Basketball drills for technique shooting
- In threesomes shooters
- Starting lineup:
- Per 2 form a team
- 5 positions around the bucket
- Each duo starts at a different position
- Maximum of 3 teams per goal
- Progression:
- Players each take turns taking a shot
- Players take their own rebound
- After 5 scores, move to the next position
- Shift clockwise
- Team that scores first at all positions 5 times wins
- Progression:
- Take shots from slightly farther away
- Walk out to sideline or end line
- Regression:
- Taking shots from slightly closer
- Starting lineup:
- Players are distributed to the 2 goals
- 1 player stands ready to take a free throw
- 1 player stands ready to take the rebound
- Progression:
- Each player makes 5 x 2 free throws
- Each player counts for himself how many free throws he makes
- After taking the free throw you take rebound
- After taking the rebound you sprint from end line to end line
- After sprinting you connect back in for the next 2 free throws
- Progression:
- Player sprints 1 more time to the center line and back
- Player sprints 1 more time to the center line and back
- Regression:
- Player sprints only to the center line and back
- 2 attacking players with both a ball
- Start simultaneously on the end line
- Dribble around a cone on the center line
- Then go through a gate of 2 cones at the level of the free-throw line to score first
- Those who miss must go through the gate again
- When they have scored, they pass the ball to the next teammate
- The first team to score with all its players wins
- Setup:
- 4 groups
- 2 baseline
- 2 centerline
- Balls to the midline
- Midline player dribbles past pylon and passes to corner
- Shot in the corner
- Left and right start alternately
- Dribbling past on the left is passing with the left hand
- Right hand dribble past is passing with right hand
- Players waiting at the center line may already dribble as if they are bringing up the ball
- Careful with passing
- Variations:
- Shot from 1 dribble
- Curl pass to the weak side corner
- Curl pass to the weak side corner and cut through
Setup:
- 1 group baseline corner
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball right wing
Exercise:
- Player comes in and passes coach.
- Chooses baseline or middle.
- Based on this, the other 2 groups rotate.
- Always do an extra pass!
- Finish of choice.
Setup:
- 1 group baseline
- 1 group left wing
- 1 group right wing
- Ball baseline
- Ball left wing -first player has no ball.
Exercise:
- Player baseline passes to wing and does close out and dribbles past.
- Player wing dribbles past it with 2 dribbles towards middle and passes to other winger who rotates more.
- Player who rotates and receives ball does a three point shot.
- Player who cuts and passes comes back up and plays 1 v 0.
- Receives pass from player who will rotate later.
- Therefore, first player here has no ball.
- Own rebound
- Variant:
- Player who rotates and catches ball does a layup.
- Player who cut does a drive and then a step-back sweater.
- Setup:
- 2 groups
- At the level of the free throw line
- First a v-cut, then get ball.
- Pivot and shot.
- Own rebound.
- Connect on the other side.
- Careful with pivoting on right foot.
- Passing with right or left hand, depends on side.
- 20 scores.
- Variations:
- Pivot and dribble to goal, lay-up
- Straight to goal driven
- Pivot and dribble to goal, jump stop
- Reverse pivot and lay-up
- Reverse pivot and shot
- Setup:
- 4 groups
- 2 baseline
- 2 centerline
- Balls to the midline
- Midline player dribbles past pylon and passes to corner
- Shot in the corner
- Left and right start alternately
- Dribbling past on the left is passing with the left hand
- Passing on the right is passing with the right hand
- Careful with passing
- Setup:
- Per 2 you form a team
- 5 positions around the bucket
- Each duo starts on a different position
- After 5 scores move to the next position
- Shift clockwise
- Own rebound
- Team that scores 5 first on all positions wins
- Setup:
- 2 groups
- At the level of the free throw line
- First a v-cut, then get ball
- Pivoting and shooting
- Own rebound
- Connecting on the other side
- Be careful to pivot on the right foot
- Passing with right or left hand, depending on side
- 20 scores
- Variations:
- Pivot and dribble to goal, lay-up
- Drive straight at goal
- Pivot and dribble to goal, jump stop
- Setup:
- 3 groups
- Bottom left, bottom right and top
- 1 ball per group
- Shooting, own rebound
- Passing clockwise
- Variations:
- Advancing to wings and three-point shot