Basketball drills for technique defense

Prerequisites:

• to know the defensive position

Organization:

• coach gives pass to spot 1 (only attack after 4 passes/4 swings)
• attacker on spot 2 and 3
• in/out move
• first part of the exercise 1vs1; second part 2vs2
• shuffle through: offense becomes defense, defense connects and joins in as offense afterwards (stay on same side)

Goal:

• To teach the correct defensive position (denial + help defense)

Teaching points:

• Quickly change position when the ball changes sides, read defence as attacker (backdoor)
• In/out to the bucket, when defending short, get out to 1m outside 3pt line and use backdoor option, jump to the ball.

Prerequisites:

• Bit of game insight at fill the spot, be able to apply defensive stance (denail - helpside)

Goal:

• Offence: quickly see where there is an empty spot and cut through after a pass, defence: adjust stance depending on how the ball moves

Organisation

• Four players (U10) on a spot with defence, empty spot under the ring.
• Offence: Pass the ball around and make a quick cutting move towards the empty spot below the ring, other attackers move up and the empty spot is filled in by the cutting attacker.
• Defence: adjust position according to the ball. (hands on the ball, denail, weakside help on the line ring-ring)
• Five passes (calmly), then 4vs4
• Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence.

Teaching points

• Offence: good pass - in/out to deep bucket and high exit - jump-to-the-ball - placement of feet - attention to running faults
• Defence: anticipate the ball - check correct posture per spot before passing.

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

• 6-10 players.
• Passing around the bucket. Practising helpsidedefense.
• Incl. low post cutting along baseline.
• Other basket.
• Player 1 with ball under the basket, roll ball to plater 2. Close-out.
• Player 2 drive to the basket, only over baseline!!!!

• You slide over the back lines and over the middle line and sprint over the other lines.
• You run an eight twice and then a rest and that 3 times.
• You start in the corner

• You dribble to the center line while the defender sends you to one side until the basket-basket line and the off line after the center line 1v1

• A short game 5x5.
• 10 minutes.
• Who has the most points wins.
• In case of a tie, the first to score wins.
• ATTENTION : keep a strict eye on the time. 2 x 5 minutes ; 2 minutes break

• Two players, behind each other outside the key/3-point line.
• 3 pilons/ Player with ball starts at middle, defender behind her.
• Player with ball goes around 3rd pilon. Defender around 2nd. Lay-up/defense. (2-4 baskets)

• free play on 1 or 2 baskets,
• depending on the number of players.
• NO dribbles only passing.

• Centers + Guards + Forwards
• 3 Players
• 1 ball
• -a basket
• -2 Cones

Requirements :

Players must be able to dribble and run a layup

Goal :

• To finish off an overtime situation in 2-man break.
• train outlet pass
• to train running line flyer

Organization:

• the defender throws the ball against the board, left or right of the ring
• the attacker on the side of the board takes the outlet position and asks for the ball.
• The flyer sprints away towards the middle line.
• Flyer sprints around the pawn back to the basket.
• outlet dribbles as fast as possible around the other pawn
• the passer sprints to the centre circle, but has 1 foot in there and then goes to defend.
• attackers have 1 goal attempt and max 2 passes.
• the attacker who misses becomes the defender.

Teaching points

• the defender NOT to make any unsportsmanlike mistakes
• defender takes the charge or forces the dribbler to the side of the pitch