Basketball drills

• Tapping
• All players on the baseline.
• 30 sec tapping, sprint to center line, 30 sec tapping, sprint to back line, 30 sec tapping.
• Slides
• All players on the baseline, in slide position and facing left. (or right)
• Slides to the opposite side, until trainer calls GO.
• At GO sprint back to baseline and make other side slides.
• Up to other baseline.
• Squads
• All players on back line, facing center of field.
• 10x single squad.
• 10x halfway and through squad.
• 5x stay deep and only go back up after 5 seconds. (slowly!)
• Lunges
• Lunge walk to the other side of the room. (slow down!)

• Red dot dribbles in while blue dot runs in to defend.
• Red dot passes the ball to the white dot in the corner who immediately takes a shot.
• Blue dot runs to the low post after the close out and gets the ball passed from red cone.
• Red cone takes the rebound and goes to the top blue dot takes own rebound and goes to the corner where red cone was standing.

• Players divide into 2 groups at the sideline.
• Group in runs 1 length back and forth from sideline to sideline.
• When everyone in the group is back the other group runs.
• Then 2 times then 3 times then 4 times. 
• Then reduce back to 1 time.

This exercise is intended to teach the basics of HELP defense

Explanation

• Explain weak side/strong side.
• Explain 3 positions: man with ball, strong side, weak side.
• Make pairs: 1 attacker, 1 defender.
• Stand in attack.
• Put defenders down.

Practicing

• Practice dry passing only static.
• Send to the baseline!
• Swap out the help: 
  • By calling

• Per 5 on 1 side.
• If not with 10.
• Omit 1 pass.
• You stay on the same side.
• Pass the ball to the other row.

  
  

  
  

• You make 2 teams divided over 2 baskets.
• The first to reach the proposed number of scores wins.
• The losing team does a half-killer.

• 4 Players on the baseline.
• Player B has ball and dribbles to the cone.
• B passes to player C.
• B and C go to goal.
• Player A and D sprint around the cone and start defending.

• Two or three teams. (teams)
• Per pair or trio 1 ball.
• 1 shooter, 1 (or 2) rebounder(s).
• Shooter shoots (from free throw line, or lower position), then sprints to centre line.
• Rebounder catches ball, passes ball to shooter. (Good jump stop, correct distance, call for ball).
• Shooter 5 scores in total, then new shooter.
• Team of which first all shooters have scored 5 times, wins!

Exercise

• 3 men at the bucket, coach at the free throw line.
• Take free throw.
• Outlet to the side, other two rebounding or taking it.
• Pass to outlet. (Never in the middle!)
• Outlet dribbles to centre, other two split left-right.
• To basket across.
• Cutting from free throw line.
• Outlet good jump stop and tight pass.

Starting position

• All players with a ball on the baseline.

Explanation

• Crossover: Good low position and change of speed.
• Behind the back.
• Through the legs.

Exercise

• Zigzag to the other side.
• Change of direction at line basket-basket.

• The middle passes to a man
• Runs after the ball.
• Who passes to the man on the other side
• Also runs after the ball.
• They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
• When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.

• Drawing fouls, protecting the ball and watching.
• Going hard to the basket and on your opponent.
• Reading the defender