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.
- 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.
Variation: can also go 3-on-3.
Note: ball entered behind baseline, with defense.
Note: ball entered behind baseline, with defense.
This exercise sounds simple but it certainly is not:
- 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.
Warm up drill:
- 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.
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.
Small room with 4 baskets:
- 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.
Everyone a ball and distribute along the length of the field.
Dribbleback and forth; jump stop, pivot across or keep dribbling.
Dribbleback and forth; jump stop, pivot across or keep dribbling.
- Warmup: start slow, 50, 70, 100%.
Variations:
- Dribble left back, right back.
- 2x left, 2x right.
- Roll ball across ground, make 8s.
- Hold ball and jump with 2 legs.
- The Crab.
- Between the legs, high and low.
- Tap lines along the way.
- Along the way 5x push-ups, 10 abs, 30 second taps.
- Low dribble; fast left/right.
- High dribble with hop, backwards.
- Behind the back, turn on axis.
- Behind the back, turn on axis.
- Push/pull front to back.
- Side to side; left to right.
- Side to side with cross over.
Standing
Stationary: through the legs. Step out, dribble, step back. 8-step low dribble, behind your back,
- 3x left, 3x crossover, 3 x right.
- With 1 hand push from left to right.
- Through steps . Dribble backwards through legs and forward again, staying in one line.
- Dribble from high to low, sit and stand up again.
Behind your standing legs dribble.
Pawns
Pawns
- 2 pawns; crossover touch pylon with your hand - screen ball.
- 2 pawns, eight around pylons - 1 hand.
- Row of pylons - slalom.
On the bench move forward by jumping on the bench and then off with bench between legs and ball above head.
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.
2 baskets, spread out:
- left-hand lay-up
- Shooting from 5 positions (1x1, loser press-ups).
- Free running (head of the bucket ball, 2x2 free running to score, emphasis on defense)
- Reaction game (1 defender in the middle, 3 players with ball around the bucket, call out number)