Basketball drills for technique passing
- 4 players stand fixed at the elbow of the bucket.
- Other players stand in the 2 right corners of the court.
- Get across in 2 give & go's, possibly with short dribble and finish with lay-up.
- Players are lined up in 5 lines.
- The first line has a ball, the others do not.
- 3 defenders are lined up in the 3 circles and must try to intercept passes.
- After a pass you join the row you gave the pass to.
- The last one finishes with a layup and comes back with the ball.
- Starting lineup
- 1 group left end line
- 1 group middle end line
- 1 group right end line
- Balls in the middle
- Progression:
- Player in the middle passes to player left
- Player on the left passes back to player in the middle
- Player in the middle passes to the right
- Player on the right does a layup and runs through to the other side
- Player in the middle runs around the cone on the right side and returns that way
- Player on the left takes the rebound and runs down the middle
- Play the same to the other side
- 4X4 or 5X5.
- Half Field.
- Only the defending team can score points through:
- Turnover
- Rebound
- When the attacking side scores there is a switch, so the attackers start defending and the defenders start attacking.
- The team that scores 5 points first has won.
- Losers 10 push ups.
- Blue makes a board pass to the right of the hoop and sprints left around the pillon to the opposite side.
- White catches the ball in the air and makes a board pass, sprints right around the pillon and sprints toward the center line.
- Red catches the board pass, turns up the right side already in the air, makes an outlet pass to White and sprints across.
- White makes a long pass to blue and sprints across.
- Blue makes a layup and sprints across the right side to the other side.
- White sprints past the left pillon and sprints across again.
- Red grabs the rebound and makes another outlet pass to white.
- White passes to blue again.
- Blue makes a layup... etc, etc
- High tempo.
- Try to execute this drill without a dribble.
- Clearly call Outlet.
- How many times can you score without letting the ball touch the ground?
- 3 Rows on the baseline.
- The middle player has the ball and starts the weave with the 2 outer players.
- On the other baseline are 2 players with a ball.
- The middle man makes a lay up and the outside players get the ball from the players on the baseline and take a shot.
- The player who ran the lay up runs the weave back with them.
- Guard with ball
- 2 players on the three-point line -1 offense, 1 defense-.
- Player tries to get free
- Outward, the classic weave is run.
- Back, the weave is run up to the center line.
- The next 3 players ready to run the weave catch the current 3 players half court and a 3 versus 3 situation is created from which a score must always be scored.
- After the score, the newest 3 players run the weave and the next 3 will catch these players half court for a 3 versus 3.
- Four players stand in defensive position.
- Coach throws the ball against the board.
- Player 4 takes the rebound and passes the ball to player 2.
- Player 2 receiving the ball:
- Receives the ball and watches.
- Dribbles into the lane just off the center circle.
- Player 1 on the ball side:
- Sprints into the lane next to the sideline and looks over his inside shoulder to stay within passing range.
- Is first option in the start of the fastbreak.
- Player 3 on the non-ball side:
- Sprints down the lane next to the center circle and looks over inside shoulder to stay within passing range.
- Does not go through the center circle if he/she cannot go to score.
- Player 4 may go take the rebound.
- Base lineup:
- 1 player left on the end line
- 1 player center on the end line
- 1 player right on the end line
- Ball in the middle
- Conduct:
- Middle player throws the ball against the board and takes rebound (as high as possible)
- Middle player makes an outlet pass to the player standing to his/her right
- The player standing to the left starts to run
- Player receiving the first pass (right) takes 2 dribbles and then passes to the player running left
- The player running left does a layup
- The player running in the middle takes the rebound
- The outside players cross and run back to the other side of the court
- Here we do the same thing, first a pass to the right, then a pass to the left and finish with lay-up
- Progression:
- 1 dribble instead of 2
- Regression:
- Allow multiple dribbles
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player at the level of the free throw line -both sides of the court-.
- 1 group of players to the right of the center line
- 1 group of players to the left of the center line
- Progression:
- Player at the center line passes to the player at the free throw line and runs through
- Player at the free throw line passes back to the running player
- Player does a lay-up
- Player who made the lay-up goes to the free throw line to pass
- Player who gave the pass takes rebound and passes to the other group at the center line
- Progression:
- No dribbling is allowed
- Regression:
- Group at the center line may be closer
Weave with 3 players
- Player 1 finishes
- Player 2 and 3 receive a pass on the side of the court and take a shot with their own rebound.
- They try to make 100 scores within the 1.30 min
