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Basketball drills for

  • Everyone a ball and distribute along the length of the field.
    • Dribble back and forth (jump stop, pivot across, or keep dribbling)
  • Variations:
    • Dribble left back, right back.
    • Tap lines along the way.
    • On the way 5x push ups, 10 abs, 30 sec taps.
    • Low dribble (fast left/right), high dribble with hop, backwards.
    • Between legs, behind the back, turn on axis.
  • Stationary:
    • Through legs (step out, dribble, step back), 8-step low dribble.
  • Depends on the number of balls. 
  • In pairs or alone
  • When alone:
    • Start at your position, dribble across the basket. 
    • Set or Jumpshot from your position (Guard, forward, center). 
    • Up to 8 points.
  • In pairs: 
    • Start at your position, pass to the opposite side of the basket. 
    • Last pass should be good so that shooter in jumpshot is ready for his/her shot. 
    • Up to 4 points per player. 
    • Losers: Slides over the width of the pitch, 1x back and forth.
  • Start under the basket.
  • Two players pass back and forth in the run to center line....
  • At passage center line in man with ball the attacker and goes full dribble to basket.
  • Other player is defender and must get in front of man security and defend.
drawing Speed outbreak
Everyone has a ball.
  • Slalom around pylons, possibly with touching.
  • Dribble with bench. Both sides a foot.
  • Back line slides with ball overhead.
  • Dribble to center line and push up.
  • Layup.
Repeat 3 times.
2 players start on baseline.
  • They sprint to elbow and backwards again to baseline,
  • From there SLIDES to corner baseline and then a sprint to the sideline other side.
drawing Condition 2 penalty throw line and back
  • Two three or four-team teams. (teams)
  • Per team 2 balls.
  • 1 shooter, 2 (or 3) rebounder(s).
  • Shooter shoots (from free throw line, or lower position), then sprints to center line.
  • Rebounder catches ball, passes ball to shooter. (proper jump stop, proper distance, call for ball)
  • Shooter total 10 scores, then new shooter.
  • Team whose first to have all shooters score 5 times wins! 
  • Loser runs a suicide.
  • Tapping
  • All players on the baseline.
  • 30 sec tapping, sprint to center line, 30 sec tapping, sprint to back line, 30 sec tapping.
  • Slides
  • All players on the baseline, in slide position and facing left. (or right)
  • Slides to the opposite side, until trainer calls GO.
  • At GO sprint back to baseline and make other side slides.
  • Up to other baseline.
  • Squads
  • All players on back line, facing center of field.
  • 10x single squad.
  • 10x halfway and through squad.
  • 5x stay deep and only go back up after 5 seconds. (slowly!)
  • Lunges
  • Lunge walk to the other side of the room. (slow down!)
  • Players at the baseline have the ball.
  • He passes the ball to the blue player and walks towards the other baseline.
  • He gets the ball back and passes it to the red player.
  • He gets the ball back and passes the ball to the orange player.
  • He gets the ball back and dribbles to the basket and finishes with lay up.
  • When the blue player has passed the ball he runs to the spot of the red player.
  • The red player to the orange player and the orange player takes the rebound and starts the exercise on the other side.
  • Variations in finishing and eventually close out and live defence possible.
drawing warm up with passing and lay up
  • 2 rows on the baseline.
  • Front player of one row without ball.
  • Player without ball walks around the pylon, receives pass from front player of other row and makes lay-up/shot.
  • Catch the ball from the back of the pylon.
  • Player who passed the ball goes around the pylon and gets the ball.
  • Adjustments:
    • Move the pylon further and further away.
drawing Warming up: lay-up and shots
  • Taps
    • All players on the baseline
    • 30 sec taps
    • Sprint to the middle line
    • 30 sec taps
    • Sprint to backline
    • 30 sec taps
  • Slides
    • All players on the baseline
    • In slide position and face to the left (or right)
    • Slides to the other side
    • Until trainer calls GO
    • At GO sprint back to the baseline and make slides to other side
    • Until other baseline
  • Squads
    • All players on back line
    • Facing the middle of the field
    • 10x single squad
    • 10x halfway and through squad
    • 5 times stay deep and only come back up after 5 seconds (slowly!)
  • Lunges
    • Lunge walk to the other side of the hall (slowly!)

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.


  • 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
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