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Basketball drills for technique dribbling

  • Up to 8 players in the center circle or freethrow circle.
  • On starting the game, each player has to protect the ball whilst attempting to knock the ball away from other players.
  • Last man standing wins!

  • Dribbles 15x per hand
  • Pound dribbles 15x per hand
  • Dribble cross 10x2
  • Dribble between 10x2
  • Dribble behind 5x2
2 Rounds

  • 1st round: 
    • Start at sideline on knees, 
    • jump up, 
    • through legs 2x, 
    • run to the other side.
  • 2nd round: 
    • through legs, behind the back, through legs
  • 3rd round:
    • through legs, spin, through legs,
  • 4th round:
    • though legs, behind back, through legs, spin, through legs,
  • 5th round: 
    • through legs till other side 
  • Installation: 
    • For 2 players 1 ball
    • 1 player baseline
    • 1 player at free throw line with ball
  • Player baseline runs to other player and receives pass.
  • Land, crossover step, 3 dribbles, jump stop, pivot.
  • Pass to next player.
  • Across the length of the court.
  • Variations: 
    • Catch, spin, reverse pivot - heel lift when pivoting-
    • Front stop, half pivot, pivot forward
    • Jump and turn in the air, turn and face
drawing Post fundamentals, footwork
Players in two lines in the middle of the court:

  • Player 1 runs without the ball to the top of the key
  • Receives a pass from player 2 in the other line
  • Performs a first step (sidestep, cross over step, spin, etc.)
  • Drives to the basket
Player 2 does the same on the other side of the court.

drawing First step drill
  • Player 1 with ball Passes ball to Player 2 and
    • Takes place of Player 2
  • Player 2 dribbles towards cone a
    • Player 3 runs towards cone a
    • As soon as pass is possible Player 2 hands ball off to player 3
    • Player 2 takes the place of player 3
  • Player 3 dribbles toward cone b and passes to player 4 when possible
    • Player 4 asks for the ball under the goal and finishes
    • Player 3 takes the place of player 4
    • Player 4 goes down the sideline to player 1's line past the hats with slalom dribble

drawing Set up - 4t4 enter back line
Divide the group into 2 teams.

  • Tell the story that it is autumn and the nuts are falling from the trees.
  • We are a group of squirrels and we need to gather as many nuts as we can to survive the winter. The team with the most nuts wins.
  • The coach scatters the nuts (can be ping pong balls, tennis balls or other small balls).
  • On the coach's signal, all players may start collecting nuts all dribbling.
  • They may bring one nut at a time to their nest.
  • When all the nuts are collected, we count the nuts per team and the team with the most nuts wins.
  • The chaos forces the little players to look around and not at the ball when they are dribbling.
Variation:
  • dribbling with weak hand
drawing Picking nuts
Tag game - ideal as a warm-up for players U8 - U10

  • 1 Ticker (the bird of prey)
  • The others are little birds

  • The little birds start on the sideline and must dribble over to the other sideline.
  • They must not be tapped by the big bird of prey.
  • If they are tapped, they become a fowler.
  • At the spot where they are tapped, they put the ball between their feet and become additional, stationary tickers.
  • The winner is the last player who is not tapped. This one can become the new bird of prey in the next game.

Variations:
  • Dribbling with the weak hand only
  • Predator with a ball
drawing Scarecrows
Dribbling exercise with overdribbling from sideline to sideline.
  • Dribbling strength hand with ball at hip level. Note: hand above the ball, pushing on the ball (not hitting), all fingers touching the ball
  • Dribble strong hand at knee level. Note: back straight! do not walk bent over but bend at the knees
  • Dribble with strong hand to eye level. Note: hand remains above the ball, push well on the ball
  • Roll ball to the opposite side. Note: under control, ball not too far from hand, touch ball with fingertips
Variation:

  • same exercise but with weak hand
  • Perform at a higher speed
  • First Jumpstop, Fake and to the basket.
  • Jumpstop, shot.
  • Ball in the run and to the basket.
  • Baseline dribble and finish with "wrong hand".
drawing 2 Rows of Lay Ups
  • 3-3 half court
  • Cone setting
  • Team that intercepts the ball first goes behind the cone before they are allowed to score.
  • The player who has the ball may dribble for up to 5 seconds then they must have passed or shot. This only counts if they have been behind the cone.
drawing Match 3-3
  • First cone, close-out
  • Sliding to second cone
  • Run around the last cone
  • Grab ball
  • Lay-up
drawing slides