Basketball drills

• three groups of two per basket
• try to make qualitatively equal pairs
• How?
  • 1 pair in front, 2 in forward positions
  • take turns making a drive, alternating attack/defence
  • First of the pair to have 5 points, wins.

Requirements:
players must be able to run a lay up from a bounce pass

Goal: learn
how to punish the overplaying of the forward by an aggressive defense

Organization:

• guard dribbles up from behind the centre circle
• at the same moment the centre 4 comes to the elbow
• and player 3 sprints to the pawn
• 1 passes to 4 with a bounce pass
• 3 sprints to the basket with a sharp change of direction and speed
• and receives the bounce pass from 4

Rotation:

• 4 grabs the rebound
• and takes the ball on the back line
• 3 goes to defend the inbound pass
• when 9 receives the ball, 7 takes position at the sideline for the next inbound pass
• 4 and 5 do not rotate but take turns.
• 1 joins the line behind the pawn
• 9 passes the ball to 8 and joins the row behind it

Variation:

• 1 pretends he is going to put a screen away on the weak side, but cuts to 4 for a hand off
• takes the shot
• OR plays pick and roll with 4

Teaching Points:

• Sprint to the pawn: when passing, you as the attacker must take the defender well outside the three-point line to make enough space for the backdoor.
• 1 has to feint immediately after the pass to be in time for the hand off.

series of exercises to train postural muscles

• hip crossover
• scorpion
• one-hundred
• left hand on right knee, right hand on right ankle, left leg extended (15 cm off the ground), shoulders off the ground -> change: right hand on left knee, left hand on left ankle, right leg extended. Calm movement!
• On hands/knees (shoulders - torso - legs rectangle). Turn right leg and right arm up towards the ceiling, hips together. From here, turn back, dog pose, swing left leg up, back to hands/knees. Repeat! Idem left.
• Side posture, upper leg stretched back, upper arm stretched forward. Bring hand to knee and stretch again. Repeat! Same as on the other side.
• Sit on right hip, right hand on the ground. From here up with left leg stretched towards ceiling and back again. Repeat! Same as left side.
• plank posture. From there, move foot by foot next to your hand and back again. Order: first right first, then left first (alternately).

• give each other the right arm and bend your knees in a sitting position.
• idem left arm

• Two pairs shake hands in a crossed position (see photo) and kneel down in the sitting position.

• 2 opposite each other, bend their knees in the sitting position and come up and kick forward with the left and right leg alternately.

Two pairs sit down and stand up at the same time, with their backs against each other.

• 2 groups of players stand behind each other,
• back player lifts leg of player in front of him.
• the player in front of him goes through the knees with the other leg.

Two persons face to face in a lying position. They push themselves up and give each other a hand slap (see photo)

• Pairs run from baseline to baseline on the right side of the field,
• meanwhile chest pass back and forth,
• distance between them is approx. 3 metres.
• Return on the left side, but then with bounce-pass.

Line to line

• Right, left, skipping, handball, one-legged handball
• Stay behind the trainer, sprint

Attack

• Crossover with hesitation, fake crossover
• Between the legs
• Behind the back
• Combo, e.g. between the legs and behind the back

Defence

• Cap steps, sprint
• Slides
• Cap steps, slides at each line

• 3 lines a few meters apart.
• Each line has a name (apple pear or banana).
• The children start on a line.
• Trainer calls out a fruit and the children must run to that line as fast as they can.