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Basketball drills

  • In threesomes shooters
drawing Shooting drill
  • Both offensive and defensive player fac the basket.
  • The attacker puts the ball on the defender's back.
  • When he takes it off, he goes to the basket very quickly.
  • Ends at turnover or score.
drawing Ball of the Back
  • Starting lineup
    • 2 teams of 4
    • 1 team stands on the end line with ball
    • 1 team stands at the center line
  • Course:
    • Team 1 must cross the center line without dribbling
    • Team 2 must cross the end line without dribbling
  • Playing rules:
    • The ball must not be held above the head
    • You must make a pass within 5 seconds
    • Screens are not allowed
    • You get 1 point for crossing the end or center line
    • The coach is the referee
  • Progression:
    • You must pass within 3 seconds
    • Expanding the field to a full field
  • Regression:
    • Allow pass overhead
    • No limit how fast you must pass
    • Allow 1 dribble
    • Making the field smaller
drawing 4-on-4 passing drill
  • Starting lineup:
    • Per 2 form a team
    • 5 positions around the bucket
    • Each duo starts at a different position
    • Maximum of 3 teams per goal
  • Progression:
    • Players each take turns taking a shot
    • Players take their own rebound
    • After 5 scores, move to the next position
    • Shift clockwise
    • Team that scores first at all positions 5 times wins
  • Progression:
    • Take shots from slightly farther away
    • Walk out to sideline or end line
  • Regression:
    • Taking shots from slightly closer
drawing Paired shooting
  • Starting lineup:
    • Use the whole field
    • 2 players stand right on the center line ready to do lay-up
    • 2 players stand on the left center line ready to do lay-up
    • 3 players stand on the right sideline, level with the free throw line
    • 3 players stand on the left sideline, level with the free throw line
  • Progression:
    • Players at the center line start their lay-up
    • After the lay-up, they take their own rebound and give an outlet pass to the waiting player on the sideline
    • Then they join the sideline, at the level of the free throw line
    • Lay-up, bob cousy, power lay-up, lay-back, jump stop
  • Progression:
    • Change of direction at the level of the three-point line
    • Crossover, behind the back, reverse dribble at the center line
    • After lay-up stay on defense
  • Regression:
    • Taking shot instead of lay-up
drawing Lay-ups with outlet
  • Starting lineup:
    • Players are distributed to the 2 goals
    • 1 player stands ready to take a free throw
    • 1 player stands ready to take the rebound

  • Progression:
    • Each player makes 5 x 2 free throws
    • Each player counts for himself how many free throws he makes
    • After taking the free throw you take rebound
    • After taking the rebound you sprint from end line to end line
    • After sprinting you connect back in for the next 2 free throws

  • Progression:
    • Player sprints 1 more time to the center line and back

  • Regression:
    • Player sprints only to the center line and back
drawing Free throws
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drawing Lay-ups with outlet
  • Starting lineup:
    • Use a whole court
    • 2 players stand right on the center line ready to do lay-up
    • 2 players stand on the left center line ready to do lay-up
    • 3 players stand on the right sideline, level with the free throw line
    • 3 players stand to the left on the sideline, level with the free throw line
  • Progression:
    • Players at the center line start their lay-up
    • After the lay-up they take their own rebound and give an outlet pass to the waiting player on the sideline
    • Then they join the sideline, at the level of the free throw line
  • Progression:
    • Change of direction at the level of the three-point line
    • After the layup, stay on defense
  • Regression:
    • Taking shot instead of layup
drawing Lay-ups with outlet
  • Classification:
    • Blue = offense
    • Red = defense
  • The attacker tries to score as quickly as possible.
  • The defender sprints back to stop this.
  • There is only one chance to shoot.
  • After the attack, the attacker becomes the defender and vice versa.
drawing 1v1 fast break layup
  • Setup:
    • 2 men in defense
    • 3 groups baseline
  • Playing 3 against 2
  • Shotter returns to defense
drawing Transition drill, 3 vs. 2, 2 vs. 1
  • Setup:
    • 2 in defense, one foot each in the bucket
    • 2 in offense at the three-point line
    • 1 passer
  • Passer passes to 1 of the forwards
  • Footwork is important, foot defense over foot offense
  • Forward passes to the other forward
  • Defense adjusts position
  • Forward passes to other forward
  • Defense adjusts position
  • Passer passes second ball to other forward
  • And then they go 1 on 1 towards the baseline
drawing Close-out drill
  • Setup:
    • 3 groups of end line
    • Ball in the middle
    • Coach stands in the middle
  • Players pass to center line and pass to coach
  • Coach passes to 1 of the 2 outside players
  • Play 2 against 1
drawing Passing to midline / 2 against 1