Basketball drills
- Setup:
- 5-on-5
- 5-on-5
- Defensive positions.
- 1 pass away.
- 2 passes away.
- Hands up.
- Pistols.
- Denial.
- Setup:
- Per 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.
- Setup:
- 2 groups
- At 45 degrees
- Everyone a ball
- Start dribble toward corner of bucket, do reverse, then lay-up
- Speed change
- If you are on the left, dribble in with the right, then finish on the left.
- If standing on right, dribble in with left, then finish right.
- Variations:
- Cross-over
- Through the legs
- Setup:
- 3 groups
- Bottom left, bottom right and top
- 1 ball per group
- Shooting, own rebound
- Passing clockwise
- Variations:
- Advancing to wings and three-point shot
- Setup:
- Each player 1 ball
- 1 side of the court
- Windshield -next to body dribble, front to back.
- V-dribble - in front of body.
- L-dribble - in front and to the side of the body.
- In & out - in front of body.
- Hard pound - next to body.
- Ball tap - low to the ground in front of the body.
- Pocket - beside the body.
- Setup:
- 2 groups at the level of the free throw line
- Left side passes to players coming from the right side cut in
- X number of shots in succession
- Own rebound and pass to the other side
- Variations:
- Option 1: lay-up
- Option 2: shot in front of the ring
- Left and right
- All players 1 ball
- In the three-point line
- Tapping the ball
- Whoever loses ball becomes a defender/ticker
- Setup:
- Players distributed on the 4 corners of a half court
- Posts at the bottom
- Wings at the top
- Wing passes to other wing
- Post opposite corner runs up and receives the pass
- Post other corner runs up and does a hard basket cut to the bottom, receives the pass and finishes
- Variations:
- Wings switch sides
- Posts switch sides
- 3 groups; wing left, wing right, top
- 1 ball per group
- Shooting, own rebound
- Advance clockwise
- In pairs facing each other
- 1 vs. 1 dribbling between the lines
- Swap every time
- 2 groups at the level of the free throw line.
- Left side passes to players coming from the right side cut in.
- Option 1: lay-up.
- Option 2: shot in front of the hoop.
- X number of shots in succession.
- Left and right sides.
- Own rebound and pass.
3 rows near the basket. Everyone has a ball.
- Row 1 shoots.
- Row 2 shoots next.
- Row 3 shoots last.
- Counting out loud as a group.
- Counting out loud as individuals.
- Last 3 players e.g. run laps.