Basketball drills for technique dribbling

• free play on 1 or 2 baskets,
• depending on the number of players.
• NO dribbles only passing.

• The teacher divides the room into two squares by placing benches on the centerline of the room.
• Then the teacher makes 2 squares with pawns to catch up the right of attack.
• During this game the rulebook is used.
• See module basketball for this guide.
• The teacher divides the students into teams of 3, possibly with a substitute.
• See the tables at the bottom of the lesson preparation for the game schedules.
• The intention is that the team that has the ball (on the map team 2 & 3) try to score.
• To be able to score, the team must first get the right of attack.
• They get this right of attack when they arrive with the ball in the area of the pawns.
• From now on the team may score.
• They do this by shooting the ball into the basket.
• The other team must try to take the ball away from them.
• When this happens, the teams swap roles and the new team with the ball has to get the right of attack and try to score.

• The teacher sets out three areas of approximately equal size with pawns.
• It is best to use the volleyball lines (see map).
• There are three sections (see map):
• Left: barons square (losers square)
• Middle: princes section (neutral section)
• Right: king of the court (winner section)
• All students stand in the middle section.
• With a signal from the teacher the game starts.
• All pupils have to try to tap/strike the ball of another pupil out of the box.
• If you succeed you move one square to the right.
• If your ball is knocked away you move up one square to the left.
• If you hit/tap someone's ball out of the box on the right you score a point.
• If your ball is knocked out of the winner's box you lose all your points.
• If your ball is knocked out of the left box nothing happens and you stay standing.
• When the teacher gives the final signal the person with the most points is king of the court and he/she has won.

• The teacher chooses 2 tickers.
• They have to stay inside their box (inside the 4 pawns) and knock the basketballs away from the runners when they want to cross.
• The runners have to dribble to the other side without losing their basketball.
• If a runner doesn't have his basketball with him, he's out and he automatically becomes a ticker.
• A tip that you can give to the runners is that they should shield the ball with their body.
• This means staying between the ball and the opponent.
• The pupils may only cross again when everyone has been tagged or has reached the other side.
• In the end, as the game progresses, you get more and more tickers and less and less runners.
• The last remaining runner is the winner.

• We're gonna dribble!
• Dribble the ball from left to right.
• With feints in between. High. Low. Fast and slow.
• Look closely at the options you have.

• The planet Saturn is the planet with the rings.
• So can you guess how the Saturn exercise goes?
• Spin the ball around your left leg, your right leg and around both legs.
• There is no dribbling involved, but this exercise is very good for your hand-eye coordination.

• The players bounce the ball on the spot.
• Make sure the hand is always on the ball so the ball is pushed down (so not hit down).
• The players sink through their knees so they are low to the ground and the ball bounces faster.
• Then the players stretch their knees again. Repeat several times.
• The players dribble through each other, changing direction all the time so that they are criss-crossing each other.
• The players must try not to touch each other.
• The players try to guide the ball along a route whilst dribbling.
• For example slalom around cones or over benches (at your own discretion).

• Place a row of cones and give each child its own basketball.
• The children are challenged to dribble around the cones.
• They are not allowed to hit the cones and they are not allowed to lose their ball.
• The children follow each other quietly. The pace is gradually increased.
• When the children get more ball control, put another row of cones parallel to the first row.
• Let the children play a game: the first one who manages to dribble around the cones without a fault has won.
• Let the winners play against each other, until only one winner remains.
• A good basketball exercise for more ball control.

Feint exercise

• Walk towards the defender, move your left foot to the left, as if you were passing the defender on the left
• Immediately afterwards, move your left foot to the right and get the ball very low from your left hand to your right hand, so that your back is facing your opponent
• Now dribble on and score with the lay-up

• Half of the basketball players have a ball.
• These basketball players dribble all over the room.
• On the whistle they pass the ball to someone they first made eye contact with.
• The pass they use to do so is up to them.
• Choose the pass that is best in the situation.
• If you are close to the ball, do not pass.

Warm-up

• dribble over and over again right hand
• dribble over and left hand again
• low dribble over and right again
• low dribble over and to the left
• high dribble over and right again
• high dribble over and left again
• protection dribble with a hand change every 2 or 3 dribbles (2 times over and over)
• quick dribble over and over again with crossover at the free throw centre and free throw line.