Basketball drills
- Setup:
- Per 2 players 1 ball
- 1 player baseline
- 1 player at free throw line with ball
- Player baseline runs to other player and receives pass.
- Land, crossover step, 3 dribbles, jump stop, pivot.
- Pass to next player.
- Across the length of the court.
- Variations:
- Catch, spin, reverse pivot - heel lift when pivoting-.
- Front stop, half pivot, pivot forward.
- Jump and turn in the air, turn and face.
- 3 groups: wing left, wing right, top.
- 1 ball per group.
- Shooting.
- Advancing clockwise.
- 4 players on the baseline
- 4 players at the free throw line
- Coach passes to 1 of the players
- Player, opposite the one receiving the pass, runs to the baseline to join the defense
- Other players immediately go on offense and defense
- Important to stop the dribble
- Important to defend the basket
- Tag without ball on the center line.
- If tapped, you must stand still -ball on ground- as jammer.
- From baseline to baseline, ticker may not go beyond head bucket.
- Last one remaining wins.
Per 2 players facing each other.
Play ball across:
Play ball across:
- Chest pass.
- Right pass -step around push pass-.
- Left pass.
- Overhead pass.
Variation:
Put a defender between the 2.
On wrong pass, passer becomes the defender.
Put a defender between the 2.
On wrong pass, passer becomes the defender.
- Everyone on baseline.
- 3 defenders.
- 1 at level of free throw line.
- 1 at mid-line.
- 1 at the free throw line.
- Defense stays on their line, may deviate a bit.
- Players dribble across.
- Whoever loses ball becomes defender.
- Group of defenders gets bigger and bigger.
- 3 groups: Top, down left, down right.
- Top passes to right, player already running to next spot.
- Important to pass in front of player
- 30 successful passes.
- 2 groups at center line level.
- 2 players look towards goal.
- Coach throws ball towards goal.
- 2 players fight for the ball and play 1 against 1.
- 2-3 players catch the ball.
- The other players line up around the 3 point line.
- 2 balls.
- Players run regular layups.
- Coach stands under the basket and each time a player arrives, raises a specific number of fingers.
- The players must then get that number right.
- This teaches them not to look at the ball.
- Warm-up exercise without ball - 5 minutes of +- 5 rounds.
- 4 cones in a square in the room with one exercise performed along each side:
- Sideways shuffling with the face turned to 1 particular side.
- Swinging arms, per round this can be alternated forward/backward.
- Side shuffling with the face turned to the same side as last time so that the other leg is now first.
- Skipping, lifting knees, can be alternated per round with seat touching.
- Make 2 teams.
- Each team stands ready on one side of the field on the back line.
- Put as many balls as players on both the 3-meter lines.
- When the trainer/trainer calls GO!, everyone starts rolling the balls to the other side.
- Whoever has the fewest balls in their field after 3 minutes has won.
Different options:
- Player under the basket, pass from the corner and player runs in. Quick scoring from close range.
Make it more difficult by throwing first ball against the board/wall, then score. - Player with ball on the centerline, 2nd player on the backline.
Player with ball starts dribble and 2nd player chases and must first throw ball against the board/or wall for score.