Basketball drills
Setup:
- 1 group baseline corner
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball right wing
Exercise:
- Player comes in and passes coach.
- Chooses baseline or middle.
- Based on this, the other 2 groups rotate.
- Always do an extra pass!
- Finish of choice.
Setup:
- 1 group baseline
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball baseline
- Ball left wing -first player has no ball.
Exercise:
- Player baseline passes to wing and does close out and dribbles past.
- Player wing dribbles past it with 2 dribbles towards middle and passes to other winger who rotates more.
- Player who rotates and receives ball does a three point shot.
- Player who cuts and passes comes back up and plays 1 v 0.
- Receives pass from player who will rotate later.
- Therefore, first player here has no ball.
- Own rebound
- Variant:
- Player who rotates and catches ball does a layup.
- Player who cut does a drive and then a step-back sweater.
- Setup:
- 2 groups
- At the level of the free throw line
- First a v-cut, then get ball.
- Pivot and shot.
- Own rebound.
- Connect on the other side.
- Careful with pivoting on right foot.
- Passing with right or left hand, depends on side.
- 20 scores.
- Variations:
- Pivot and dribble to goal, lay-up
- Straight to goal driven
- Pivot and dribble to goal, jump stop
- Reverse pivot and lay-up
- Reverse pivot and shot
- Setup:
- 4-on-4
- Between center line and end line
- No dribbling
- No holding the ball overhead
- Passes only
- Score when you cross the center line or end line
- Intention is to run free
- Moving without the ball
- Make decisions with the ball
- Setup:
- 4 groups
- 2 baseline
- 2 centerline
- Balls to the midline
- Midline player dribbles past pylon and passes to corner
- Shot in the corner
- Left and right start alternately
- Dribbling past on the left is passing with the left hand
- Passing on the right is passing with the right hand
- Careful with passing
- Setup:
- 2 groups at baseline level
- 2 players center baseline
- Coach throws ball (or collide or roll)
- 2 players fight for ball and play 1-on-1
- Defense must be between ball and goal
- Setup:
- 2 groups at center line level
- 2 players look towards goal (stutter)
- Coach throws ball towards goal
- 2 players fight for the ball and play 1 on 1
- Defense must be between ball and goal
- Setup:
- 2 groups at the level of the free throw line
- 2 players top of the bucket
- Coach throws ball (or collide or roll)
- 2 players fight for the ball and play 1-on-1
- Defense must be between ball and goal
- Setup:
- Group left
- Group right
- Lay-up
- Lay-under
- Lay-under 1 hand
- Power lay-up
- Reverse lay-up
- Lay-up with jump stop and shot (short distance)
- Lay-up with pass, pass, defense
- Variations:
- Right
- Left
- Center
- Setup
- 2 against 2
- Players midline
- Players baseline
- Playing 2 against 2
- Offense becomes defense
- After shot or steal, defense gives ball to corner
- Then outlet pass to player midline
- Defense does close out -sprint-
- And offense starts again
- Close the middle is important
- Helpside defense is important
- Speaking in defense is important
- Setup:
- 3 groups
- Top, down left, down right
- Top passes to right, player already running to next spots
- Player receiving ball passes to next -who is also already running.
- Important to pass in front of the player.
- Important to pass with right hand and left as we turn.
- 30 successful passes.
- Setup:
- Per 2 facing each other
- Use width of field
- Dribble 1 against 1 between the lines
- Swap every time
