Basketball drills for technique dribbling

All players a ball in a circle around the coach

• Successively:
  • Right: normal dribble, through the knees, defend the ball
  • Right: normal dribble, look at the trainer, not at the ball
  • Left: normal dribble, through the knees, defend the ball
  • Left: normal dribble, look at the trainer, not at the ball
• Right/left alternate:
  • High hard dribble
  • Very low dribble
  • Sit on the buttocks low dribble
  • Lying down low dribble
  • Left/Right dribble with 1 hand
  • Dribble Front/Back 1 hand
  • Dribble through the legs
  • Machine gun
• 2 rows on the baseline, relay:
  • Quickly dribble with the right and back
  • Dribble with the left and back again
  • Backward dribble with right
  • Backward dribble with the left

• 10 minutes:
  • 5'right
  • 5'left
• 2 lines
  • right side 2 balls
  • Half of players right side
  • half of players left side to rebound

• For fitness this is a good exercise:
• The group has to line up and you let them start dribbling slowly.
• As soon as the trainer blows the whistle, the last one in line should run forward.
• Do this until everyone has run and then let them finish the circle.

Everyone a ball

• Outward zig/zag dribble around pawns and finish with lay-up
• Back various assignments (Crabwalk, backwards dribble, between the legs) and also finish with lay-up
• start quietly as a warming-up, then faster and faster
• Coach lining up at the return to give various assignments.

2 rows, 1 ball per team

• Player scores, rebounds own ball, and passes to next player in line
• Player who scored runs to the other baseline to retrieve a pawn and brings it back to the group. Can also be done with the volleyball scoreboard (keeping track of points, best of 5)
• Group with most pawns at the end wins

• Everyone a ball, line up in a large circle.
• Trainer shows the exercise, players follow:
  • Spread out, rolling the ball in an 8-shape between the legs
  • Roll the ball around your waist, head legs (change direction)
  • Dribble with left, right, change hands.
  • Dribble with the whole group (rhythm exercise, all in rhythm!)
  • Dribble between your legs
  • Dribble behind your back
  • Shot movement upwards (extend arm, point, catch)
  • Spreading stance (move the ball in an 8-shape without touching the ground)
  • Ball above your head, passing with fingertips from left to right

• 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

2 teams, 1 ball.

• Depending on the size of the teams a half field or quarter field.
• Dribbling allowed, players must pass to avoid being tapped with ball.
• Tapping the player with the ball is a point, out of bounds/ or run point for the other side, 30 seconds without being tapped is a point.

Divide group into pairs.
Passing to the other side:

• At the halfway line: player on the inside dribbles to the head of the bucket and passes to the player on the outside who scores with a layup/ shot (variation)
• Player who has passed runs to the other sideline and receives outlet, passes back to the center line and again shot/layup
• Important that they do not run during the pass and that the players change (inside and outside)

For U12 first explain well which lines are used.
Standard killer with line touching, executing with ball and different commands.

• Slowly build up speed as a warming up,
• Possibly let a player determine what the assignments are.
• Do take a rest now and then.

Tasks:

• Left to go, right back
• Left/right (cross)
• Backwards (2 times left, 2 times right)
• Put the ball down (under ball back, pick up ball back and next line)
• With press-ups (2x on the line), jumping, abs ect.

Depending on the size of the group choose an area (bucket for max 6)

• Everyone a ball, dribble and tap the ball away from other players.
• Ball away means pushing into the centre circle and back again.
• If necessary, make it difficult with a second dribble (keep the ball alive!)

Games with different assignments/restrictions.
Pay attention to free running, not blind dribbling, good passing, pivoting, talking.

• 3x3 without dribbling (1 basket)
• with max 2 dribbles
• Both teams lie on the back line (on stomach),
• trainer puts ball in play via shot or bounce (quickly choose position, who will attack?)
• just play to the 10 (end game)