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Basketball drills

  • Setup:
    • 3 groups
    • Top, down left, down right
  • Top passes to right, player already running to next spots
  • Player receiving ball passes to next -who is also already running.
  • Important to pass in front of the player.
  • Important to pass with right hand and left as we turn.
  • 30 successful passes.
drawing Passing triangle
  • Setup:
    • Per 2 facing each other
    • Use width of field
  • Dribble 1 against 1 between the lines
  • Swap every time
drawing Dribble beats 1 on 1
  • Setup:
    • Standing per 2 on top of each other
  • Chest pass
  • Bone pass
  • Right pass with 1 hand, step around push pass.
  • Left pass
  • Overhead pass
  • Variations:
    • Defender between the 2.
    • If pass wrong, passer becomes defender.
drawing Partner fitting
Setup:
Which team brings in most gold pieces/ pits?
  • 1 bank & one-against-all
  • 2-4 gangs of thieves
  • 1-2 guards.
Game consists of 4 rounds of play:

Game Round 1:
  • Thief - attacker: per post only 1 active & 1 gold piece at a time try to steal from bank.
  • Collect in own vault -hoop-.
  • Guard - defender- may only defend outside the bank.
  • If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
  • Which team was able to steal most gold pieces?
Game Round 2:
  • Divide gold pieces equally among the thieves.
  • Thieves: safely move your gold pieces 1-for-1 to other safe -from one hoop to another.
  • Thief -attacker: walk around your cone without the guard catching you.
  • Agent -defender: in this case may only defend inside the bank.
  • If the thief is caught -attacked, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
  • Which team was able to transfer most gold pieces safely?

Game Round 3:
  • Thieves: for x time, steal as many gold pieces as possible from other safe.
  • Thief -attacker: mandatory back & forth through bank = watch for guard inside bank.
  • Guard may only defend inside bank.
  • If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.

Game round 4:
Same as game round 3, but with double guard 1 guard outside & 1 guard inside the bank.

Which team will have the most gold pieces in their possession after 4 rounds of play?

  • Setup:
    • All players 1 ball
    • In the three-point line
    • Everyone is ticker with ball
  • Tapping the ball
  • Whoever loses ball is out
  • When the group gets smaller make the circle smaller
drawing Dribble knockout
  • Setup:
    • 1 defender under each goal
    • 2 groups at the center line
  • 1 against 1 on each side of the field
  • Defense stays standing when scoring
  • To score first 10 times
  • Variations:
    • Right and left
drawing 1 vs. 1 full court
  • Setup:
    • Everyone baseline
    • 3 defenders
    • 1 defender near free throw line
    • 1 defender at center line
    • 1 defender near the free throw line
  • Defense stays on their line, may deviate a bit
  • Players dribble across
  • Whoever loses the ball becomes a defender
  • Group of defenders gets bigger and bigger
drawing Bird on a wire
  • Setup:
    • Per 2 you form a team
    • 5 positions around the bucket
    • Each duo starts on a different position
  • After 5 scores move to the next position
  • Shift clockwise
  • Own rebound
  • Team that scores 5 first on all positions wins
drawing Paired shooting
  • Setup:
    • 2 groups
    • At the level of the free throw line
  • First a v-cut, then get ball
  • Pivoting and shooting
  • Own rebound
  • Connecting on the other side
  • Be careful to pivot on the right foot
  • Passing with right or left hand, depending on side
  • 20 scores
  • Variations:
    • Pivot and dribble to goal, lay-up
    • Drive straight at goal
    • Pivot and dribble to goal, jump stop
drawing V-cut shooting
  • Setup:
    • 2 players in offense
    • 2 players on defense
    • 2 players at the free throw line
    • 2 players at the other free throw line
    • Teams of 2 stay together
  • Play 2 on 2 until there is a score or stop
  • Defense gives outlet pass to player at free throw line level
  • On score, insert ball behind baseline
  • These go 2-on-2 to other side of the court
  • Offense becomes defense and returns!
  • Team that defended connects at the level of the free throw line
  • Variations:
    • 3 against 3
drawing 2 on 2 get back
  • Setup:
    • Half players baseline
    • Half players half court
    • 1 player starts at the bucket
  • Starting player throws the ball against the board and takes rebound
  • Chin the ball
  • Turn and dribble towards center line
  • Outlet pass to player centerline
  • Midline player goes for a layup
  • Dribbling return to baseline
  • Variations:
    • With defender other side of field
drawing Outlet drill
  • Setup:
    • 4 players on the baseline
    • 4 players at the free throw line
  • Coach passes to 1 of the players
  • Player opposite the one receiving the pass runs to the baseline before joining the defense
  • Other players immediately go on offense and defense
  • Stopping the dribble is important
  • Defending the basket is important
drawing 4 against 4 with disadvantage