Basketball drills
- Starting lineup:
- Each player 1 ball
- 1 side of the court
- Coach is clearly lined up to preview the drills
- Progression:
- Each exercise lasts 30 seconds and is performed with both right and left hands
- Passing the ball around the body without dribbling
- Legs spread, we hold the ball between the legs, one hand in front and one in back we unload the ball and change hands quickly
- We make an eight movement around and through the legs without dribbling
- We throw the ball up and catch it behind the back, first low and then higher and higher
- Dribbling around 1 leg; 10 X and then around other leg, changing direction
- At knee height next to body dribble left and right
- Very low in front of body dribble left and right
- Crossover in front of the body with 2 dribbles
- Crossover in front of the body with 1 dribble - keep ball low
- Stand still and dribble through the legs, front to back, with 1 dribble
- Remaining still and dribbling through the legs, front to back
- In an 8-formation dribble through the legs in both directions left and right
- A v-dribble with 1 hand in front of the body left and right
- In and out dribble in front of the body left and right
- Beside the body from front to back dribble at knee height left and right
- Progression:
- Who can dribble through their legs the most?
- 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
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group at the free throw line
- 1 group just outside the three-point line
- Conduct:
- Player at the three-point line passes to the player at the side
- The player first walks slowly to the left
- Then runs to the right; v-cut
- Player receives the pass and finishes in lay-up
- Progression:
- Defender at the level of the free throw line
- Defender under the bucket
- Defender at the level of the three-point line running along and defending
- Regression:
- Working without a v-cut
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Player sprints 1 more time to the center line and back
- Regression:
- Player sprints only to the center line and back
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- 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
- 2 attacking players with both a ball
- Start simultaneously on the end line
- Dribble around a cone on the center line
- Then go through a gate of 2 cones at the level of the free-throw line to score first
- Those who miss must go through the gate again
- When they have scored, they pass the ball to the next teammate
- The first team to score with all its players wins
- 5 defensive players along the sideline
- Each defender stands in a hoop and may not come out of it
- The other players are attackers
- Attackers try to get past the 5 defenders
- Attackers use fakes and hand switches
- Defenders try to stop the attackers without error
- Defenders are not allowed to come out of their box
- After the last defender, the attacker makes a lay-up
- Optionally, the game can be played in 2 teams
- Teams can alternate and try to make as many successful lay-ups as possible within a given time
- Setup:
- Group left
- Group right
- Lay-up
- Lay-under
- Lay-under 1 hand
- Power lay-up
- Reverse lay-up
- Lay-up with jump stop and shot short distance
- Lay-up with pass, pass, defense
- Variations:
- Right
- Left
- Center
- With change of direction
- Setup:
- 1 player under goal
- All other players around the goal
- Player under goal passes 1 by 1 to the players around the goal.
- At the end finish with a power jump-stop.
- Possibly split the group into two.