 sprints away from white behind his defender. 
• The makes the circle go round. This is an active exercise in which timing, passing and catching are a crucial part. 
• Because everyone is busy, this is also conditionally a good drill. 
• With younger players the distance between pilons is shorter.