Basketball drills for warming-up

Everyone a ball

• Outward zig/zag dribble around pawns and finish with lay-up
• Back various assignments (Crabwalk, backwards dribble, between the legs) and also finish with lay-up
• start quietly as a warming-up, then faster and faster
• Coach lining up at the return to give various assignments.

• There is one scapegoat without the ball and two players without the ball.
• The ball is thrown over in a good position, who has the ball can be tapped without the ball.
• The ball may be held for a maximum of ten seconds.
• If the ticker has intercepted a ball, then that ball goes out of the game.
• Are you tapped you go to the side when no 2 comes on the side does no 1 again.

2 rows, 1 ball per team

• Player scores, rebounds own ball, and passes to next player in line
• Player who scored runs to the other baseline to retrieve a pawn and brings it back to the group. Can also be done with the volleyball scoreboard (keeping track of points, best of 5)
• Group with most pawns at the end wins

• Two lines,
  • one a meter behind mid-court,
  • other behind circle on defense side.
• Two balls in middle
• Two hard dribbles, jump stop, pass for layup.

• Everyone a ball, line up in a large circle.
• Trainer shows the exercise, players follow:
  • Spread out, rolling the ball in an 8-shape between the legs
  • Roll the ball around your waist, head legs (change direction)
  • Dribble with left, right, change hands.
  • Dribble with the whole group (rhythm exercise, all in rhythm!)
  • Dribble between your legs
  • Dribble behind your back
  • Shot movement upwards (extend arm, point, catch)
  • Spreading stance (move the ball in an 8-shape without touching the ground)
  • Ball above your head, passing with fingertips from left to right

• Pairs face each other.
• Ball between them.
• Players stand with their hands behind their backs.
• As soon as BAL is called they try to grab the ball as fast as possible.
• Who catches it first, wins.

• In the field there are all sorts of obstacles, such as mats, hoops and cones.
• The trainer walks in front along these obstacles, the children follow him.
• Variation
  • The children walk in pairs along the obstacles.
  • They walk backwards.
  • They walk with sideways steps.

• The children walk in pairs through the room.
• One child tries to follow the other.
• Variation
• The child in front has to change pace suddenly.
• The child in front has to change direction sharply.
• Groups of four or five children.
• Groups of four or five children and on signal the back one sprints to the front and then indicates the track.

• The entire group is lined up behind a line on the side of the field.
• On signal they walk over to the other side.
• Variation Starting Positions:
  • Squat,
  • knee,
  • prone or supine,
  • sit with the back to the walking direction.