Basketball drills for technique defense

• Get ready for the free throw with rebounders. 
  • 1 person shoots the free throw
• Rebounders try to catch the ball:
• Attack gets the ball trying to score on the same basket
• Defense catches the ball, tries to score on the opposite basket
• If a bucket is made, the scoring team may take a free throw.

This drill is meant to let the players work on speed, condition and a bit of footwork:

Start in corner A;

• The player will run in a row making sure that the fastest man/woman is in front, so that he sets the pace and can take the rest of the group with him.
• From point A the players will run over the blue line to the back line, then they make slides over the back line (the green line) until the bucket line, then they run backwards over the red line to the other back line, slides over the green line forward run over the blue line and again slides over the green line and backwards run over the red line.
• Then slides over the whole back line to point A.
• Every time you pass point A the exercise starts again, determine the number of repetitions according to the condition of the team and build it up as the training progresses.
• After a while you could also hang on to the exercise for example within 40 sec. 1 time. Are you too late? Push-ups, sit-ups etc.

On the picture below:

Blue = run forward

Green = slides

Red = Run backwards

Please note:

- with the slides, bend the knees, the important thing is that the movement is fast but above all is made good;

- let the players start with a few second intervals, especially when walking backwards they will get in each other's way;

- when running backwards look forward, as if you are looking at the man you are defending;

- that the lines are not cut off.

• A runs to middle and close out
• B step slide to angle to base line
• C runs to middle
• D step slide to other sideline
• Take E ball and dribble until cone
• F finishing with lay up
• G escape dribble
• H walk ball above head and put it in the basket
• I runs to end line

• A Jumping with 2 legs through the hoops
• B sprint to the cone and close out
• C look over shoulder and walk back to center line
• D back paddle to half cikel in the bucket
• E,close out free throw lin

• F step slide to sideline,

• A runs to middle and close out
• B step slide to angle to base line
• C runs to middle
• D step slide to other sideline
• Take E ball and dribble until cone
• F finishing with lay up
• G escape dribble
• H walk ball above head and put it in the basket
• I runs to end line

• Starting 2 player on baseline
• Spurts to the cone and do step slide to next cone
• The first player to take the ball does speed dribble to the other side to score. 
• The other player becomes defender

Set up 3x3. Ball in the middle, no dribbles. 

• Player with ball must pivot and protect ball. 
• Players without ball must run free, 
• Defenders splitvision to intercept the ball
• Pay attention to a good fit

• The players between the cones guard their terrain. 
• They must prevent the player with the ball from hitting their gate. 
• The player with the ball tries to dribble through the gate. 
• When he hits the other side, he may finish with a lay-up. 
• After the player is on the other side, everyone moves on. 

• Two rows on the side at the height of the center line. 
• Ball is on one side, attacker decides when he leaves and runs to the middle line, which he must cross all the way. 
• The defender also departs but only has to touch the centre circle. 
• Aim of the exercise is to come in front of the attacker as a defender. 
• When a goal is made, 3 push-ups for the defender, a miss is 3 push-ups for the attacker.

• 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

• Centers
• Starting from U16
• 2 or 4 centers
• 1 ball per pair
• a basket 

Aim:

• Defending a turn around jump shot
• box out after shot
• stimulate offensive rebound after shot

Organization:

• attacker turns around his axis and shoots
• Defender brings his body in front of the ball with a slide-step, as close as possible to the body of the attacker.
• keeps both arms straight up (= wall) so that the attacker has less view of the basket and has to adjust his shot slightly to shoot over the outstretched arms
• box out immediately after the shot
• A goal is 1 point
• offensive rebound is 2 points even after a goal
• each player defends 5 times in a row
• loser for each point difference: 2 push-ups

Teaching points:

• feet slightly wider than shoulder width
• knees slightly bent
• upper body and arms vertically
• NO batting movement towards the ball
• stand up against the attacker by moving towards the attacker (the upper body remains vertical)

Variant:

• attacker starts under the ring, with his back to the back line and gives a short bounce pass to himself
• attacker first makes a shoulder fake in the opposite direction just before the shot