Basketball drills for technique passing
- 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](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/5284442e9a66ef490204fa0f53b9779cfa7965eb052c3.jpg)
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.
![drawing Half Court Match Quick Break](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/83536f8ef3425ffc1a2108bd02351302a8d4b5c0310b1.jpg)
- 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.
![drawing shot -condition](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/83533a77afec700286cfb1ffa1ff72e856b7a603208b6.jpg)
- 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](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/83232a9a885e8eff222f280b1a3038476c8290a6efdba.jpg)
- 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
![drawing 4-on-3 passing drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/8321457c2a58d9f5771d8e4ec399555b3213e4fe5aced.jpg)
- 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
![drawing Lakers lay-up drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/829348287d0095da9caf3257ad7b5cb6d7a4ef82a1e73.jpg)
- 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.
![drawing Passing Square](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/82914518f8eec4c6e360006338b851ea0265ffd393eed.jpg)
- 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.
![drawing Outlet - drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/826028a2e7461557675bc4c084f2874b6814b0af607f3.jpg)
- 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
![drawing Side line fast break drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/8258917c1f8a6f24eecba22d5d36f29e41b2b3d69fce1.jpg)
- 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.
![drawing Give & Go drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/82301f1b0df2bad23fd31b7db3c8c574054d3dc3b6418.jpg)
- 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.
![drawing Pass exercise with defense](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/82300fd37d7fa687505246c9cfd14c2df30e0a9d6bf65.jpg)
- 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
![drawing Lakers lay-up drill](https://www.yoursportplanner.com/en/uploads/dt_images/82268b1a2b81f3029c31670d5548df19de40858496c53.jpg)