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Basketball drills

  • 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.
drawing Post fundamentals, footwork
  • 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
drawing 2 sides, reverse lay-up
  • 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
drawing 3 position shooting
  • 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
drawing Lay-ups
  • 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
drawing Four corner passing
  • 3 groups; wing left, wing right, top
  • 1 ball per group
  • Shooting, own rebound
  • Advance clockwise
drawing 3 position shooting
  • 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.
drawing Lay-ups
2 groups at the free throw line.
  • Left side passes to players coming from the right side cut in.
  • Option 1: layup.
  • Option 2: shot in front of the hoop.
  • Left and right sides.
  • Own rebound and pass through.
drawing Lay-ups (2)
2 groups at the free throw line.
  • Left side passes to players coming from the right side cut in.
  • Option 1: layup.
  • Option 2: shot in front of the hoop.
  • Left and right sides.
  • Own rebound and pass through.
drawing Lay-ups (2)