Basketball drills
- 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
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player stands ready to take the free throw
- 1 player on the left is ready to take the rebound
- 1 player on the right stands ready to take the rebound
- Other players join left and right
- Course:
- Player 1 takes the free throw
- If player 1 scores, he stands and shoots again
- If player 1 misses, then players on the left and right fight for the rebound
- After taking the rebound, the game is played 1 against 1
- The player who scores takes a free throw next
- The player who missed the free throw connects left or right
- The player who did not take the rebound connects on the other side
- Whoever has 10 scores first wins
- Progression:
- Only 1 dribble may be set after the rebound
- Three-point shot
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player in the right corner
- 2 players right on the center line, each with a ball
- 2 players left on the center line, each with a ball
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 1 does a give and go with the player 2 in the corner
- Player 1 runs through to the bottom left corner after his layup
- Player 2 takes the rebound and connects at the top right corner
- Player 3 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 3 does a give and go with player 1 who is now there in the left corner
- Player 3 runs through to the bottom right corner after his layup
- Player 1 takes the rebound and connects at the top left corner
- Progression:
- Jumpstop instead of lay-up
- Lay-back
- Starting lineup:
- Everyone has a ball
- Everyone stands back to back at elbow level
- Maximum of 4 players per group
- Progression:
- The first player shoots from the right elbow
- The player takes his own rebound and runs to the right elbow
- The other players shoot one after the other
- The first player shoots from the left elbow
- ALWAYS spin-the-ball first before shooting
- Progression:
- Coach calls the next position (always left and right mirrored)
- Three-pointers
- With pass back to coach
- Regression:
- With 2 instead of 4 players
- Starting lineup:
- Per 2 players 1 ball
- 1 player is ready to shoot
- 1 player is ready to rebound
- Players divide among all available goals
- Sequence:
- 1 player moves around the bucket and shoots
- The rebounder has to finish if the other player misses
- The rebounder then passes back to the other player
- Each player takes 20 shots and counts how many he scores
- Progression:
- More shots
- Regression:
- Fewer shots
- Rebounding without finishing
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
- 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.
- 2 teams.
- Everyone a ball
- Shooting from 7 positions.
- When you have shot you go for your own Rebound, if you have caught your Rebound without the ball touching the ground you may score again immediately.
- 15 touches per position per team.
- So you can score 2 points at a time.
- Half Court shot, 1 hit no Rebound.
- Losing side receives a gift :)
- 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
- Starting lineup:
- Each player has a ball
- Distribute the players among all available goals
- This exercise can also be used for an individual group
- Progression:
- Players must make 3 perfect shots per position
- A perfect shot is a shot with 1 hand
- A perfect shot does not touch the ring
- Depending on the number of players provide 3 to 4 positions per goal
- Progression:
- 5 perfect shots
- Perfect shots on all rings
- Additional positions
- 2 players start, each with their own ball.
- Player 1 starts with a pass to coach/helper, runs around the cone, receives the pass from player 2 and takes a shot from half distance.
- After the shot, player 2 makes a V-cut away from the ball, receives the pass and takes a shot from half distance.
- First cone, close-out
- Sliding to second cone
- Run around the last cone
- Grab ball
- Lay-up
