Basketball drills for technique shooting
- Starting lineup:
- 1 defender at the level of the free throw line
- Rest of the players in the middle of the center line
- Ball at the center line
- Progression:
- Player dribbles forcefully to in front of the free throw line and takes a shot
- Defense moves but does not prevent the shot
- Shotter takes own rebound and rejoins in the back
- Defense stays standing x number of times
- Progression:
- Defense comes up
- Offense does a crossover and takes a layup
- Extra defender on the lay-up
- Starting lineup:
- There are as many teams as there are groups of 4
- 1 player baseline on one side with ball
- 1 player baseline on other side with ball
- 1 player three-point line on one side
- 1 player three-point line on other side
- Conduct:
- The players standing at the level of the three-point line walk to the other side of the field
- There they receive a pass from the baseline player
- Then they take a shot at the free throw line
- The passer runs to the other side of the court to receive the ball there
- The shotter takes own rebound and waits for the next player to come running in
- Progression:
- To first take 7 shots inside, then move on
- 2 teams.
- Everyone a ball
- Shoot from 7 positions.
- When you have shot, you go for your own Rebound.
- If you have caught your Rebound without the ball touching the ground, you may score again immediately.
- So you can score 2 points at a time.
- Half Court shot, 1 hit no Rebound.
- Balance on one foot, with ball in hand touch ground, get back up and take shot (free throw line)
- Face away from basket, jump 180 and take shot (mid range)
- Take shot without jumping (mid range)
- Face away from basket, jump 180 and take shot (mid range)
- Take shot without jumping (mid range)
- Starting Position:
- Players stand at a cone or hat
- Progression:
- Set shots are taken at close range
- Arm stretch with ball on hand, arm fold and hand turn and shoot
- Own rebound
- Shoot 10 times and then switch positions
- Progression:
- Standing further from the goal
- Taking correct free throw
- Regression:
- AFTER
- 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.
- Two teams, each at a spot.
- If you score, you get to take a pot.
- The team with the most pots at the end is the winner.
- Starting lineup:
- 1 player stands ready to shoot
- 1 rebounder
- Progression:
- Set shots are taken at close range
- Stretch arm with ball on hand, fold arm and turn hand and shoot
- Shoot 10 times and then switch
- Progression:
- Standing further from the goal
- Taking correct free throws
- Regression:
- AFTER
This is a high tempo drill:
- One shooter to the left and one shooter to the right of the Bucket
- The rest of the players stand under the board with a ball
- White passes to the trainer -triangle red
- The trainer passes left or right to one of the shooters
- White provides a good Close Out, going high towards the shooter with 2 arms and contesting the shooter
- The archer tries to hit under pressure
- After 1 minute switch shooters
- Variation: different shooting positions
- Blue sprints to the center circle
- Slides to corner
- Sprint to center line
- Slides across center line
- Blue grabs a ball from one of the 2 hoops and makes a lay up
- Sprint to corner
- Tipping ball overhead on fingers and putting ball back into one of the hoops
- Sprint to baseline -starting position-
- Variation: With jumpshot; 15 hit
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
Option 1
- Blue runs to the middle and receives the pass from orange
- Orange then fills in blue
- White and Red come up at the same time that orange passes to blue
- White receives the pass from blue at the free throw line and faces the basket
- Red accelerates somewhere near the free throw line and heads for the basket
- White passes to red and red makes a layup
Option 2
- After orange passes to blue, orange also cuts across the right side and there is a second playoff opportunity for white.
Option 3
- Orange and blue continue to cut in and white takes a shot
- Orange and blue fight for the rebound and a score
* After building this exercise up to Option 3, players must be sharp, there can always be a pass or fight for the rebound.
* There is no dribbling
* Rotation is counterclockwise
* There is no dribbling
* Rotation is counterclockwise
