Basketball drills for all skills
- Stand with the whole group in a circle in the middle of the field (doesn't matter much where in the field, but this is easy)
- Make sure each player has 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 dribble
- Now have the players dribble standing up
- Have the players now dribbling sitting down again
- Players now dribble between their legs
- Have them stand again, and make 8s between their legs, then ball around waist as fast as possible, then the other way.
Notice:
- Each part can be done with both hands
- The coach acts as an example.
Ball skills
- Turning 8s through the legs
- Tipping between the fingers
- Circling, ball around waist, or head, or legs, or any combination thereof
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3 players:
- Head bucket passes to left or right and cuts through the middle of the ball
- Put down 4 pylons
- 2 players with ball under the basket.
- Throw ball against board and pass oullet (get ball back, pass again and make layup, then goes to other side)
- Passer runs to next pylon (preferably 2 men per pylon)
- Last passer grabs rebound and starts with ball against board.
- 2 tally facing basket on starting line with man with ball behind, bounce left or right.
- First takes ball and shoots, then with crossdrible. Up to 7
- Then with back to basket, shot at elbow, then with cross and then with cross and turn
This exercise is designed to defend the cutting-in man.
- 1 passer in the center circle with defender
- 1 attacker and defender at forward positions
- Guard starts dribbling and passes to forward (lets the ball arrive, then defends full on forward)
- At that moment, the defender makes a jump-to-the-ball
- And runs along in denial --> guard cuts in from the strong side
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2 men on lowpost and 2 along penalty throw line
Doubles screen on man in corner
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Everyone a ball and spread over the length of the field
- Dribble back and forth (jump stop, pivot across, or keep on dribbling)
- Warmingup: start slow, 50, 70, 100%
Variations:
- Dribble left back, right back
- 2x left, 2x right
- Roll the ball on the ground (make 8)
- Ball fixed and jump with 2 legs
- The Crab
- Between the legs (high and low)
- Tapping lines on the way
- On the way 5x push-ups, 10 abdominal crunches, 30 secs taps
- Low dribble (fast left/right),
- High dribble with hop, backwards.
- Behind the back, turn on axis,
- Stationary: through the legs (step out, dribble, step back), 8-step low dribble, behind your back,