Basketball drills for technique defense

• Dry practise
  • All players on the baseline.
  • First player starts in the corner, makes slides.
  • Slanting towards line of basket. (Put a pawn down!)
  • From there, sprint to the side of the center line.
  • Then slides to line of basket.
  • Then from there sprint again.
• Practise with attacker - without 1v1
  • Pairs with 1 ball.
  • Start on the baseline, in the corner.
  • 1 attacker, 1 defender.
  • Explain position:
    • Sit deep.
    • Hand in knee.
    • Other hand prevents pass.
  • Slides to the other side.
  • Second round same as above, but from the middle line 1-on-1.

Prerequisites:

• Some 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 according to how the ball is moving

Organization

• 4 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)
• 5 passes (calmly), then 4vs4
• Passing on: offence becomes defence, defence steps out and then becomes offence
• Possibly start with passive defence (hands on back) depending on players' level.

teaching points

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

Three teams line up one ball on the back line.

• Coach throws ball against the board (if he scores take it)
• Middle player picks up rebound and chooses an outlet side
• Outlet at speed to head of the bucket on the other side, matching player cuts behind the outlet.
• Fill three lanes, possibly add defenders to make it harder (pick up two players from the center line, or rebound more first)

• Players stand in a circle (max 5) and in the middle 1 pylon with a small circle around it.
• One defender who is not allowed to enter the small circle and has to defend the pylon
• The players around must play together to hit the pylon

• 5 men start at the center line.
• 1 makes lay up becomes defence
• 2 taps the cone and also defends
• 3 rebounds and throws in
• 4-5 hit baseline and ask to play ball for 3-2

• baseline start.
• 1 man dribble attack
• 1 man footwork defense
• from the halfway line 1-1

• Put on zone defense 2-1-2.
• 2-3 same.
• Younger players first.
• 4-5 passers.
• Let zone move.
• Triangle rebounding (weakside P)
• Show start offense........

• 2 best defenders on the side of the ball. 1 and 2, or 1 and 3.
• These 2 pick up the 2 who want to get the ball on the inbounce. No defense on inbounce.
• 3 (or 2), weakside with man.
• 4 midcourt. The interceptor (lob passes etc).
• 5 own half mid, between 2 men, choose ballside player to defend as prio!
  
  

• Coach with ball on the baseline/out off bounce.
• 2 off. players on ft-line.
• Plus 2 defenders.
• Screen/roll get ball.Defenders go to sideline and become offense.
• 2 dribbles, pass to mid-player on midcourt. Players passes it to either side. 3 v 2.
• After score, offenders go to row for f-line start.
• Defenders go to rows midcourt.Boxing-OUT

• 3 attackers around the bucket,
• 2 defenders in the bucket.
• Attackers around the bucket pass around.
• Defenders move towards the ball and give helpside.
• Right wing attacker sometimes dribbles inside to bucket edge and then outside again.

• players stand at the baseline on 5 lines 1 group in the middle the other 2 groups at the ends of the field the other 2 in between.
• The ball goes from the central player to player 2 who stands to the right of player 1.
• Then player 1 goes behind player 2 and passes player 4.
• While this is happening player 2 passes to player 3, and player 2 runs behind player 3 and past player 5 towards goal.
• Then player 3 passes to player 4 and performs the same overtaking move.
• When this happens, player 3 passes to player 4 and performs the same overtaking move.
• if player 5 is still too far from the goal he passes to player 1 who has to finish
• As soon as this is done the last passer and finisher go back in sprint defence to the other half where they will play 3 against 2.
• From the end of this fastbreak the shotter goes back into defence and the defending players attack.
• option:
  • After this they can play 1 vs 1 back.

• Goal:
  • Post up the pivot.
  • Feed the pivot. 2 on 2.
• Use all means, backscreen, pick-and-roll. Boxing-out.
• (Needed for 3out-2 in system)
• 1 ball per side. (2 shots allowed when rebounded)
• Score, offense stays offense.