Basketball drills

• The children stand in a large circle.
• There are several basketballs in the game.
• The children with the ball bounce the ball as fast as possible to a classmate or group member, while calling his or her name.
• This is recommended for children's camps (great outdoors!) or sports days, where children can learn each other's names and learn to catch the ball.
• Players who do not bounce the ball well, do not catch the ball or call out the wrong name, step out of the circle and do not participate for a while.
• As fewer and fewer players remain, the remaining players bounce more and more balls.
• Continue, until only one or two players remain.
• They have won.

• Place a row of cones and give each child its own basketball.
• The children are challenged to dribble around the cones.
• They are not allowed to hit the cones and they are not allowed to lose their ball.
• The children follow each other quietly. The pace is gradually increased.
• When the children get more ball control, put another row of cones parallel to the first row.
• Let the children play a game: the first one who manages to dribble around the cones without a fault has won.
• Let the winners play against each other, until only one winner remains.
• A good basketball exercise for more ball control.

• Half of the basketball players have a ball.
• These basketball players dribble all over the room.
• On the whistle they pass the ball to someone they first made eye contact with.
• The pass they use to do so is up to them.
• Choose the pass that is best in the situation.
• If you are close to the ball, do not pass.

• Centers + Guards + Forwards
• 3 Players
• 1 ball
• -a basket
• -2 Cones

Requirements :

Players must be able to dribble and run a layup

Goal :

• To finish off an overtime situation in 2-man break.
• train outlet pass
• to train running line flyer

Organization:

• the defender throws the ball against the board, left or right of the ring
• the attacker on the side of the board takes the outlet position and asks for the ball.
• The flyer sprints away towards the middle line.
• Flyer sprints around the pawn back to the basket.
• outlet dribbles as fast as possible around the other pawn
• the passer sprints to the centre circle, but has 1 foot in there and then goes to defend.
• attackers have 1 goal attempt and max 2 passes.
• the attacker who misses becomes the defender.

Teaching points

• the defender NOT to make any unsportsmanlike mistakes
• defender takes the charge or forces the dribbler to the side of the pitch

This drill will help develop proper passing and shooting techniques. This drill also emphasizes communication between teammates

1. Divide the team into four squads. One team on each block and one team on each elbow. Give each team one ball.
2. The first person in each line shoots and follows his shot, passing it back to the next person in his line.
3. After rebounding the ball, the shooter returns the ball to the line they were in and rotates clockwise to the end of the next spot. Rotations are shown in the diagram.
4. All four lines work as a team and keep track of the total number of shots scored.

• Emphasize to the players that communication is very important in this drill.
• Players must make game-winning passes and their shots must also be taken at game level.
• The time limit of this exercise can be changed from five minutes to whatever you like or number of shots scored
• Also the spots on the court where the players shoot from can be varied

• Players start at the bottom of the baseline.
  • The red cones are sprint.
  • The green cones are step-slide.
• Then we either take the ball on the right side of the court or the left side.
• We start with the ball on the right side anyway.
• Do a lay-up, then lay the ball down on the left side of the court and sprint to the end line,
• and then start again,
• now laying down on the left side of the court, taking the ball there
• and then do a shot on the left side of the court,
• rebound and
• put the ball on the right side of the court
• and do the round again with the right side
• and then lay up there again.
• This exercise we repeat first round 3x, 15'' rest, 5x 30'' rest, 7x 45'' rest, 5x 30'' rest and finish again with 3x

End of exercise.

We keep on walking and don't walk. Rest period is provided between drills.

• One person shoots free throws.
• Two other players stand behind the one who throws the free throw.
  • According to the rules of the game
• Once the ball is gone the three players go for the rebound.
• If the person who made the free throw has the ball, he can make another free throw.
• If he doesn't have the ball, the 2 other players go to the other side of the court to attack, 2 against 1.
• If attacker is pressured by defender then go to free man, otherwise keep going until lay-up.
• The next three players get ready to execute the exercise.

• 2 teams
• take turns shooting from all the blocks and dashes on the bucket edge
• and the free throw line together 5 hit

Try to hit as far as possible without error or loss of ball.

• Players stand in pairs (about the same size).
• On the whistle, the player with the ball dribbles to the opposite side while the player without the ball can do heavy defence.
• There may be physical pressure but no mistakes.
• Players stop when they have lost control of the ball or when the defence has taken it away.
• If the player with the ball touches the opposite side, he may dribble again in the next round but against a different defence.

• Half have a ball, the other half do not.
• Players are mixed up.
• At whistle: make eye contact and pass to someone without ball.
• Varying :
  • Left hand and right hand dribble,
  • vary passes

This drill can serve well as a warming up drill (passing / finishing) but is also a good breakdown for a "scissor" play, or "split the post". You can expand the drill to include other options that may or may not be used in your set play. You start off basic, simple, and as your team is ready, you expand the exercise further and further.

• The exercise starts with two rows on two spots (e.g. 2 guard spots).
• If you have a larger team, you work on 2 baskets. Again, we would like to see everyone finish as many balls as possible.
• So make the groups as small as possible, but at least 4-6 players per basket.
• #1 starts the exercise by making a preliminary move ("setting up" the defender) and cutting tightly over the pawn (or chair).
• As a trainer you can also stand here for a while as a high-post so that it becomes recognizable for the players.
• #4 passes the ball to the cutting in #1 and after his pass he immediately makes another pre-move and cuts across the pawn in the same way, then gets the ball from #2.
• Rotation: Each player catches his own ball, and joins the line from which he received the ball. The exercise continues in this manner continuously.

Variations:

• Vary speed. The players must first master the technique of cutting in. Set up a man, push off and accelerate, etc. (see teaching points). Then increase the pace.
• Receive and shoot the ball;
• Make a pop-out (when a defender passes underneath) and shoot;
• Train aggression with pad, unbalance players when cutting in;
• After cutting in, offer the ball at the low post and finish with a post move (also think of countermoves), use pads here too;
• Work with a high-post player (trainer or one of the players): Pass the ball to the high-post first and then: hand-off / hi-lo, etc (depending on your own options);
• Eventually work with defenders involved as well;

Teaching Points:

• Set up defenders;
• Push off on the outer foot and accelerate (change of direction = change of speed)

Aggressive cutting in!

• Cut straight over the pawn, do not make wide turns ("shoulder to shoulder");
• Communication in the passing game, seeking eye contact, clearly asking for the ball with the front hand, asking in front of the man and running into the ball;
• Finish from the left side with the left hand, and the same applies for the right side;