Basketball drills for technique condition

• 2 rows on the baseline/ bucket
• 1 ball per row.
• Shoot and when the ball reaches the other row they may throw the ball away.
• Losers push up/ run.

• 2 rows in the corner of the field, diagonally.
• The 1st player without ball goes running, the 2nd player gives baseball pass.

• At trainer's signal, both players start sprinting.
• Blue must run around first pawn and Red runs straight through to tap Blue.
• Red becomes Blue and flips over.

• Run laps with lay-ups over all baskets.
• After whistle press up, tap, plank, jump with ball held in hands.
• After the whistle turn around and left.
• After the whistle accelerate.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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!)

For U12 first explain well which lines are used.
Standard killer with line touching, executing with ball and different commands.

• Slowly build up speed as a warming up,
• Possibly let a player determine what the assignments are.
• Do take a rest now and then.

Tasks:

• Left to go, right back
• Left/right (cross)
• Backwards (2 times left, 2 times right)
• Put the ball down (under ball back, pick up ball back and next line)
• With press-ups (2x on the line), jumping, abs ect.

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