Basketball drills
Depending on the size of the group choose an area (bucket for max 6)
- Everyone a ball, dribble and tap the ball away from other players.
- Ball away means pushing into the centre circle and back again.
- If necessary, make it difficult with a second dribble (keep the ball alive!)
Triplets with a ball.
- Trainer throws ball against the board, team must rebound and choose outlet.
- Trainer blocks off one side so they have to pick and ask for the ball!
- Outlet dribbles to the middle and 3X0 completes with a layup (pace.)
- Depending on the level of the U12 explain: outlet, ask for the ball (hands), fill in lines and run attack.
- Trainer can be disruptive at the 2x1, pay attention to left and right handed dribbling.
Games with different assignments/restrictions.
Pay attention to free running, not blind dribbling, good passing, pivoting, talking.
- 3x3 without dribbling (1 basket)
- with max 2 dribbles
- Both teams lie on the back line (on stomach),
- trainer puts ball in play via shot or bounce (quickly choose position, who will attack?)
- just play to the 10 (end game)
Divide the group into pairs.
Passing to the other side:
- First 2-groups fit around the whole field.
- 3 meter distance, no running
- Variant: at the halfway line:
- Player on the inside dribbles to the head of the bucket and passes to the player on the outside who scores with lay-up/shot.
- Player who has passed runs to the other sideline and receives outlet, passes back to the center line and again shot/layup
- Left and right side
Important that they do not run during the pass and that the players change (inside and outside).
- Divide the players into groups and give each player a number (equal groups).
- Each group in a corner of the field and balls in the centre circle.
- When the coach says your number, you run to the centre circle, grab a ball and you get 2 attempts to score (max 2 x 1 point for your group).
- Games to the 10 for example and losers push up.
- To keep the speed up, have several numbers run at the same time.
- Everyone a ball, line up in a large circle.
- Trainer shows the exercise, players follow:
- Spread out and roll the ball in an 8-shape between the legs.
- Roll the ball around your waist, head legs (change direction)
- Dribble with left, right, change hands.
- let the whole group dribble at the same time (rhythm exercise, all in rhythm!)
- dribble between your legs
- dribble behind your back
- Shot movement upwards (extend arm, point, catch)
- Spread position (move the ball in an 8-shape without touching the ground)
- Make 2 rows with 1 ball.
- Player gives bounce/chest pass to other row and runs after the ball, and closes behind.
- Extend:
- Place a pylon around which the players have to walk (or 2 pylons).
- Possibly instead of passing dribble with the ball (left and right)
- finger tip over head for chest cupboard.
- around head, waist, knee
- make between legs
- release ball between legs and change hands to catch without impact.
- throw ball behind back over shoulder left right.
- 10x right dribble 10x left dribble. pushing hard on the ball and not looking at the ball.
- 2x right cross to left 2x left cross ... Don't look at ball
- Dribble an 8 through the legs and keep the ball low.
- Keep dribbling the ball behind your back.
- Dribble between the legs front and back
- 4 groups of players in each corner of the field.
- 4 cones in the centre circle
- 2 balls on each side line
- Score 10 free throws.
- When you score your first free throw, you may take your second.
- When you miss your first shot, you sprint back and forth twice.
- 2 players start on 3 point line + 1 player with ball on top
- Players 2 and 3 sprint to baseline and back.
- Player 1 passes ball to player 2 or 3. Player 2 and 3 then play 1x1.
- Variation :
- In a second phase, passes can also be made to the player on top who then passes back.
- You slide over the back lines and over the middle line and sprint over the other lines.
- You run an eight twice and then a rest and that 3 times.
- You start in the corner
