Basketball drills
- 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:
- 2 groups baseline side by side
- 1 group has a ball
- Progression:
- Playing 1 against 1
- Until the center line, defense step slide passively
- After the center line plays 1 against 1
- Progression:
- Active defense during step slide
- Extra defender under goal
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- Players divide along the length of the field, so they stand on a sideline.
- They are going to perform this exercise in the width of the field.
- In the middle of this field are scattered a number of pawns.
- Everyone has a ball.
Exercise:
- Players dribble to the pawns in the middle, there they hold the ball and pivot 5x.
- Then they dribble on to the other side.
- Once there, turn around and dribble with the ball as fast as possible to the starting point.
- Then do it all over again.
- Starting lineup:
- All players have 1 ball.
- All players stand inside the three-point line.
- Progression:
- Everyone is ticker with ball.
- Tag ball away from other players.
- Whoever loses ball is out.
- Progression:
- As the group gets smaller, make the circle smaller.
- Regression:
- AFTER
- Stand with the whole group in a circle in the middle of the field.
- Each player 1 ball.
- Dribble normal -hip height
- Dribble low -below knee
- Dribble extremely low -bounce no higher than ankle height
- Dribble low -below knee
- Dribble normal -hip height
- Dribble extremely high -above shoulder
- Dribble normal -hip height
- Have the players sit while dribbling
- Now have the players stand up dribbling
- Have the players dribble sitting down again
- Players now dribble between their legs
- Have them stand again and make 8s between their legs, then ball around the waist as fast as possible, then the other way.
Notice:
- Each part can be done with both hands
- The coach acts as an example.
- Starting lineup:
- 2 groups at the level of the free throw line
- 2 players top of the bucket
- Conduct:
- Coach throws ball -or collide or roll-.
- 2 players fight for the ball and play 1-on-1
- Defense must be between ball and goal
- Progression:
- Score with up to 5 dribbles
- Regression:
- AFTER
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group baseline left
- 1 group baseline right
- Everyone has a ball
- Place cones
- Progression:
- Dribble toward the center line
- At each cone do a move; crossover, behind the back, ...
- Then lay-up to goal
- Switch sides
- Progression:
- Coach stands in defense under goal
- Regression:
- Place fewer cones
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- Starting lineup:
- 1 player at the level of the free throw line -both sides of the court-.
- 1 group of players to the right of the center line
- 1 group of players to the left of the center line
- Progression:
- Player at the center line passes to the player at the free throw line and runs through
- Player at the free throw line passes back to the running player
- Player does a lay-up
- Player who made the lay-up goes to the free throw line to pass
- Player who gave the pass takes rebound and passes to the other group at the center line
- Progression:
- No dribbling is allowed
- Regression:
- Group at the center line may be closer
- Basic setup:
- 1 defender under each goal
- 2 groups at the center line
- Conduct:
- 1 against 1 on each side of the field
- Defense stays standing when scoring
- To score first 10 times
- Progression:
- Maximum of 5 dribbles from as soon as you cross the center line
- Regression:
- Defense with hands behind back
- Players divide along the length of the field so stand on a sideline.
- They will perform this exercise in the width of the field.
- In the middle of this field are scattered pawns.
- Everyone has a ball.
- Players dribble to the pawns in the middle, there they hold the ball and pivot 5x.
- Then they dribble again to the other side.
- Once there, turn around and dribble with the ball as fast as possible to the starting point.
- Then do it all over again.
