Basketball drills for technique condition
- 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 divide into 2 groups at the sideline.
- Group in runs 1 length back and forth from sideline to sideline.
- When everyone in the group is back the other group runs.
- Then 2 times then 3 times then 4 times.
- Then reduce back to 1 time.
- Two or three teams. (teams)
- Per pair or trio 1 ball.
- 1 shooter, 1 (or 2) rebounder(s).
- Shooter shoots (from free throw line, or lower position), then sprints to centre line.
- Rebounder catches ball, passes ball to shooter. (Good jump stop, correct distance, call for ball).
- Shooter 5 scores in total, then new shooter.
- Team of which first all shooters have scored 5 times, wins!
With 3 men on the back line and the middle having the ball
- The middle passes to a man
- Runs after the ball.
- Who passes to the man on the other side
- 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.
NOTE: no ball on the ground, so the other must rebound (even when scoring)!
Everyone in the trio must have scored once.
If that takes more than 6 attempts, then they all have to do 10 pushups
Groups divided over baskets, 2 pylons on head bucket
try to get equal numbers so we can have a game
try to get equal numbers so we can have a game
- Start low.
- Run to pylon.
- Slides over free throw line.
- Back to base.
- Back again (tap line).
Set up on one side so players can run directly into each other (loser press).
- 1 Forward
- 2 Guard
- 3 Post
- 1 Makes rebound and runs through.
- 2 Goes to extended free throw line sideline.
- 3 Takes the rebound.
- 3 Passes to 2.
- 2 To 1.
- 1 Fakes another pass.
- 3 Takes rebound.
- 3 Passes to 2.
- 2 To 1.
- 1 Continues to dribble.
- 1 Passes to 3.
- 3 Finishes.
- 2 Takes the rebound.
- 1 Goes to extended free throw line sideline.
- 2 Passes to 1.
- 1 Passes to 3 along sideline.
- 2 Goes through the middle and gets the ball at the free throw line and shot.
- If this goes well with 4.
- 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.
- Make 1 row.
- Players in the line take turns having a ball.
- 1st player makes layup, 2nd in lij rebound, both connect behind.
- Adjustments:
- Pylon on left or further away.
- Slalom around the pawns. (low dribble)
- Over the bank:
- Low dribble on the ground, cross over.
- Drive by cones:
- Dribble with the left and touch each cone with the right.
- Push-ups/abdominal thrusts on the middle line.
- Layup.
- Starting lineup:
- Form triplets.
- Two balls per trio.
- One player in the middle.
- One player on the baseline with one ball.
- 1 player on the other baseline with ball.
- Exercise:
- Player in the middle sprints to the baseline. (to player with ball).
- Outside the bucket he/she receives the ball.
- Makes a jump stop.
- Shoots.
- Takes own rebound.
- Player who passed sprints to the other side.
- Receives pass.
- Shoots.
- Team that gets to 20 scores first, wins.
- Everyone a ball and distribute along the length of the field.
- Dribble back and forth (jump stop, pivot across, or keep dribbling)
- Variations:
- Dribble left back, right back.
- Tap lines along the way.
- On the way 5x push ups, 10 abs, 30 sec taps.
- Low dribble (fast left/right), high dribble with hop, backwards.
- Between legs, behind the back, turn on axis.
- Stationary:
- Through legs (step out, dribble, step back), 8-step low dribble.