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Basketball drills for technique passing

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Half Court Match Quick Break

A game is played on a half court.

  • If the defense gains possession of the ball, the team must first score via a Quick break on the other basket with no defense.
  • After scoring, this team remains on offense at half court.
  • The team that first has 5 scores via a Quick break wins and the losers get to run 2 whole suicides.
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Shot -condition

  • 3 players per team
  • 1 player from each group stands on the baseline on each side with ball each time
  • 1 player starts in the middle and chooses a side to run to, then gets the ball from the baseline player and takes a shot
  • the player on the baseline who gave the pass runs to the other side to get the pass and take a shot.
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Match 3-3

  • 3-3 half court
  • Cone setting
  • Team that intercepts the ball first goes behind the cone before they are allowed to score.
  • The player who has the ball may dribble for up to 5 seconds then they must have passed or shot. This only counts if they have been behind the cone.
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4-on-3 passing drill

  • Starting lineup:
    • 1 player at each corner of the bucket
    • 3 defenders in the middle
  • Progression:
    • Players pass to each other without defense being able to touch the ball
    • 1 point for each time the ball can be touched by defense
    • 1 point for every bad pass from offense
    • 1 point for every 5 good passes from offense
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Lakers lay-up drill

  • Starting lineup
    • 1 group left end line
    • 1 group middle end line
    • 1 group right end line
    • Balls in the middle
  • Progression:
    • Player in the middle passes to player left
    • Player on the left passes back to player in the middle
    • Player in the middle passes to the right
    • Player on the right does a layup and runs through to the other side
    • Player in the middle runs around the cone on the right side and returns that way
    • Player on the left takes the rebound and runs down the middle
    • Play the same to the other side
  • Progression:
    • No dribbles
    • Run the exercise 2 times in a row
    • Run the drill 3 times in a row
    • Right lay-up
    • Left lay-up
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Passing Square

  • Make 4 groups of at least 2 players.
  • Put the groups in a square.
  • You can make the square as big as you want, the bigger the heavier.
  • The first players from Blue and Red cross to each other, halfway receive the ball from White/Orange and pass the ball to the position they are running to.
  • The moment White and Orange have passed the ball they also cross over, now receiving the ball passed from Blue and Red.
  • If this is going well at some point, you can have the players pass in the other direction.
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Outlet - drill

  • In groups of 3.
  • One player passes to himself through the board, takes the rebound and gives an outlet pass by pivoting well.
  • Second player receives the outlet pass and gives it to the third who was behind the first.
  • Everyone slides through.
  • Practice continues continuously.
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Side line fast break drill

  • The ball starts in the middle.
  • The blue player stays in the middle and always grabs the rebound on both sides of the court. He passes the ball to the outlet.
  • The white player at the outlet passes the ball to the red player on the other side of the court and runs to the Free throw line.
  • The red player runs the layup and becomes the new outlet.
  • Blue grabs the rebound and passes to the outlet, red.
  • Meanwhile, the white player has run back to receive the ball from red and run a layup.
  • The blue rebounder makes sure the ball doesn't hit the floor!

    An intense drill for:
    - fitness
    - team building
    - perseverance
    - passing

    Variations:
    - make x number of scores
    - x number of scores in a row

    IMPORTANT: build well

    To make it easier:
    - Ball may bounce once on rebound anyway
    - The outlet may first set 1 or 2 dribbles before the long pass
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Give & Go drill

  • 4 players stand fixed at the elbow of the bucket.
  • Other players stand in the 2 right corners of the court.
  • Get across in 2 give & go's, possibly with short dribble and finish with lay-up.
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Pass exercise with defense

  • Players are lined up in 5 lines.
  • The first line has a ball, the others do not.
  • 3 defenders are lined up in the 3 circles and must try to intercept passes.
  • After a pass you join the row you gave the pass to.
  • The last one finishes with a layup and comes back with the ball.
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Lakers lay-up drill

  • Starting lineup
    • 1 group left end line
    • 1 group middle end line
    • 1 group right end line
    • Balls in the middle
  • Progression:
    • Player in the middle passes to player left
    • Player on the left passes back to player in the middle
    • Player in the middle passes to the right
    • Player on the right does a layup and runs through to the other side
    • Player in the middle runs around the cone on the right side and returns that way
    • Player on the left takes the rebound and runs down the middle
    • Play the same to the other side
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4X4 or 5X5 Defense

  • 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.
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