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Basketballexercises for u15

This exercise is intended to teach the basics of HELP defense

Explanation

  • Explain weak side/strong side.
  • Explain 3 positions: man with ball, strong side, weak side.
  • Make pairs: 1 attacker, 1 defender.
  • Stand in attack.
  • Put defenders down.


Practicing

  • Practice dry passing only static.
  • Send to the baseline!
  • Swap out the help: 
    • By calling
  • Per 5 on 1 side.
  • If not with 10.
  • Omit 1 pass.
  • You stay on the same side.
  • Pass the ball to the other row.




drawing Warming up and transition after free throws
  • You make 2 teams divided over 2 baskets.
  • The first to reach the proposed number of scores wins.
  • The losing team does a half-killer.
drawing 2-basket shooting race
  • 4 Players on the baseline.
  • Player B has ball and dribbles to the cone.
  • B passes to player C.
  • B and C go to goal.
  • Player A and D sprint around the cone and start defending.
drawing RUN AND PLAY 2-2
  • Two or three teams. (teams)
  • Per pair or trio 1 ball.
  • 1 shooter, 1 (or 2) rebounder(s).
  • Shooter shoots (from free throw line, or lower position), then sprints to centre line.
  • Rebounder catches ball, passes ball to shooter. (Good jump stop, correct distance, call for ball).
  • Shooter 5 scores in total, then new shooter.
  • Team of which first all shooters have scored 5 times, wins!

Exercise

  • 3 men at the bucket, coach at the free throw line.
  • Take free throw.
  • Outlet to the side, other two rebounding or taking it.
  • Pass to outlet. (Never in the middle!)
  • Outlet dribbles to centre, other two split left-right.
  • To basket across.
  • Cutting from free throw line.
  • Outlet good jump stop and tight pass.

Starting position

  • All players with a ball on the baseline.


Explanation

  • Crossover: Good low position and change of speed.
  • Behind the back.
  • Through the legs.


Exercise

  • Zigzag to the other side.
  • Change of direction at line basket-basket.



With 3 men on the back line and the middle having the ball
  • The middle passes to a man
  • Runs after the ball.
  • Who passes to the man on the other side
  • Also runs after the ball.
  • They do this while running to the basket on the other side.
  • When someone is close enough to the basket, the man runs a lay-up.
NOTE: no ball on the ground, so the other must rebound (even when scoring)!
Everyone in the trio must have scored once.
If that takes more than 6 attempts, then they all have to do 10 pushups
  • Drawing fouls, protecting the ball and watching.
  • Going hard to the basket and on your opponent.
  • Reading the defender
drawing One on one
Each player has nrs from 1-5
  • Run a break (lines) for the other side.
  • Nr goes for shot.
  • If you miss, the rest of the players have to rebound and score.
  • Quickly take over and go to the other side where nr 2 takes a shot.
  • If wrong rebound and finish.
Etc etc for 3,4 and 5. May be with a pass in between.
2 shooters start in the corners of the field.
5 positions around.
drawing 3-point contest
  • 3 defenders in a row in the paint.
    • Give them number one, two, three.
  • 3 attackers at the three-point line position head and wing.
  • Coach passes to one of the 3 attackers and calls nrs 1-3
  • Defender with that number close-out to attacker with ball.
  • Attacker shoots (may use 1 dribble). Defence boxt-out
drawing 6 man rebound