Basketball drills
- 3 or 4 defenders rotate in the paint.
- Closeout as they come from low to high.
- 3-4 attackers stand on 3-line.
- Coach passes from baseline to attacker.
- Attacker shoots directly.
- Attack rebounds then defense runs.
Basic drill Spin and swim drill
- Stand on one leg, raise the other as high as possible.
- Ball with 2 hands above head.
- Found balance trying to close eyes.
- Then the other leg.
- Stand on one leg, stretching the other as far back as possible.
- Ball in front of you to 15cm above ground, then up again.
- Drop 45gr to your left to 15cm above ground, then right.
- Found your balance and close your eyes.
- Then the other leg.
- Stretched lunge position with arms spread
- Close your eyes and slowly move the ball from left to right.
- Then other supporting leg in front.
- Four men in Diamond Defence.
- 5-6 men on offense.
- Ball changes position.
- Defence responds.
- Players at the baseline have the ball.
- He passes the ball to the blue player and walks towards the other baseline.
- He gets the ball back and passes it to the red player.
- He gets the ball back and passes the ball to the orange player.
- He gets the ball back and dribbles to the basket and finishes with lay up.
- When the blue player has passed the ball he runs to the spot of the red player.
- The red player to the orange player and the orange player takes the rebound and starts the exercise on the other side.
- Variations in finishing and eventually close out and live defence possible.
- The players line up in two groups on the sideline near the halfway line.
- The first 2 players of the red group line up on one side of the field and have the ball.
- One player of the blue team lines up on the other side.
- As soon as the attacking team crosses the centre line, the 2nd player of the blue team runs around the cone in the centre circle and starts defending.
- Attacking players try to score before the 2nd player gets there.
- Player on top attacks the basket.
- Passes along the baseline.
- Ball to corner makes quick extra pass to wing who takes the 3 point shot.
- The player at the corner runs to the basket immediately after the pass.
- Where that gets the ball from the player on the wing on the opposite side works off under the hoop.
- White triangle takes rebound from the 3 point shot.
- Blue player takes own rebound. (Passing clockwise.)
- 21 cone shot exercise, With each score the player walks behind a cone and places it on the side, The exercise is done when all the cones are distributed,
- Player sprints from the corner baseline to the first post.
- At the first post a drop step and slides towards the second post.
- From the second post, backward defensive footwork to the third post.
- At the third pole a dropstep followed by slides to the fourth pole.
- You do this until you are back at the starting point.
- One row on the baseline/corner and one row in the center circle with ball.
- Pass to the corner and then run to the same corner and get the ball back at the post.
- Then there are a number of possibilities such as open-step or crossover and 1 vs 0 to the basket.
- Adjuster takes care of the rebound.
- Two players with one ball.
- Both players have the ball in their hands and start pulling hard to get the ball loose from the other.
- Best of 3 loser 5 push-ups.
- Two lines,
- one a meter behind mid-court,
- other behind circle on defense side.
- Two balls in middle
- Two hard dribbles, jump stop, pass for layup.