Basketball drills

• The teacher sets out three areas of approximately equal size with pawns.
• It is best to use the volleyball lines (see map).
• There are three sections (see map):
• Left: barons square (losers square)
• Middle: princes section (neutral section)
• Right: king of the court (winner section)
• All students stand in the middle section.
• With a signal from the teacher the game starts.
• All pupils have to try to tap/strike the ball of another pupil out of the box.
• If you succeed you move one square to the right.
• If your ball is knocked away you move up one square to the left.
• If you hit/tap someone's ball out of the box on the right you score a point.
• If your ball is knocked out of the winner's box you lose all your points.
• If your ball is knocked out of the left box nothing happens and you stay standing.
• When the teacher gives the final signal the person with the most points is king of the court and he/she has won.

• The teacher chooses 2 tickers.
• They have to stay inside their box (inside the 4 pawns) and knock the basketballs away from the runners when they want to cross.
• The runners have to dribble to the other side without losing their basketball.
• If a runner doesn't have his basketball with him, he's out and he automatically becomes a ticker.
• A tip that you can give to the runners is that they should shield the ball with their body.
• This means staying between the ball and the opponent.
• The pupils may only cross again when everyone has been tagged or has reached the other side.
• In the end, as the game progresses, you get more and more tickers and less and less runners.
• The last remaining runner is the winner.

Prerequisites:
players must master the layup at full speed

Goal:
react
quickly
on a stray ball and be able to finish the next 1 against 1

Organization:

• the trainer stands in the middle of the bucket and has the ball
• Two players on the elbow are only allowed to look straight ahead.
• trainer passes between the players
• they may only move when they see the ball
• the player who captures the ball scores on the opposite basket
• the other player tries to prevent this
• the coach makes his passes so hard that the players have to sprint to keep the ball in.
• n.b. the defender must not make any mistakes due to the risk of injuries
  
  

Teaching points:

• speed of action
• do not let the defender distract you
  
  

Variations:

• have players start sitting or lying down
• Put two players next to each other on the elbow, or with their backs against each other. Then play 2 against 2
• machine gun at players' elbows

• We're gonna dribble!
• Dribble the ball from left to right.
• With feints in between. High. Low. Fast and slow.
• Look closely at the options you have.

• The planet Saturn is the planet with the rings.
• So can you guess how the Saturn exercise goes?
• Spin the ball around your left leg, your right leg and around both legs.
• There is no dribbling involved, but this exercise is very good for your hand-eye coordination.

• There are rows of players on both sidelines.
• The front player of each row has a basketball.
• These players dribble to the sideline on the other side and play the ball with a bounce pass to the second player in the row who is now automatically in front.
• The first player closes in behind and the second player now dribbles across.
• The players practise the overhead pass (with 2 hands, from above the head) and vary the distance
• Players stand in a circle with 1 player in the middle.
• One player starts and throws the ball with a chest pass to the player in the middle.
• Then the first player runs after the ball to the middle.
• The player in the middle throws the ball to the next player in the circle and then runs after them etc.
• The players stand in a circle and pass the ball to each other.
• They are free to choose who they throw to and which pass variant they use.
• To make the exercise more difficult more basketballs can be used.

• The players stand around the bucket or on the free throw line and try to score in the basket.
• Vary their position and distance.
• Players dribble from the center line to the free throw line and try to score from there within 5 seconds.

• Two players throw the ball to each other, the ball may bounce.
• To make it more difficult the bouncing can be omitted.
• Also vary the distance.
• The players stand in a circle and throw the ball to each other.
• They are not allowed to touch the ground.
• Try this with a player in the middle who is trying to intercept.
• If the ball is intercepted, the player who threw the ball stands in the middle.

• The players bounce the ball on the spot.
• Make sure the hand is always on the ball so the ball is pushed down (so not hit down).
• The players sink through their knees so they are low to the ground and the ball bounces faster.
• Then the players stretch their knees again. Repeat several times.
• The players dribble through each other, changing direction all the time so that they are criss-crossing each other.
• The players must try not to touch each other.
• The players try to guide the ball along a route whilst dribbling.
• For example slalom around cones or over benches (at your own discretion).

• Divide the players into two groups.
• The group without the ball tries to tap the player in the other group with the ball.
• As soon as they have touched the player with the ball, the ball is theirs.
• The player with the ball therefore tries to pass the ball on to a teammate as quickly as possible.
• Touching someone with a ball gives a point. The team that scores ten points first wins.
• They are simple but fun basketball games for children with a number of advantages:
  • The children get more ball feeling
  • The children learn how to aim the basketball
  • The children learn to dribble well
  • The children develop team spirit and learn to work together
  • The children move in the indoor gym or on the outdoor sports field

Ideal for training, lessons and fun activities.

• Set up a course with running boards, bridges, hoops and cones and have the kids dribble down the course.
• You can make it as difficult as you like. The child who completes the course in the shortest time wins.

• The children stand in a large circle.
• There are several basketballs in the game.
• The children with the ball bounce the ball as fast as possible to a classmate or group member, while calling his or her name.
• This is recommended for children's camps (great outdoors!) or sports days, where children can learn each other's names and learn to catch the ball.
• Players who do not bounce the ball well, do not catch the ball or call out the wrong name, step out of the circle and do not participate for a while.
• As fewer and fewer players remain, the remaining players bounce more and more balls.
• Continue, until only one or two players remain.
• They have won.