Basketball drills
- From the middle line 1-1.
- Defender has a limited area (pylons) in which he can defend.
- Attacker finishes with free lay-up (must go in or push up).
Prerequisites:
- to know the defensive position
Organization:
- coach gives pass to spot 1 (only attack after 4 passes/4 swings)
- attacker on spot 2 and 3
- in/out move
- first part of the exercise 1vs1; second part 2vs2
- shuffle through: offense becomes defense, defense connects and joins in as offense afterwards (stay on same side)
Goal:
- To teach the correct defensive position (denial + help defense)
Teaching points:
- Quickly change position when the ball changes sides, read defence as attacker (backdoor)
- In/out to the bucket, when defending short, get out to 1m outside 3pt line and use backdoor option, jump to the ball.
Prerequisites:
- Bit of game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)
Goal:
- Offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance depending on how the ball moves
Organisation
- Four players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
- Offence: Pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
- Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
- Five passes (calmly), then 4vs4
- Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence.
Teaching points
- Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high exit - jump-to-the-ball - placement of feet - attention to running faults
- Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing.
- One row on the baseline/corner and one row in the center circle with ball.
- Pass to the corner and then run to the same corner and get the ball back at the post.
- Then there are a number of possibilities such as open-step or crossover and 1 vs 0 to the basket.
- Adjuster takes care of the rebound.
Triplets with a ball.
- Trainer throws ball against the board, team must rebound and choose outlet.
- Trainer blocks off one side so they have to pick and ask for the ball!
- Outlet dribbles to the middle and 3X0 completes with a layup (pace.)
- Depending on the level of the U12 explain: outlet, ask for the ball (hands), fill in lines and run attack.
- Trainer can be disruptive at the 2x1, pay attention to left and right handed dribbling.
- The players start from one side of the ring with a zig-zag stepslide to the centre line.
- From the cone at the half way line, they sprint to the goal, receive the pass and finish with a lay-up.
- After the lay-up the players take their own rebound and take the place of the passer.
- With enough players this exercise can also be done on a full court.
- 1 man attack - 1 man defend
- 3 to 5 gates, centre gate 4 points, inner gates 2 points, outer gate 1 point, failed 0 points
- 2 x 3 attempts, most points wins
- finger tip over head for chest cupboard.
- around head, waist, knee
- make between legs
- release ball between legs and change hands to catch without impact.
- throw ball behind back over shoulder left right.
- 10x right dribble 10x left dribble. pushing hard on the ball and not looking at the ball.
- 2x right cross to left 2x left cross ... Don't look at ball
- Dribble an 8 through the legs and keep the ball low.
- Keep dribbling the ball behind your back.
- Dribble between the legs front and back
- 6-10 players.
- Passing around the bucket. Practising helpsidedefense.
- Incl. low post cutting along baseline.
- Other basket.
- Player 1 with ball under the basket, roll ball to plater 2. Close-out.
- Player 2 drive to the basket, only over baseline!!!!
- Score 10 free throws.
- When you score your first free throw, you may take your second.
- When you miss your first shot, you sprint back and forth twice.
- You slide over the back lines and over the middle line and sprint over the other lines.
- You run an eight twice and then a rest and that 3 times.
- You start in the corner
- You dribble to the center line while the defender sends you to one side until the basket-basket line and the off line after the center line 1v1