Basketballexercises for u12

Variants
  • 1 on 1
    • Swap over all the time.
  • 2x2
    • Just play 2x2,
    • Variant by having 1 player pass into the head bucket
    • So that the 2 x 2 players have to run free
  • 3x3,
    • First pass 5 times before being allowed to score,
    • Or having a player pass to the head bucket
    • So that 3x3 has to work to get free

  • Make 2 teams of 5 people per team.
  • Play a game and keep in mind the exercises played today.
  • Possibly bring in substitutions every 30 seconds.

Spread out on the baseline
  •  Tap, push-ups, sit-ups, jumping, lying on stomachs
  • After the whistle, sprint to the center line... Then run to the other baseline.
  • There, do the exercise again.
  • If necessary, have the players press down with the last one (tempo).

  • Split players into groups of 5
  • Normally have 2 or 3 baskets available
  • For example, switch every 7 minutes
Basket 1
  • Shooting game
  • 2 teams or 3 teams from the free throw line
  • Everyone a ball
  • The loser(s) do pushups
Basket 2
  • 1x1
Basket 3
  • Shooting game with 5 positions
  • 2 teams, shoot around (only if you hit the target, move to the next position)
  • Start on position 1 and 5, loser does killer run
Basket 4
  • Dribble skills (1-2 pawns)
    • Over the pylon (do not take it with you, keep control, from left to right, 1 hand behind your back)
    • Lift pylon with left hand, dribble with right hand (throw pylon, catch with other hand)
    • Left/right and touch pylon (timer, counting) - hand that releases the ball must touch pylon (low position, defend the ball)
    • 2 cones, dribble left, touch right
    • 2 pawns (8 dribble with 1 hand)
Station 5 dribble skills (row of pawns)
  • Zigzag around the pawns, low dribble, back and forth (tempo)
  • Variant: low dribble, feet on both sides of the pawns, cross after every pylon
  • Low dribble, always touching the according pawn - stay in control, stay on the same side (dribble left, touch pawn with right)
Circles around the field
  • Just dribble
  • With the left
  • Dribble two hands
  • High dribble at speed
  • Stopping for push ups, taps, jumps ect.
2 baskets, keep going continuously
  • Defending after the attack
    • You defend 3 x 2, the outlet is waiting
  • You become outlet when you last touch the ball in the attack
Simple exercise.
  • Stand under the basket and score with the left side and with the right side.
  • Try to do lay-up move
  • 2 teams with 1 ball.
  • Front player dribbles across the 3-pt line, other player follows.
  • Front player decides when to go to the basket.
  • Extend with a team of 2 that are low (more options, 2 x 2)
  • 2 x2 (possibly 3 x 3)
  • Sitting (with all other rules)
  • On 1 leg (limping)
  • Pylon or defender at bucket head (or free throw line)
  • Offender passes with 3 options: crossover, between the legs or behind the back
  • Zig zag pylon, max to centerline
  • Start on the baseline
  • Walk the course with different commands (reverse, cross-over, behind the back, between the legs.
  • Last 2 pylons on the centerline, reverse at the last pylon and finish with lay-up.
  • 2 teams 1 ball
  • First player shoots and takes own rebound,
    • Passes to second player who shoots from the same spot.
  • Always choose a new spot, keep moving.