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Basketball drills for technique warming-up

  • 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.
drawing Lay ups - looking away from ground
  • 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.
drawing Warming up - walking
  • 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.
  • At trainer's signal, both players start sprinting.
  • Blue must run around first pawn and Red runs straight through to tap Blue.
  • Red becomes Blue and flips over.
Make sure you have good power, deep good slides and a tight pass to the man.

  • First player sprints without the ball to pawn with close out.
  • Slides to the second pawn.
  • Turn around -> get the ball passed to you -> finish the ball.
drawing Warm-up
  • 2 teams.
  • Behind the baseline each team has 6 pots.
  • If you score, you may add one of the other teams' pots to your own.  
  • First team with 9 pots behind its baseline wins.
    • Left lay up.
    • Left jump stop - cross over.
    • Left lay back.
    • Free throws.
Groups divided over baskets, 2 pylons on head bucket
try to get equal numbers so we can have a game
  • Start low.
  • Run to pylon.
  • Slides over free throw line.
  • Back to base.
  • Back again (tap line).
Set up on one side so players can run directly into each other (loser press).
  • Make 1 row.
  • Players in the line take turns having a ball.
  • 1st player makes layup, 2nd in lij rebound, both connect behind.
  • Adjustments:
    • Pylon on left or further away.
drawing Warming up: run in line (1 to 1)
  • Square formation, 2 balls.
  • Player passes and runs diagonally to the other row.
  • Receiving player passes on.
  • Balls thus go around the sides of the square, and the player crosses only diagonally.
  • (1 passes to 2, 3 passes to 4, then 2 to 3 and 4 to 1)
drawing Passing square
  • Four pylons, rows with 1 ball.
  • Player with ball dribbles to the middle, jump-stops, pivots (right foot, turns to the right) and passes.
  • Connect behind in row to which you pass.
  • Variation:
  • Pivot to left and pass.
  • Observations:
  • Make a good jump stop.
drawing Warming up: pass, jump stop
  • Slalom around the pawns. (low dribble)
  • Over the bank:
    • Low dribble on the ground, cross over.
  • Drive by cones:
    • Dribble with the left and touch each cone with the right.
  • Push-ups/abdominal thrusts on the middle line.
  • Layup.
drawing Warming up: round with assignments
  • Rows of 5-6 men, 2 per basket, 1 ball per row.
  • Throw ball against the board, next player catches and throws again immediately against the board.
  • U12-2 must catch ball in the air.