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Basketball drills

  • 6-10 players.
  • Passing around the bucket. Practising helpsidedefense.
  • Incl. low post cutting along baseline.
  • Other basket.
  • Player 1 with ball under the basket, roll ball to plater 2. Close-out.
  • Player 2 drive to the basket, only over baseline!!!!
drawing Helpside drill and offense drill/baseline close.
  • 5 players.
  • 3 offensive,
  • 2 passive defensive players.
  • Well executed,
  • possible to add 1 off
  • and 1 def player in corner.
drawing Pass to player on dunckerspot
  • 3 guys outside 3-point line.
  • Pass/Dribble right, move right.
  • Pass the ball to moving player when he is outside again. (Pure for the drill, insidelay-up is goal 1)
  • (Defenders can be added later.)
  • Score 10 free throws.
  • When you score your first free throw, you may take your second.
  • When you miss your first shot, you sprint back and forth twice.
  • 2 players start on 3 point line + 1 player with ball on top
  • Players 2 and 3 sprint to baseline and back.
  • Player 1 passes ball to player 2 or 3. Player 2 and 3 then play 1x1.
  • Variation :
    • In a second phase, passes can also be made to the player on top who then passes back.
drawing 1 x 1 - 1 x 2
  • You slide over the back lines and over the middle line and sprint over the other lines.
  • You run an eight twice and then a rest and that 3 times.
  • You start in the corner
drawing figure eights
  • You dribble to the center line while the defender sends you to one side until the basket-basket line and the off line after the center line 1v1
drawing crisp
  • outlet pass two by two attacks
  • and then quickly swipe
drawing Outlet pass
  • Pass layup
  • on the last pass there is a defender in a place where you can easily pass
drawing Pass layup
  • 2 players start on 3 point line + 1 player with the ball on top
  • Players 2 and 3 sprint to baseline and back.
  • Player 1 passes ball to player 2 or 3. Player 2 and 3 then play 1x1.
  • 4. Variation :
    • In a second phase the ball can also be passed to the player on top who then passes back.
drawing 1 x 1 - 1 x 2
  • 3 rows/players plus coach/passer.
  • Wing with ball, centre without, baseline without.
  • Player with ball passes to mid player, who passes to player running free from baseline to wing opposite side.


  • Wing weakside receives ball on wing, extended free throw line.
  • Drive to mid basket, jump stop, right leg step to "defender", finish left on left side.


  • Midfielder moves to spot where wing was standing, sets (fictitious screen), rolls to basket and receives pass from coach. Lay-up.
  • Wing 1 to mid, mid after lay-up, ball to coach, self to wing weakside row.
  • Wing 2, after jump stop/left lay-up with ball to wing 1.


drawing Pass-cut-roll-double lay-up
  • 1 player on the baseline,
  • 1 at the free throw line.
  • Sprinting to the center circle,
  • circle and then diagonally to the corner.
  • Back players try to touch the front players.