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Basketball drills

  • 5 defensive players along the sideline
  • Each defender stands in a hoop and may not come out of it
  • The other players are attackers
  • Attackers try to get past the 5 defenders
  • Attackers use fakes and hand switches
  • Defenders try to stop the attackers without error
  • Defenders are not allowed to come out of their box
  • After the last defender, the attacker makes a lay-up
  • Optionally, the game can be played in 2 teams
  • Teams can alternate and try to make as many successful lay-ups as possible within a given time
drawing Statue - Defense
  • Setup:
    • 3 groups of end line
    • Ball in the middle
    • Coach stands in the middle
  • Players pass to center line and pass to coach
  • Coach passes to 1 of the 2 outside players
  • Play 2 against 1
drawing Passing to midline / 2 against 1
  • 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
    • With change of direction
drawing Lay-ups
  • Setup
    • 3 against 3
    • 4 against 4
    • 5 against 5
  • 10 seconds left to play
  • Coach counts down
  • Teams play against each other and try to score in time
drawing Buzzer beater
  • Setup
    • 2 groups on the forward
  • Coach misses a free throw.
  • 2 players fight for the rebound.
  • Player who scores gets 1 point.
drawing Rebound relay
  • Setup:
    • 2 groups
    • 1 offence elbow, 1 defense baseline
  • Coach passes to 1 of 2 players in offence.
  • Player shot.
  • Defense does close out.
  • Defense does boxing out.
  • Intention is to take rebound.
  • Offense becomes defense.
drawing On the board
  • Setup:
    • 1 player under goal
    • All other players around the goal
  • Player under goal passes 1 by 1 to the players around the goal.
  • At the end finish with a power jump-stop.
  • Possibly split the group into two.
drawing Circle passing
  • Setup:
    • Everyone baseline
    • 1 group at the free throw line with ball
    • 1 group near the sideline
  • Players give 3 passes to each other
  • Important that they walk in a straight line
  • After last pass we play 1 against 1, around the middle line
  • Defense closes the middle, pushes the attacker to the sideline
  • Variation:
    • 1 extra defender under the bucket
    • Extra defender may only help if the attacker goes baseline
    • If the attacker goes to the middle, there is no help
    • Do this to oblige the player not to give middle
drawing 1 vs 1 with passing full court
  • Setup
    • 3 groups
    • Defense
    • Offense
    • Players not participating wait at the center line
  • Coach has the ball
  • Coach passes to 1 player
  • Player opposite runs to the center line first and then returns to defense
  • Playing 3 against 3
  • At ball loss, score, rebound, ball goes to coach
  • Offense becomes defense
  • Quickly line up again and next group plays
drawing 3 vs.
  • Setup
    • 2 defenders
    • 2 attackers on the forward positions
  • Play 2 against 2
  • Take a maximum of 1 shot
  • Attack becomes defense if they cannot score
  • Quick switch from defense to offense
drawing 2 vs.
  • Setup:
    • Whole field
    • 3 groups baseline one side
    • 3 groups baseline other side
    • Middle player has ball
    • Second man outside group also have ball
  • Middle player dribbles across
  • After center line pass to right, that player does a drive
  • Other players fill in
  • 3 cuts in total, then shot
  • 1 player still has the ball and shot
  • 2 other players get the ball from below
drawing Shooting drill
  • 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
  • Right hand dribble past is passing with right hand
  • Players waiting at the center line may already dribble as if they are bringing up the ball
  • Careful with passing
  • Variations:
    • Shot from 1 dribble
    • Curl pass to the weak side corner
    • Curl pass to the weak side corner and cut through
drawing Shooting drill