Basketball drills
- 4X4 or 5X5.
- Half Field.
- Only the defending team can score points through:
- Turnover
- Rebound
- When the attacking side scores there is a switch, so the attackers start defending and the defenders start attacking.
- The team that scores 5 points first has won.
- Losers 10 push ups.
- Blue makes a board pass to the right of the hoop and sprints left around the pillon to the opposite side.
- White catches the ball in the air and makes a board pass, sprints right around the pillon and sprints toward the center line.
- Red catches the board pass, turns up the right side already in the air, makes an outlet pass to White and sprints across.
- White makes a long pass to blue and sprints across.
- Blue makes a layup and sprints across the right side to the other side.
- White sprints past the left pillon and sprints across again.
- Red grabs the rebound and makes another outlet pass to white.
- White passes to blue again.
- Blue makes a layup... etc, etc
- High tempo.
- Try to execute this drill without a dribble.
- Clearly call Outlet.
- How many times can you score without letting the ball touch the ground?
- Starting lineup:
- 1 forward left + defense
- 1 forward right + defense
- 1 guard center + defense
- 1 strong group, 1 weaker group
- Progression:
- Guard gives the pass to 1 of the forwards - alternating left and right
- Forward does a v cut to run free
- Defense tries to prevent the pass, but does not go full out yet
- Forward goes 1-on-1 and makes a drive
- Progression:
- Defense weak-side must drop off when the forward gets the pass
- Give and go with the guard instead of 1v1
- Active defense
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group baseline with ball
- 1 group baseline without ball
- The inner group has the ball
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles slowly to the center line
- Player 2 does step and slide up to the center line
- Then they play 1 against 1
- Progression:
- Active defense during step slide
- Extra defender under goal
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- 3 Rows on the baseline.
- The middle player has the ball and starts the weave with the 2 outer players.
- On the other baseline are 2 players with a ball.
- The middle man makes a lay up and the outside players get the ball from the players on the baseline and take a shot.
- The player who ran the lay up runs the weave back with them.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player at the free throw line
- 5 players stand around the bucket
- Course:
- Player takes the free throw
- Other players fight for the rebound
- 1 point if you score the free throw
- 1 point if you take the rebound
- Play to 5 points
- Each in turn, shuffle through clockwise
- Progression:
- 2 points if it is an offensive rebound
- Play to 7 points
- Regression:
- Having fewer players rebound
- Starting position:
- 1 group near the center line, right
- 1 group a few meters behind the center line, middle
- Ball in the middle
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles up to the three-point line
- Player 1 passes to player 2 who runs along
- Player 2 does a lay-up
- Player 1 takes the rebound and makes an outlet pass to player 2 who runs through
- Player 2 connects in the middle
- Player 1 connects on the right
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles in 3 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 1 dribbles in 2 dribbles to the three-point line
- Extra defender under goal
- Score 10 layups in a row or as many as there are players
- Player 2 does another layup on the other side of the court
- Player 2 does several more ball handling drills before reconnecting
- Regression:
- Reduce distance to three-point line
- Starting position:
- 1 attacker
- 1 defender
- 1 passer with ball
- Other players stand behind the passer
- Progression:
- Attacker must run free to receive the pass
- Once the pass is given, they play 1 on 1
- Stay on a quarter court
- Progression:
- Put the better players together
- Maximum of 5 dribbles
- Regression:
- Pass may be returned to the passer
- Starting position:
- 1 group near the center line, right
- 1 group a few meters behind the center line, middle
- Ball in the middle
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles in 2 dribbles to the three-point line
- Player 1 passes to player 2 who runs along
- Player 2 does a layup
- Player 1 takes the rebound and makes an outlet pass to player 2 who runs through
- Player 2 connects in the middle
- Player 1 connects on the right
- Progression:
- Extra defender under goal
- Score 10 layups in a row (or as many as there are players)
- Regression:
- Reduce distance to three-point line
- Starting lineup:
- 3 players in offense
- 3 players in defense
- Otherwise, players behind the end line in 3 groups
- Coach behind the end line
- Process:
- Coach gives a pass to 1 of the offense players
- Defense does a good close out
- Player 3 against 3
- Defense becomes offense
- Offense connects in the back
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group left under goal, second player a ball.
- 1 group right under goal, first player a ball.
- Coach stands just in front of goal.
- Progression:
- Player 1 without ball runs around the coach and receives the pass from player 2 and does a lay-up.
- Player 2 runs around the coach and receives the ball from the next player and does a lay-up.
- Players take their own rebound.
- Pass ball to own side.
- Progression:
- Coach takes a step backwards.
- Coach takes another step backwards.
- Regression:
- Taking shot instead of layup.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group bottom left bucket
- 1 group top left bucket
- 1 group right bottom bucket
- 1 group right top bucket
- 1 ball
- Sequence:
- Player 1 passes to player 4
- Player 4 passes back to player 1 who comes running towards him
- Player 1 does a hand-off to player 4
- After this, the next session starts:
- Player 1 to player 4
- Player 4 to player 2
- Player 2 to player 3
- Player 3 to player 1
- This exercise lasts max 2 minutes and serves to get players alert
- Progression:
- With 2 balls
- With 3 balls
