Basketball drills for technique defense

• 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

• 2 baskets, minimum 5 players per basket needed.
• 1 player left sideline (A) extended free throw line. 1 right (B) same but with ball.
• 1/2 (C) players under the basket. 1 player C sets up on free throw line. Helpside defense stands.
• This player defends striker coming in from left (A) to get ball from passer (B) right.
• Stealing ball, 1 v 1. Attacker scores, back to A. If they do not score, back to B.
• B joins C after passing.
  
  

• Two men around the bucket for defense
• Three attackers:
• Attacker 1 passes the ball to attacker 2 
• All three attackers pass the ball around until one sees a gap and can get into the bucket
• He adjusts the ball and tries to score
• Up to 5 points, then switch roles and the attacker who has scored least stays in the attack.

Requirements:

• Stopping two feet together, pivoting, lay-up and jumpshot must be known

Aim:

• When passing, jump towards the ball with feet coming down correctly to start the next movement. (pivoting, start dribble)

Organization:

1. Coach gives passes from position 1, alternating left and right from under the basket. Give passes where jump-to-the-ball applies.

2. Player starts under the basket (2 groups of 5 to 6 players, of which two/group have a ball) ==> fast; explosive exercise.

3. Run to cone under the basket and quickly pushes himself away towards the cone at spot 2 or 3.

4. Makes movement from the cone to the ball to get the pass and perform a jump-to-the-ball.

5. After getting the ball pivot and attack towards the basket (first lay-up, then shot)

6. After finishing, change sides and pass the ball

Teaching points:

• Rapid explosive movement when running free
• correct ball acceptance (show hands) and foot placement
• pivoting and fast attacks without running errors

• Player blue passes to red and sprints to red for a close-out. 
• Player red tries to get into the "paint" to score. 
• Player blue is going to try to prevent this.
• Either blue can steal the ball 
  • point for blue
• Either red can score
  • point for red
• After a possible goal is score, red takes rebound, passes to the next in line. 
• Blue goes to the position of red.
  The exercise now starts again with the next players.