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Basketball drills for technique catching

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Direct pass

  • 2 or more players have the ball and walk/dribble through each other
  • On signal, the person with the ball passes to the first person he/she makes eye contact with
  • repeat maximum 8 times


drawing direct pass
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Offensive drill guard + 3 v 2.

  • Coach with ball on the baseline/out off bounce.
  • 2 off. players on ft-line.
  • Plus 2 defenders.
  • Screen/roll get ball.Defenders go to sideline and become offense.
  • 2 dribbles, pass to mid-player on midcourt. Players passes it to either side. 3 v 2.
  • After score, offenders go to row for f-line start.
  • Defenders go to rows midcourt.Boxing-OUT
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Offense screen + roll.

  • Player with ball one side of the basket, mid-player sets screen on to ball, rolls to the basket.
  • Screened player dribbles accross to the other side.
  • Low post sets back-screen on side player.
  • Player gets pass,lay-up. Two for the rebound.
  • Next players ready.
  • Plus two/four defenders possible. Switch positions.
  • After 4 times, swith top to side positions.Than switch side basket.
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Passing in movement

  • 3 and 7 run to the circle and look to the right to receive ball from 1 and 5.
  • 1 and 5 run after ball and then stand in the circle.
  • 3 and 7 pass to the man opposite them (i.e. 4 and 8) and chase ball,
  • 4 and 8 pass to 1 and 5 in the circle and chase the ball and stand in the circle.
  • 1 and 5 pass directly to 6 and 2 and chase the ball.
  • 6 and 2 then pass to 4 and 8 in the circle and chase their ball and stand in the circle 4 and 8 pass directly to 3 and 8 who can pass to 6 and 2 in the circle. 6 and 2 pass directly to 1 and 5 and the circle is complete.
  • In fact, everyone is chasing his or her pass.
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Lay up give and go 3 spots

  • Ball up pass to bed.
  • the down man runs in and passes to the middle man.
  • The middle man passes to the first passer
  • who runs in for a lay up.
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Repacking exercise

  • The ball is caught with the left, passed to the right and thrown with the right.
  • The ball will start to spin like a 'figure eight'.
  • After 20 times catching with the right, transferring to the left and throwing with the left, the ball will start spinning.
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Throwing game

  • Opposite players.
  • Players throw the ball with one hand and catch with two hands.
  • Practise 25 times with the right and 25 times with the left.
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Bounce

  • Have the players stand a little closer together and throw up with a bounce.
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Throw and catch 3

  • As an exercise throw and catch, but the ball is played at knee height.
  • Pay particular attention to the pins, which are a little closer together and point to the ground.

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Throw and catch 2

  • As exercise throw and catch, but pass the ball a little higher, not so high that you have to jump, so just above the head.
  • Pay special attention to the catching and the position of the thumbs, a little closer together than in exercise 1.
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Catch and throw

  • Players throw the ball to each other with two hands and catch with two hands.
  • Position at chest height.
  • Pay attention to either throwing or catching, not both at the same time.
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Passing and catching

  • ...prepare for the ball to come.
  • Eyes on the approaching ball.
  • The arms are stretched out towards the ball;
  • the wrists are slightly bent backwards;
  • the fingers are spread and point upwards;
  • The body reaches slightly forward.
  • At the moment of ball contact, the fingertips touch the ball first;
  • the thumbs and slightly the index fingers are behind the ball,
  • so that the ball cannot shoot through.
  • the speed of the ball is slowed down by bending the arms.
  • The ball comes to rest in front of the diaphragm.
  • Especially with 'hard' passes, it is useful to place one foot in front of the other while catching.
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