Basketball drills for technique defense
- 2 rows at the level of the 3pt line-corner.
- The PG stands at the height of the tip of the free throw line.
- The coach stands a few feet next to the PG to receive the dropped ball and pass the ball to the PG.
- PG passes to the left and the player on the left goes hard to the board to finish.
- The player on the right steps toward the attacking player as fast as he/she can to stop the attack.
- Then the PG passes to the right, and so on.
* High tempo
* 30 hit
* 30 hit
- 2 rows on the Elbow.
- PG stands at the height of the tip of the 3pt line.
- Coach stands at the same height to receive the drop ball. This he passes on to the PG.
- PG passes to the left; chest or bounce pass
- Player left may use at most one dribble and goes to the board at high speed to finish.
- Player right automatically becomes defender and tries to stop the attack.
* High speed
* 30 hit shooting
* 30 hit shooting
- Make 2 rows low at the Bucket.
- The PG stands at the top of the 3pt line.
- Coach stands at the same height receives the intercepted ball and passes it to the PG.
- The PG passes a hard pass to the player on the left.
- The player on the left finishes the ball without a dribble.
- The player on the right automatically becomes a defender.
- Then the PG passes the ball to the right and goes left to defend.
- Then passes to the other side.
- High tempo.
- Hitting 30 balls.
- 4X4 or 5X5.
- Half Field.
- Only the defending team can score points through:
- Turnover
- Rebound
- When the attacking side scores there is a switch, so the attackers start defending and the defenders start attacking.
- The team that scores 5 points first has won.
- Losers 10 push ups.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 forward left + defense
- 1 forward right + defense
- 1 guard center + defense
- 1 strong group, 1 weaker group
- Progression:
- Guard gives the pass to 1 of the forwards - alternating left and right
- Forward does a v cut to run free
- Defense tries to prevent the pass, but does not go full out yet
- Forward goes 1-on-1 and makes a drive
- Progression:
- Defense weak-side must drop off when the forward gets the pass
- Give and go with the guard instead of 1v1
- Active defense
- Regression:
- Passive defense
- Starting lineup:
- 1 group baseline with ball
- 1 group baseline without ball
- The inner group has the ball
- Progression:
- Player 1 dribbles slowly to the center line
- Player 2 does step and slide up to the center line
- Then they play 1 against 1
- Progression:
- Active defense during step slide
- Extra defender under goal
- Regression:
- Passive defense
Line up at three-point line with defender.
When the pass goes to your player, do a close out.
When the pass goes to your player, do a close out.
- Get ready at the three-point line
- Watch your opponent's movements
- React quickly if the ball goes to your player
- Perform a close out to reduce the shot opportunity
- 2 teams, both behind the baseline.
- One group has a ball.
- On the go signal, one player from each team leaves for the cone in front of them.
- The player with ball tries to make a layup and the player without ball tries to prevent it.
- Starting position:
- 1 attacker
- 1 defender
- 1 passer with ball
- Other players stand behind the passer
- Progression:
- Attacker must run free to receive the pass
- Once the pass is given, they play 1 on 1
- Stay on a quarter court
- Progression:
- Put the better players together
- Maximum of 5 dribbles
- Regression:
- Pass may be returned to the passer
- Blue stands behind the free throw line.
- Red stands with his back to blue with the ball.
- On the starting signal, blue sprints to the baseline and sprints back to defend
- Red sprints to the center line and back to attack.
- Always score.
- 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.
This is a high tempo drill:
- One shooter to the left and one shooter to the right of the Bucket
- The rest of the players stand under the board with a ball
- White passes to the trainer -triangle red
- The trainer passes left or right to one of the shooters
- White provides a good Close Out, going high towards the shooter with 2 arms and contesting the shooter
- The archer tries to hit under pressure
- After 1 minute switch shooters
- Variation: different shooting positions
