Basketball drills
- 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!
- 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
- Starting lineup:
- Use an entire field
- 1 player near the center line (left)
- 1 player at the center line (right)
- Group of players in line with the free throw line (one side of the court)
- Group of players at the extension of the free throw line (other side terrain)
- Progression:
- Players at the center line start their lay-up
- After the lay-up, they take their own rebound and give an outlet pass to the waiting player on the sideline
- Then they join the sideline, at the level of the free throw line
- Lay-up, bob cousy, power lay-up, lay-back, jump stop
- Progression:
- Change of direction at the level of the three-point line
- Crossover, behind the back, reverse dribble at the center line
- Coach defends, attacker adjusts
- Stepping towards the ball instead of running forward
- Retrieve ball in the middle and from there dribble and lay-up through the middle
- Add 2 players defending passively at the three-point line
- Add 2 players actively defending at the three-point line
- 2 players defending actively
- Regression:
- Taking shot instead of lay-up
- 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
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
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
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
- One player stands on the back line.
- A row of players stand on the right corner of the bucket and left.
- The first player gets the ball, feints to one side and then makes a layup or set shot on the other side.
- Catch own ball, pass to the man on back line and stand in the other row.
- Then it's the other side's turn.
- 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.
- The players are divided into 4 corners,
- Every 2nd player in line has a ball.
- 2 players start and run diagonally across the field.
- At the 3-point line they receive the pass.
- Front to goal, feint, crossover to the ring and connect in the opposite corner.
- The passers in turn run diagonally to the other side.
- Starting lineup:
- Use whole court
- 2 players stand right on the center line ready to do lay-up
- 2 players stand on the left center line ready to lay-up
- 3 players stand on the right sideline, level with the free throw line
- 3 players stand to the left on the sideline, level with the free throw line
- Progression:
- Players at the center line start their lay-up
- After the lay-up they take their own rebound and give an outlet pass to the waiting player on the sideline
- Then they join the sideline, at the level of the free throw line
- Lay-up, bob cousy, power lay-up, lay-back, jump stop
- Progression:
- Change of direction at the level of the three-point line
- Crossover, behind the back, reverse dribble at the center line
- Coach defends, attacker adjusts
- After lay-up, stay on defense
- Regression:
- Take shot instead of lay-up
