Basketball drills
- 2 teams.
- Behind the baseline each team has 6 pots.
- If you score, you may add one of the other teams' pots to your own.
- First team with 9 pots behind its baseline wins.
- Left lay up.
- Left jump stop - cross over.
- Left lay back.
- Free throws.
Exercise
- 3 men at the bucket, coach at the free throw line.
- Take free throw.
- Outlet to the side, other two rebounding or taking it.
- Pass to outlet. (Never in the middle!)
- Outlet dribbles to centre, other two split left-right.
- To basket across.
- Cutting from free throw line.
- Outlet good jump stop and tight pass.
Starting position
- All players with a ball on the baseline.
Explanation
- Crossover: Good low position and change of speed.
- Behind the back.
- Through the legs.
Exercise
- Zigzag to the other side.
- Change of direction at line basket-basket.
With 3 men on the back line and the middle having the ball
- The middle passes to a man
- Runs after the ball.
- Who passes to the man on the other side
- Also runs after the ball.
- They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
- When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.
NOTE: no ball on the ground, so the other must rebound (even when scoring)!
Everyone in the trio must have scored once.
If that takes more than 6 attempts, then they all have to do 10 pushups
- Make sure there are two balls for each player. Let the players get an extra ball themselves.
- Place the extra basketballs against the wall, behind the baseline.
Exercise 1
- The player starts from the triple-threat position.
- The player dribbles forward with the ball to the center line.
- Player dribbles backwards with the ball to the baseline.
- Points of Attention:
- Player pushes the ball forward
- Player takes the ball back with his fingertips.
Exercise 2
- Player dribbles with two basketballs to the center line.
- Player dribbles two basketballs to the baseline, backwards.
Each player has nrs from 1-5
- Run a break (lines) for the other side.
- Nr goes for shot.
- If you miss, the rest of the players have to rebound and score.
- Quickly take over and go to the other side where nr 2 takes a shot.
- If wrong rebound and finish.
Etc etc for 3,4 and 5. May be with a pass in between.
- Important - warm up means - build intensity - be in motion.
- Coach in the middle
- Groups start with the ball under goal
- First no ball
- Move to the other side
- Coach goes a little further each time until three point line
- LU left and right every time
- At some point shot
- Dynamic stretching by cap
- Shooting
- sideline 2 rows
- 4 balls
- on 2 sides
- 1 against 1 first dribble upwards with defense
- 1 against 1 to the ring
- 3 against 2
- 2 defense in bucket with 1 ball
- 3 men on baseline
- Pass from defense to side man
- Attack
- React
1 shooter and 1 or 2 rebounders.
- Start from 3 point line with shot.
- Then slides to the sideline and offers on elbow.
- Take shot there and move back to the center line.
- From there back to 3-point line etc.
Points 2 and 3 count until 21 is reached or passed.
2 shooters start in the corners of the field.
5 positions around.
5 positions around.
- 3 or 4 defenders rotate in the paint.
- Closeout as they come from low to high.
- 3-4 attackers stand on 3-line.
- Coach passes from baseline to attacker.
- Attacker shoots directly.
- Attack rebounds then defense runs.
Basic drill Spin and swim drill
2 rows on the baseline, 2 balls (first see if it runs with 2 balls)
- Front player no ball.
- Comes up to elbow on the other side bucket.
- Gets ball.
- Takes shot (own rebound, ball to row on side where he takes shot.
- Player who passes runs around the player to other side bucket.
- Gets ball.