Basketball drills for technique warming-up

• 3 groups; wing left, wing right, top
• 1 ball per group
• Shooting, own rebound
• Advance clockwise

• Left side passes to players coming from the right side cut in.
• Option 1: layup.
• Option 2: shot in front of the hoop.
• Left and right sides.
• Own rebound and pass through.

• 3 rows with each 3 players or more.
• Ball in the middle.
• Pass to right start and pass back to center and pass to left and back.
• Finish with layup or jump stop.
• Return next to the court and shuffle through to the right.

• Slam the ball: Hit the ball hard to warm up the fingers
• Squeeze the Banana: We move the ball between the tips of the fingers and go up and down
• Around the World: Ball around head, waist and legs
• Around the legs: Around 1 leg -10 X- and then around other leg, changing direction
• Figure eight: We make a figure eight movement around and through the legs
• Flip: The legs are spread, we hold the ball between both hands behind the legs and flip the ball through the legs, catching it in front and now back to back
• Pretzel: Legs spread, we hold the ball between the legs, one hand in front and one in back we release the ball and change hands quickly. In the beginning you let the ball hit the ground then don't hit it anymore
• Ricochet: Legs spread apart, push the ball through the legs in front and pick it up behind the back with the other hand and bring it forward again
• Space catch: We throw the ball upwards and catch it behind the back, keep straight otherwise it won't work. First a little low and then higher and higher
• Speed drill: Legs are spread, we hold the ball with left hand in front and right hand behind, we drop the ball and change hands. Then we bring the ball in the left hand in front of the two legs to the starting position and so we gradually drive up the pace to get a rhythm

• Slalom around pylons, possibly with touching.
• Dribble with bench. Both sides a foot.
• Back line slides with ball overhead.
• Dribble to center line and push up.
• Layup.

All on 1 line (work up to middle line, run up to end line, repeat exercise every time)

• 2 x jogging
• Skipping legs
• Heels against seat
• Straighten back leg, bend front leg (straight ahead)
• Extend the back leg, bend the front leg (sideways)
• Crossing legs
• Swinging arms
• Sprint + step slide back

• 3 groups: wing left, wing right, top.
• 1 ball per group.
• Shooting.
• Advancing clockwise.

• Tag without ball on the center line.
• If tapped, you must stand still -ball on ground- as jammer.
• From baseline to baseline, ticker may not go beyond head bucket.
• Last one remaining wins.

• 2-3 players catch the ball.
• The other players line up around the 3 point line.
• 2 balls.

1. Players run regular layups.
2. Coach stands under the basket and each time a player arrives, raises a specific number of fingers.
3. The players must then get that number right.
4. This teaches them not to look at the ball.

• Warm-up exercise without ball - 5 minutes of +- 5 rounds.
• 4 cones in a square in the room with one exercise performed along each side:
  • Sideways shuffling with the face turned to 1 particular side.
  • Swinging arms, per round this can be alternated forward/backward.
  • Side shuffling with the face turned to the same side as last time so that the other leg is now first.
  • Skipping, lifting knees, can be alternated per round with seat touching.

• Make 2 teams.
• Each team stands ready on one side of the field on the back line.
• Put as many balls as players on both the 3-meter lines.
• When the trainer/trainer calls GO!, everyone starts rolling the balls to the other side.
• Whoever has the fewest balls in their field after 3 minutes has won.