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Basketball drills for technique passing

  • Players distributed on the 4 corners of a half court.
  • 2 posts, 2 wings.
  • Wing passes to other wing.
  • Post opposite corner runs up and receives the pass.
  • Post other corner runs up and does a hard basket cut to the bottom, receives the pass and finishes.
  • Wings switch sides.
  • Posts switch sides.
drawing Four corner passing
  • 3 teams of 3 players
  • 3 players in the middle
  • Attacking
  • Defense up to the center line, even after ball loss
drawing 3 by 3 by 3
  • 2 players on offense.
  • 2 players on defense.
  • 2 players at the free throw line.
  • 2 players at the level of the other free throw line.
  1. Play 2 against 2 until there is a score or stop.
  2. Defense gives outlet pass to player at height free throw line.
  3. These go 2-for-2 to other side of the court.
  4. Offense becomes defense and returns.
  5. Defense goes to height free throw line.
Variation: can also go 3-on-3.

Note: ball entered behind baseline, with defense.
drawing 2 on 2, get back
  • Half players baseline.
  • Half players half court.
  1. Player baseline throws against board and takes rebound.
  2. Chin the ball.
  3. Turn and dribble toward middle line.
  4. Outlet pass to player middle line.
  5. Player middle line goes for a layup.
  6. Dribbling return to baseline.
  7. Now with defender other side of field.
drawing Outlet drill
  • Everyone stands in a circle and start with 1 ball.
  • The first player calls out the name of the person he/she wants to pass to and only when he/she looks does the player give a pass of their choice; collision, chest, overhead.
  • If this goes well, you can differentiate to multiple balls.
Per 2 players facing each other.

Play ball across:
  • Chest pass.
  • Right pass -step around push pass-.
  • Left pass.
  • Overhead pass.
Variation:
Put a defender between the 2.
On wrong pass, passer becomes the defender.
drawing Partner fitting
  • 3 groups: Top, down left, down right.
  • Top passes to right, player already running to next spot.
  • Important to pass in front of player
  • 30 successful passes.
drawing Passing triangle
  • B passes the ball to C
    • B runs to cone receives ball
    • B scores lay up
    • B joins row C
  • C passes the ball back to line B
    • C goes to take the rebound from B
    • C goes to line A
  • A passes the ball to B
    • A connects in row B
drawing Warming up, 3 rows

Different variants:

Opposite each other (pairs, 5 meters apart)

  • Chest pass
  • Bounce pass
  • 2 balls (bounce and chest at the same time)
  • Pass with defender in between (over head, step out, watch defender)
  • Under time pressure (as many passes as possible in 1 minute - count out loud)

2 rows

  • Pass and close behind (chasing the ball)
  • Players line up in 2 groups on the same side of the field (sideline).
  • Everyone except the first two in line have a ball.
  • The players without ball run to the opposite side of the field. (top of key) 
  • The first player with the ball dribbles to the 3 point line on the side where he is standing and passes the ball to the incoming player at the top.
  • When he takes the ball. (Swing the ball, fake, crossover, drive and finish with lay-up.)
  • The player who passed the ball runs to the other side of the court where his drill begins.
  • On one side L and other side R lay-up.
drawing cross-over + finishing lay-up L and R
  • Playing from 5 spots 
  • After each ball is taken, an action is made to the basket. 
  • This can be done in a drive or with a shot.
  • When the attacker is stopped by a defender, he passes the ball to the outside and cuts to the basket, via the baseline he mans a free spot in the corner.
  • When a drive is initiated, the defense can either go into help defense, which always leaves someone free at the 3-point line. 
  • When the defense does not go into help defense, the attackers must run free in order to be able to receive the ball when the driver gets stuck.
  • Important is the speed between receiving the ball and the drive. 
  • When the defense presses too high a cut to the basket can also be made to get free from his defender.
  • 3 against 2 with passing every time. 
  • Help each other in defense when someone is free. 
  • The attackers learn to use a man advantage and to finish. 
  • Speed, precision, good passing and team play are necessary here.
drawing 3 v 2