Basketball drills for technique catching

• Set-up. Two equal lines.
• The first player in each line DOES NOT have a basketball.
• The Activity - begins with the first player in line making a "V-Cut" at the baseline and pops back out to about 12 feet away from the basket and calls for the ball by showing ten fingers to player #2.
• Player #2 passes the ball to player #1.
• Player #1 shoots and gets his own rebound.
• Player #1 then goes to the back of the line giving his ball to #4.
• Since player#2 gave his ball to player #1, he now makes a V-cut to the baseline and the activity repeats itself.
• Coaching Points- Catch and square up to the basket.

• Passing - 50 Passes
• Set-up - Two equal teams out on the court.
• The Object - To make a total of 50 passes.
• Does not have to be consecutive.
• The Game - teams play keep away by passing the ball back and forth to team mates.
• No dribbling is allowed.
• First team to make a total of 50 passes wins.

Full court shooting and running. Condition and shooting

• Four or more players are in a circle
• One or two defenders are in the middle
• The players wil pass to each other and the middle defenders try to catch the ball
• Players in the circle cannot pass to the person directly next to him (because otherwise the ball will not go through the middle)
• If the ball is catched, he will change place with the person who threw the ball
• Repeat ten times
• Any pass is legit

• 5 man weave, 3  idplayers run the weave. 
• Pass the ball, go round the outsude player, outside player moves in and becomes midplayer and soforth. 
• Last 2 players that touched the ball become defenders. 
• Defending 2 players in the court. 
• One inbouncer. 
• 3 against two full court.

• A) Player with ball starts on baseline. 
• One defender (E) weakside of the bucket low offensive end.
• Pass the ball to pos. B, 
• pos B passes to pos C. 
• Pos C passes back to running (A) player. 
• Player passes ball to the corner D.
• D) Corner tries to score/lay-up via the baseline. 
• Defender steps in and defends baseline. 
• Player A comes in like a trailer and can get the pass if D has not scored yet.
• Rotate every position, A becomes B, has to run back via other side court. E becomes A, B-C, C-D, D-E.

• 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.

• 3 against 2 with passing every time. 
• Help each other in defense when someone is free. 
• The attackers learn to use a man advantage and to finish. 
• Speed, precision, good passing and team play are necessary here.

Players gather on the right or left side of the center line.
The first two have a ball.
There are two catchers under the basket.
From the center line you dribble to the basket and make a lay-up.
The catcher catches the ball and passes it to the next player in line.
You do this until you have scored 15 times and then you change sides.

• Outward, the classic weave is run.
• Back, the weave is run up to the center line.
• The next 3 players ready to run the weave catch the current 3 players half court and a 3 versus 3 situation is created from which a score must always be scored.
• After the score, the newest 3 players run the weave and the next 3 will catch these players half court for a 3 versus 3.

• Everyone stands in a circle and start with 1 ball.
• The first player calls out the name of the person he/she wants to pass to and only when he/she looks does the player give a pass of their choice; collision, chest, overhead.
• If this goes well, you can differentiate to multiple balls.

• Everyone stands back to back. 
• The first one throws the ball against the board, the rest time well each time to catch the ball in the air and throw it against the board again,.
• The 20th throws the ball into goal. 
• Do this both right and left. 
• They walk around cone or coach each time and rejoin at the back.