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Basketball drills

  • Starting lineup:
    • 1 player in the right corner
    • 2 players right on the center line, each with a ball
    • 2 players left on the center line, each with a ball
  • Progression:
    • Player 1 dribbles to the three-point line
    • Player 1 does a give and go with the player 2 in the corner
    • Player 1 runs through to the bottom left corner after his layup
    • Player 2 takes the rebound and connects at the top right corner
    • Player 3 dribbles to the three-point line
    • Player 3 does a give and go with player 1 who is now there in the left corner
    • Player 3 runs through to the bottom right corner after his layup
    • Player 1 takes the rebound and connects at the top left corner
  • Progression:
    • Jumpstop instead of lay-up
    • Lay-back

drawing Attack movement
  • 2 teams.
  • Half court
  • Ball is in the middle of the Bucket.
  • The defenders stand with their heels on the edge of the Bucket and the attackers stand behind the three-point line.
  • When the coach calls "Go," the defenders provide good close out and the attackers go out of their way to get the ball.
  • If the attackers manage to grab the ball within 5 seconds the defending side must do 5 push ups.
  • After 5 turns of attack/defense.
drawing Close Out drill
  • Run layups from the baseline.
  • One side catches the ball and the other side makes a layup.
  • Different variations over left and right:

  • Standard Lay-up over left and right.
  • Lay-up with pass over left and right.
  • Power lay-up over left and right.
  • Get under the board and finish over left and right.
  • Catch and Shoot.
All variations 15 hit over each side.
drawing Lay - ups
  • The players of the offensive side all make a board pass.
  • The last one gives an outlet pass to the pointgeard.
  • There are 3 defenders on the attacking side.
  • 2 defenders stand on the sideline near the center line, as soon as the last attacker crosses the center line they may join the defense.
  • If the attacking team scores, the defending team makes board passes and attacks.
  • If the attacking side does not score then 10 push ups for the attacking side.
drawing Transition 5 VS 3+2
  • Starting lineup:
    • Everyone has a ball
    • Everyone stands back to back at elbow level
    • Maximum of 4 players per group
  • Progression:
    • The first player shoots from the right elbow
    • The player takes his own rebound and runs to the right elbow
    • The other players shoot one after the other
    • The first player shoots from the left elbow
    • ALWAYS spin-the-ball first before shooting
  • Progression:
    • Coach calls the next position (always left and right mirrored)
    • Three-pointers
    • With pass back to coach
  • Regression:
    • With 2 instead of 4 players
drawing Team shooting
  • Starting lineup:
    • Per 2 players 1 ball
    • 1 player is ready to shoot
    • 1 player is ready to rebound
    • Players divide among all available goals
  • Sequence:
    • 1 player moves around the bucket and shoots
    • The rebounder has to finish if the other player misses
    • The rebounder then passes back to the other player
    • Each player takes 20 shots and counts how many he scores
  • Progression:
    • More shots
  • Regression:
    • Fewer shots
    • Rebounding without finishing
drawing Shooting and rebounding
  • Blue passes the ball against the board and grabs the rebound and then attempts an outlet pass to Red.
  • White tries to prevent the outlet pass.
  • After a successful outlet pass, Red passes the ball to Orange.

Rollover:
  • Orange becomes Blue
  • Blue becomes White
  • White becomes Red
  • Red becomes Orange
drawing Rebounding and Outletpass
  • Make pairs.
  • Player under the basket passes to the player on the free-throw line.
  • The attacker has an advantage in time and can shoot freely.
  • If the attacker scores or he has the offensive rebound he stays shooter, if the defender has the rebound the players switch positions.

  • Who has the most scores after 3 minutes?
  • Losers 10 push ups
drawing Rebound, 1 VS 1
  • 2 teams.
  • Everyone a ball
  • Shooting from 7 positions.
  • When you have shot you go for your own Rebound, if you have caught your Rebound without the ball touching the ground you may score again immediately.
  • 15 touches per position per team.
  • So you can score 2 points at a time.
  • Half Court shot, 1 hit no Rebound.
  • Losing side receives a gift :)
drawing Trip around the world with Rebound
A game is played on a half court.

  • If the defense gains possession of the ball, the team must first score via a Quick break on the other basket with no defense.
  • After scoring, this team remains on offense at half court.
  • The team that first has 5 scores via a Quick break wins and the losers get to run 2 whole suicides.
drawing Half Court Match Quick Break
  • 3 Players.
  • 3 pylons in between the 3pt line and center line.
  • Coach shoots at the basket and the 3 players fight for the rebound.
  • The player who has the rebound dribbles around the middle pylon and returns to the board to finish.
  • Again the players fight for the rebound and the player who has the rebound goes around the middle pylon.
* 1 minute at high pace.
* The player with the most scores wins and the other 2 players 5 push ups.
drawing Transition, rebound, contest
  • 2 rows at the level of the 3pt line-corner.
  • The PG stands at the height of the tip of the free throw line.
  • The coach stands a few feet next to the PG to receive the dropped ball and pass the ball to the PG.
  • PG passes to the left and the player on the left goes hard to the board to finish.
  • The player on the right steps toward the attacking player as fast as he/she can to stop the attack.
  • Then the PG passes to the right, and so on.
* High tempo
* 30 hit
drawing Finish from the corner