Basketball drills for technique passing
- 2 teams
- 3 on 3 full court
- one shot or turnover
- when the ball is lost or scored the team on offence steps out and walks back to their defensive side
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player in the right corner
- 2 players right on the center line, each with a ball
- 2 players left on the center line, each with a ball
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 1 does a give and go with the player 2 in the corner
- Player 1 runs through to the bottom left corner after his layup
- Player 2 takes the rebound and connects at the top right corner
- Player 3 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 3 does a give and go with player 1 who is now there in the left corner
- Player 3 runs through to the bottom right corner after his layup
- Player 1 takes the rebound and connects at the top left corner
- Progression:
- Jumpstop instead of lay-up
- Lay-back
- 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
- First Jumpstop, Fake and to the basket.
- Jumpstop, shot.
- Ball in the run and to the basket.
- Baseline dribble and finish with "wrong hand".
A game is played on a half court.
- If the defense gains possession of the ball, the team must first score via a Quick break on the other basket with no defense.
- After scoring, this team remains on offense at half court.
- The team that first has 5 scores via a Quick break wins and the losers get to run 2 whole suicides.
- 3 players per team
- 1 player from each group stands on the baseline on each side with ball each time
- 1 player starts in the middle and chooses a side to run to, then gets the ball from the baseline player and takes a shot
- the player on the baseline who gave the pass runs to the other side to get the pass and take a shot.
- 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.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player at each corner of the bucket
- 3 defenders in the middle
- Progression:
- Players pass to each other without defense being able to touch the ball
- 1 point for each time the ball can be touched by defense
- 1 point for every bad pass from offense
- 1 point for every 5 good passes from offense
- 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
- Progression:
- No dribbles
- Run the exercise 2 times in a row
- Run the drill 3 times in a row
- Right lay-up
- Left lay-up
- Make 4 groups of at least 2 players.
- Put the groups in a square.
- You can make the square as big as you want, the bigger the heavier.
- The first players from Blue and Red cross to each other, halfway receive the ball from White/Orange and pass the ball to the position they are running to.
- The moment White and Orange have passed the ball they also cross over, now receiving the ball passed from Blue and Red.
- If this is going well at some point, you can have the players pass in the other direction.
- In groups of 3.
- One player passes to himself through the board, takes the rebound and gives an outlet pass by pivoting well.
- Second player receives the outlet pass and gives it to the third who was behind the first.
- Everyone slides through.
- Practice continues continuously.
- The ball starts in the middle.
- The blue player stays in the middle and always grabs the rebound on both sides of the court. He passes the ball to the outlet.
- The white player at the outlet passes the ball to the red player on the other side of the court and runs to the Free throw line.
- The red player runs the layup and becomes the new outlet.
- Blue grabs the rebound and passes to the outlet, red.
- Meanwhile, the white player has run back to receive the ball from red and run a layup.
- The blue rebounder makes sure the ball doesn't hit the floor!
An intense drill for:
- fitness
- team building
- perseverance
- passing
Variations:
- make x number of scores
- x number of scores in a row
IMPORTANT: build well
To make it easier:
- Ball may bounce once on rebound anyway
- The outlet may first set 1 or 2 dribbles before the long pass