Basketball drills for technique defense

• Arm's length distance -
• Player is unprecedented/general good
• Poet
  • Shot is good
  • Drive is less
  • HIGH so do not give shot
• Further
  • Shot is not good
  • Drive is strong
  • LOW still hand up!
• General
  • Forearm
  • No reaching
  • No step slide!
  • Ball is on forward man is on top with defender in closed denail
  • Watch out for backdoor

Prerequisites:

• Knowing defensive stance / attacking principle of in-out.

Organization:

• Coach gives pass on spot one (only attack after four passes/four swings)
• Attacker at spot two and three
• In/out move
• First part of the exercise 1vs1; second part 2vs2
• Passing on: offense becomes defense, defense connects and steps in as offense afterwards (stay on same side)

Goal:

• Teach correct defensive position (denial + help defense)

Teaching points:

• Quickly change position when the ball changes sides, read defenses as attackers (backdoor)
• In/out to the bucket, when defending short, get out to 1m outside 3pt line and use backdoor option, jump to the ball as defender

Prerequisites:

• Some game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)

Goal:

• offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance according to how the ball is moving

Organization

• 4 players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
• Offence: pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
• Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
• 5 passes (calmly), then 4vs4
• Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence
• Possibly start with passive defence (hands on back) depending on players' level.

teaching points

• Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high stepping out - placement of feet - attention to mistakes.
• Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing - jump-to-the-ball

Three teams line up one ball on the back line.

• Coach throws ball against the board (if he scores take it)
• Middle player picks up rebound and chooses an outlet side
• Outlet at speed to head of the bucket on the other side, matching player cuts behind the outlet.
• Fill three lanes, possibly add defenders to make it harder (pick up two players from the center line, or rebound more first)

• From the middle line 1-1.
• Defender has a limited area (pylons) in which he can defend.
• Attacker finishes with free lay-up (must go in or push up).

Prerequisites:

• to know the defensive position

Organization:

• coach gives pass to spot 1 (only attack after 4 passes/4 swings)
• attacker on spot 2 and 3
• in/out move
• first part of the exercise 1vs1; second part 2vs2
• shuffle through: offense becomes defense, defense connects and joins in as offense afterwards (stay on same side)

Goal:

• To teach the correct defensive position (denial + help defense)

Teaching points:

• Quickly change position when the ball changes sides, read defence as attacker (backdoor)
• In/out to the bucket, when defending short, get out to 1m outside 3pt line and use backdoor option, jump to the ball.

Prerequisites:

• Bit of game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)

Goal:

• Offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance depending on how the ball moves

Organisation

• Four players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
• Offence: Pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
• Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
• Five passes (calmly), then 4vs4
• Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence.

Teaching points

• Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high exit - jump-to-the-ball - placement of feet - attention to running faults
• Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing.

• Player sprints from the corner baseline to the first post.
• At the first post a drop step and slides towards the second post.
• From the second post, backward defensive footwork to the third post.
• At the third pole a dropstep followed by slides to the fourth pole.
• You do this until you are back at the starting point.

• Players stand in a circle (max 5) and in the middle 1 pylon with a small circle around it.
• One defender who is not allowed to enter the small circle and has to defend the pylon
• The players around must play together to hit the pylon

• 5 men start at the center line.
• 1 makes lay up becomes defence
• 2 taps the cone and also defends
• 3 rebounds and throws in
• 4-5 hit baseline and ask to play ball for 3-2

• baseline start.
• 1 man dribble attack
• 1 man footwork defense
• from the halfway line 1-1

Triplets with a ball.

• Trainer throws ball against the board, team must rebound and choose outlet.
• Trainer blocks off one side so they have to pick and ask for the ball!
• Outlet dribbles to the middle and 3X0 completes with a layup (pace.)

• Depending on the level of the U12 explain: outlet, ask for the ball (hands), fill in lines and run attack.
• Trainer can be disruptive at the 2x1, pay attention to left and right handed dribbling.