Basketball drills for technique warming-up
- 2-3 players catch the ball.
- The other players line up around the 3 point line.
- 2 balls.
- Players run regular layups.
- Coach stands under the basket and each time a player arrives, raises a specific number of fingers.
- The players must then get that number right.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.