Basketball drills
- Setup:
- 2 groups
- 1 offence elbow, 1 defense baseline
- Coach passes to 1 of 2 players in offence.
- Player shot.
- Defense does close out.
- Defense does boxing out.
- Intention is to take rebound.
- Offense becomes defense.
- 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.
- Setup:
- Everyone baseline
- 1 group at the free throw line with ball
- 1 group near the sideline
- Players give 3 passes to each other
- Important that they walk in a straight line
- After last pass we play 1 against 1, around the middle line
- Defense closes the middle, pushes the attacker to the sideline
- Variation:
- 1 extra defender under the bucket
- Extra defender may only help if the attacker goes baseline
- If the attacker goes to the middle, there is no help
- Do this to oblige the player not to give middle
- Setup
- 3 groups
- Defense
- Offense
- Players not participating wait at the center line
- Coach has the ball
- Coach passes to 1 player
- Player opposite runs to the center line first and then returns to defense
- Playing 3 against 3
- At ball loss, score, rebound, ball goes to coach
- Offense becomes defense
- Quickly line up again and next group plays
- Setup
- 2 defenders
- 2 attackers on the forward positions
- Play 2 against 2
- Take a maximum of 1 shot
- Attack becomes defense if they cannot score
- Quick switch from defense to offense
- Setup:
- Whole field
- 3 groups baseline one side
- 3 groups baseline other side
- Middle player has ball
- Second man outside group also have ball
- Middle player dribbles across
- After center line pass to right, that player does a drive
- Other players fill in
- 3 cuts in total, then shot
- 1 player still has the ball and shot
- 2 other players get the ball from below
Setup:
- 1 group baseline corner
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball right wing
Exercise:
- Player comes in and passes coach.
- Chooses baseline or middle.
- Based on this, the other 2 groups rotate.
- Always do an extra pass!
- Finish of choice.
Setup:
- 1 group baseline
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball baseline
- Ball left wing -first player has no ball.
Exercise:
- Player baseline passes to wing and does close out and dribbles past.
- Player wing dribbles past it with 2 dribbles towards middle and passes to other winger who rotates more.
- Player who rotates and receives ball does a three point shot.
- Player who cuts and passes comes back up and plays 1 v 0.
- Receives pass from player who will rotate later.
- Therefore, first player here has no ball.
- Own rebound
- Variant:
- Player who rotates and catches ball does a layup.
- Player who cut does a drive and then a step-back sweater.
- Setup:
- 4-on-4
- Between center line and end line
- No dribbling
- No holding the ball overhead
- Passes only
- Score when you cross the center line or end line
- Intention is to run free
- Moving without the ball
- Make decisions with the ball
- 2 groups
- everyone a ball
- race against each other dribbling to the other side there are cards
- if you find 2 of the same cards you must turn them over
- Otherwise turn them over again
- in order to find all pairs the fastest
- Setup:
- 2 groups at the level of the free throw line
- 2 players top of the bucket
- 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
- 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
