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Basketball drills for technique passing

  • 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.
drawing Give & Go drill
  • 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.
drawing Pass exercise with defense
  • 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
drawing Lakers lay-up drill
  • 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.
drawing 4X4 or 5X5 Defense
  • Blue makes a board pass to the right of the hoop and sprints left around the pillon to the opposite side.
  • White catches the ball in the air and makes a board pass, sprints right around the pillon and sprints toward the center line.
  • Red catches the board pass, turns up the right side already in the air, makes an outlet pass to White and sprints across.
  • White makes a long pass to blue and sprints across.
  • Blue makes a layup and sprints across the right side to the other side.
  • White sprints past the left pillon and sprints across again.
  • Red grabs the rebound and makes another outlet pass to white.
  • White passes to blue again.
  • Blue makes a layup... etc, etc

  • High tempo.
  • Try to execute this drill without a dribble.
  • Clearly call Outlet.
  • How many times can you score without letting the ball touch the ground?
drawing 3 man Fast break -> Transition
  • 3 Rows on the baseline.
  • The middle player has the ball and starts the weave with the 2 outer players.
  • On the other baseline are 2 players with a ball.
  • The middle man makes a lay up and the outside players get the ball from the players on the baseline and take a shot.
  • The player who ran the lay up runs the weave back with them.
drawing Weaving with shot
  • Guard with ball
  • 2 players on the three-point line -1 offense, 1 defense-.
  • Player tries to get free
drawing V cut
  • Outward, the classic weave is run.
  • Back, the weave is run up to the center line.
  • The next 3 players ready to run the weave catch the current 3 players half court and a 3 versus 3 situation is created from which a score must always be scored.
  • After the score, the newest 3 players run the weave and the next 3 will catch these players half court for a 3 versus 3.
drawing Weave with 3 Versus 3 situation
  • Four players stand in defensive position.
  • Coach throws the ball against the board.
  • Player 4 takes the rebound and passes the ball to player 2.
  • Player 2 receiving the ball:
    • Receives the ball and watches.
    • Dribbles into the lane just off the center circle.
  • Player 1 on the ball side:
    • Sprints into the lane next to the sideline and looks over his inside shoulder to stay within passing range.
    • Is first option in the start of the fastbreak.
  • Player 3 on the non-ball side:
    • Sprints down the lane next to the center circle and looks over inside shoulder to stay within passing range.
    • Does not go through the center circle if he/she cannot go to score.
  • Player 4 may go take the rebound.
drawing Attack exercise
  • Base lineup:
    • 1 player left on the end line
    • 1 player center on the end line
    • 1 player right on the end line
    • Ball in the middle
  • Conduct:
    • Middle player throws the ball against the board and takes rebound (as high as possible)
    • Middle player makes an outlet pass to the player standing to his/her right
    • The player standing to the left starts to run
    • Player receiving the first pass (right) takes 2 dribbles and then passes to the player running left
    • The player running left does a layup
    • The player running in the middle takes the rebound
    • The outside players cross and run back to the other side of the court
    • Here we do the same thing, first a pass to the right, then a pass to the left and finish with lay-up
  • Progression:
    • 1 dribble instead of 2
  • Regression:
    • Allow multiple dribbles
drawing Fast break and transition drill
  • Starting lineup:
    • 1 player at the level of the free throw line -both sides of the court-.
    • 1 group of players to the right of the center line
    • 1 group of players to the left of the center line
  • Progression:
    • Player at the center line passes to the player at the free throw line and runs through
    • Player at the free throw line passes back to the running player
    • Player does a lay-up
    • Player who made the lay-up goes to the free throw line to pass
    • Player who gave the pass takes rebound and passes to the other group at the center line
  • Progression:
    • No dribbling is allowed
  • Regression:
    • Group at the center line may be closer
drawing Give and go without dribble
Weave with 3 players
  • Player 1 finishes
  • Player 2 and 3 receive a pass on the side of the court and take a shot with their own rebound.
  • They try to make 100 scores within the 1.30 min
drawing USA drill