Basketball drills for
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.
With 3 men on the back line and the middle one has the ball- The middle passes to a man and runs after the ball
- The man in the middle passes to the man on the other side, who also runs after the ball.
- They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
- When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.
- He becomes the defender and the other two attackers must try to reach each other with a long ball.
- The goal of the defender is to prevent the attackers from scoring.
- If the attackers do not manage to score, they must do 5 push-ups.
Requirements:
players must be able to make a lay up from the pass
Goal: learn the
running move to free another player + have the courage NOT to pass to the first man who moves
Organisation:
- 3 pawns
- fixed pair
- fixed passer in the corner of the field.
- adjust deep post
- cut in, ask for the ball and pass
- second incider gets the ball and makes the lay up
- catches it himself
- passes to the oulet
- and runs to the pawn on the other side of the free throw line
- in the meantime, the man with the ball dribbles to the next pawn
- passes to his regular teammate
- who passes to the regular passer in the corner
- cuts in and asks for the ball (but does not get it)
- when there are more than 10 men: make 5 free throws and then change with a fixed passer
Teaching Points:
- the first man to cut in must look at the passer and ask for the ball with his hands
- the passer must use pass fakes to keep his defender out of the pass line until the second man cuts in
Variations:
Left and right
Requirements:
- players must have the courage to shoot defensively
- and control a feint + dribble + shot or drive
Goal:
practice1
against 1
Organisation:
- after a goal attempt, each player catches his own ball
- waits until his team-mate is in his shooting position.
- passes the ball and defends the attacker.
- the attacker uses the space left by the defender for a shot or drive
- or lures the defender towards him with a shot fake and then makes a drive to the basket
- OR a bounce + step + shot
- do NOT introduce an element of competition to prevent defenders from making hard fouls to avoid losing.
- Make sure the attacker gets the ball where he can actually shoot, so the defender has to consider the shot AND the drive.
Teaching points:
- Catch the ball in your shot hand (ready to shoot).
- adjust shooter well
- shooting technique
- if a player never shoots but always makes a drive, instruct the defender to only defend the drive hard and leave room for the shot
Variations:
- shot distance
- Position in relation to the basket.
Requirements:
players must be able to drive and shoot from the 3-point line
Goal:
practice different techniques to score from the forward position
Organization:
- Attacker 3 sprints after the pass directly to the forward position.
- gets the ball there
- and attacks the basket with a high speed of action.
- Starts to land in 2TR and shoots.
- while finishing underneath the basket, always picks up the ball
- with a big approach step to the desired position under the hoop
- Pull on the other foot
- and take off with two feet
Rotation:
- the passer takes a step backwards to make room for the next passer.
- the archer catches the ball and passes it to the passer
- who joins the back of the row with the ball
- the shooter takes the position of the passer.
Catch and go:
- catch the ball and attack directly at the elbow
- sharp change of direction
- high speed
Mtm offense
Jump back:
- Attack the elbow
- Offset under the elbow on your front foot and jump backward
- pick up the ball and shoot
Jump back and drive:
- Attack the elbow
- Jump back and drive: attack the elbow, push off under the elbow onto your front foot and jump backwards
- do not pick up the ball, but change hands and attack the basket at the weak side
1 on 1
- the passer is now slightly deeper
- As soon as he has passed to the forward, he starts defending
- the attacker applies the different techniques he practised before
Rotation:
the pair that has finished the 1v1 move together to the centre line and swap roles OR the loser defends.
Variations:
- left and right
- place the passer in the corner or on the block
- different techniques of finishing under the board
- adding a help defender to the weak side, so that the attacker also learns what (im)possibilities are there.
- Row players 3-point line.
- Ball 2nd player etc.
- Defender under the basket.
- First player runs to defender. Quick post-up, receives pass/keep ball high. NO DRIBBLE!
- Passive defense, finish.
- Fake left, finish right.
- Step to left with left foo,than cross step with same foot/pivot and finish right.
- One dribble........
- 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
- 3 teams of 3 players
- 3 players in the middle
- Attacking
- Defense up to the center line, even after ball loss
- 2 players on offense.
- 2 players on defense.
- 2 players at the free throw line.
- 2 players at the level of the other free throw line.
- Play 2 against 2 until there is a score or stop.
- Defense gives outlet pass to player at height free throw line.
- These go 2-for-2 to other side of the court.
- Offense becomes defense and returns.
- Defense goes to height free throw line.
Note: ball entered behind baseline, with defense.
- Half players baseline.
- Half players half court.
- Player baseline throws against board and takes rebound.
- Chin the ball.
- Turn and dribble toward middle line.
- Outlet pass to player middle line.
- Player middle line goes for a layup.
- Dribbling return to baseline.
- Now with defender other side of field.
- The idea is for the player with the ball to get past a 100% giving defender in 3 dribbles.
- The scoring player stays put, misses then goes out and the defender may attack against a new person.
- The goal is for the player to give everything during this exercise.
- Here the attacker is forced to be explosive and use his whole body.