Basketball drills

Lay-up exercise across the width of the room:

After you've made the lay-up, catch the ball and play it through with a bounce pass to a player without the ball in the row you came from!

• The teacher places 2 pilons.
• See floor plan for the precise location, keep the basketball lines.
• The teacher divides the students into 2 teams and each team stands behind a pilon.
• The teams have to shoot the ball from the pilon into the basket.
• When a student has shot, he/she picks up the ball, gives/passes the ball to the next in line and connects to the back of the line again.
• Every ball that goes into the basket is a point.
• The team that scored 5 points first wins.

• Team with 3 balls in a row on the freethrow line.
  • First one shoots, 
  • second one shoots, 
  • If the previous player misses, the next player can shoot him out of the game.
• If you miss your shot, quickly finish under the basket. 
• If the player behind it scores, the next player is out. 
• Until one remains.
• With 3 balls, faster, more effective than with 2.

• Three rows. 
• Shoot and join at the back of the next row.
• Hurry up, watch where you're going.
• Everybody catch a ball, catch your own ball and join the back of the next row.
• Variations:
  • Up to the twenty or thirty.
  • Until everyone has scored ten times.

• Player blue passes to red and sprints to red for a close-out. 
• Player red tries to get into the "paint" to score. 
• Player blue is going to try to prevent this.
• Either blue can steal the ball 
  • point for blue
• Either red can score
  • point for red
• After a possible goal is score, red takes rebound, passes to the next in line. 
• Blue goes to the position of red.
  The exercise now starts again with the next players.

• Player is explained shooting technique. 
• Practicing over distance on the field. 
• Pay attention to technique and the curve of the ball. After 10 practice throws in the field, the first player slides into the ring.
• 1 Player stands in the first hoop and shoots. If it's in, it's 1 point, player moves to the second hoop and shoots , 2 points if it's scored. 
• If it's not scored, then move to 1 hoop closer. If it's scored, move to the 3rd hoop.
• If you score the 3rd hoop, you get 3 points and you may stay and shoot again. 
• Max score is: 1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3=27 points.
• Under the basket is a teammate who rebounds and passes the ball back to the shooter. 
• After 10 attempts, shooter and rebounder change positions. 10 attempts again
• Remember your score. 
• After one session (10 throws each) these players go to the field to practice and move up the line. 
• When everyone has finished, compare scores.
• Points of attention: shooting technique, rebound action, (shooter ask for the ball) and passing technique.

• Players in a row on the free throw line or for U10 and U12 a bit closer to the basket (put down pilons).
• First two players have a ball.
• Player 1 tries to shoot. 
• When the ball is thrown, player 2 may also shoot.
• If the player misses, go for the rebound as fast as possible, try to score from the area where the rebound is picked up (if it is behind the baseline, dribble in a bit).
• If player 2 scores before player 1, player 1 is finished and is not allowed to play again.
• After a goal is scored, pass as soon as possible to player 3 plays so that he can 'kill' his predecessor.
• Connect yourself at the back of the row.
• Play on until there is 1 player left. 
• Note that the player who has to be played has to get out at the right side to be able to play. And that the scorer rebounds the ball as fast as possible and plays it back with a good tight pass.

  
  

• Setup:
  • Per 2 facing each other
  • Use width of field
• Dribble 1 against 1 between the lines
• Swap every time

• 4X4 or 5X5.
• Half Field.
• Only the defending team can score points through:
  • Turnover
  • Rebound
• When the attacking side scores there is a switch, so the attackers start defending and the defenders start attacking.
  
• The team that scores 5 points first has won.
• Losers 10 push ups.

• Blue makes a board pass to the right of the hoop and sprints left around the pillon to the opposite side.
• White catches the ball in the air and makes a board pass, sprints right around the pillon and sprints toward the center line.
• Red catches the board pass, turns up the right side already in the air, makes an outlet pass to White and sprints across.
• White makes a long pass to blue and sprints across.
• Blue makes a layup and sprints across the right side to the other side.
• White sprints past the left pillon and sprints across again.
• Red grabs the rebound and makes another outlet pass to white.
• White passes to blue again.
• Blue makes a layup... etc, etc
  
  
• High tempo.
• Try to execute this drill without a dribble.
• Clearly call Outlet.
• How many times can you score without letting the ball touch the ground?

• Starting lineup:
  • 1 forward left + defense
  • 1 forward right + defense
  • 1 guard center + defense
  • 1 strong group, 1 weaker group
• Progression:
  • Guard gives the pass to 1 of the forwards - alternating left and right
  • Forward does a v cut to run free
  • Defense tries to prevent the pass, but does not go full out yet
  • Forward goes 1-on-1 and makes a drive
• Progression:
  • Defense weak-side must drop off when the forward gets the pass
  • Give and go with the guard instead of 1v1
  • Active defense
• Regression:
  • Passive defense

• Starting lineup:
  • 1 group baseline with ball
  • 1 group baseline without ball
  • The inner group has the ball
• Progression:
  • Player 1 dribbles slowly to the center line
  • Player 2 does step and slide up to the center line
  • Then they play 1 against 1
• Progression:
  • Active defense during step slide
  • Extra defender under goal
• Regression:
  • Passive defense