Basketballexercises for u20

  • Players distribute to the bucket.
  • Opposite them will be defenders.
  • Attackers are going to take care of 8 to 10 passes -straight- while defense tries to get in between.
  • Attackers are allowed to make in outs but no screens. So they really stay on their own position.
  • The attacker with the ball is allowed to make 1 dribble to get the ball to his teammate and make a good pass.
  • After 8 to 10 well-crafted passes there is a scoring attempt after which offense and defense will switch.
drawing Defense pressure with passes
  • Start with 3 on the 123 spots.
  • Ball is on the 1.
  • Read and react to own option.
  • Later add 2 defenders, ball at defender mat pass to attackers.
  • For delay, attackers must have passed 1 first.
drawing 3v2
  • 2 players with backs to each other, defender with toes on penalty throw line. 
  • After signal, defender walks to baseline and back for toilet bowl.
  • Attacker dribbles to baseline and back to attack.
  • Then with tunnel of dicks 1v1, after passing tunnel attack freely.
https://youtu.be/tKElV5chgpo
drawing 1v1 dribble drill
5 attackers and 5 defenders.
  • Defenders stand as a zone and start communicating where the ball is and who has the ball.
  • Player opposite the ball makes a closeout, the rest move so that they are in the direct pass line or are a good help side.
  • Attackers may take 1 step to pass and overhead passes are allowed.
This drill is really about communication.
After 10/15 passes, a shot may be attempted and communication is also important here. 
SHOT must be called so that a good boxing out occurs.

drawing Defense communications
  • Ball goes to right player and shoots.
  • If score 2 or 3 points.
  • Everyone goes for the rebound.
  • Rebound counts as 1 point, even if scored on offensive rebound.
  • Offense continues.
  • Defensive rebound.
  • Parties switch.
drawing Rebound drill
  • Three rows on baseline, balls to one side.
  • Pass from side to middle and goes to 1/4 of sideline.
  • Pass from middle to other sideline and sprint to sideline-centerline.
  • Pass from baseline to sideline and sprint to middle of center line.

drawing Passing and condition drill
On 4 spots behind 3-line are shooters.
On baseline a 2 passers with 4 balls.


  • Each ball goes to first shooter on sideline, who passes to next etc. etc.
  • Until 4th ball is at other sideline, shooter shoots.
  • 3rd ball at 3rd shooter shoots.
  • 2nd ball at 2nd shooter and 1st at 1st shooter and shoots.
  • Then rotate position.
3 minutes get as many points as possible or with more than 12 players teams shoot against each other.
drawing More shooting drills
2 players start on baseline.
  • They sprint to elbow and backwards again to baseline,
  • From there SLIDES to corner baseline and then a sprint to the sideline other side.
drawing Condition 2 penalty throw line and back
  • 2 players start in corner baseline.
  • Sprint to elbow of paint, there they turn a circle.
  • From there to the centerline - sideline and make a turn there as well.
  • Then to the elbow of the paint on the other side, turn and run to the corner.
drawing Condition 4 laps
  • Start with hopping.
  • Cross walk.
  • Cross walk with stop and deflect and back-flip.
  • Foot to knee.
  • Knee to chest.
  • Frog-jump.
  • Arms forward and extend leg to front, flush to hands.
  • Same leg swing but then swing through to back.
  • Lunge: right foot behind then tap the right heel with left hand.
  • After 2 SLIDES lunge position and then rotate torso to left and right.
  • Right foot to the back and grab with left hand, then left hand far up.
  • Right foot back and grasp with left hand, then extend left hand forward.
  • Back with knees raised, after 3 backs, sag.
  • Make long with both arms and then drop through knee on 1 leg, then SLIDES step.
8 players in a circle, 2 teams of 4.

  • Coach passes the ball to a player.
  • 2 close defenders double-team him,
  • Remaining 2 split between the 3 attackers.
Reaction and rotatation are very important.
drawing Shaka drill
Number 1 to 3 dribble into the paint and fake a shot with an out-pass.

Ball comes back to 1 and he runs layup, number 3 becomes 1 and 4 becomes 2.
drawing Villanova shotfake drill