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Basketball drills for technique warming-up

  • The players start from one side of the ring with a zig-zag stepslide to the centre line.
  • From the cone at the half way line, they sprint to the goal, receive the pass and finish with a lay-up.
  • After the lay-up the players take their own rebound and take the place of the passer.
  • With enough players this exercise can also be done on a full court.
drawing Warm-up 3 (Zig-zag defence)
  • finger tip over head for chest cupboard.
  • around head, waist, knee
  • make between legs
  • release ball between legs and change hands to catch without impact.
  • throw ball behind back over shoulder left right.
  • 10x right dribble 10x left dribble. pushing hard on the ball and not looking at the ball.
  • 2x right cross to left 2x left cross ... Don't look at ball
  • Dribble an 8 through the legs and keep the ball low.
  • Keep dribbling the ball behind your back.
  • Dribble between the legs front and back
  • You slide over the back lines and over the middle line and sprint over the other lines.
  • You run an eight twice and then a rest and that 3 times.
  • You start in the corner
drawing figure eights
  1. Wave from mid-court. (Tempo)
  2. Free-throws 2x2 p.p. After 2 shots. Slides from back-court to mid. Sprint back. (Tempo)
  3. Shooting drill bucket. 2 rows under the basket. One with ball. Get ball from passer just outside bucket. Shooter rebounds own shot. Change rows. Pass-shot-rebound in quick order.
  4. If we run two line lay-ups. Always with an outlet. Tempo!

  1. Wave from mid-court. (Tempo)
  2. Free-throws 2x2 p.p. After 2 shots. Slides from back-court to mid. Sprint back. (Tempo)
  3. Shooting drill bucket. 2 rows under the basket. One with ball. Get ball from passer just outside bucket. Shooter rebounds own shot. Change rows. Pass-shot-rebound in quick order.
  4. If we run two line lay-ups. Always with an outlet. Tempo!
  5. Or 3 rows.
    • 1 (3) low. 1 with ball left or right side wing.
    • Pass row 2 to 1.
    • Row 3 (under basket?
      • rebound.
      • Rebounder (3) to 1.
      • Shooter/lay-up (1) to 2,
      • Passer (2) to 3.

  • The teacher chooses 2 tickers.
  • They have to stay inside their box (inside the 4 pawns) and knock the basketballs away from the runners when they want to cross.
  • The runners have to dribble to the other side without losing their basketball.
  • If a runner doesn't have his basketball with him, he's out and he automatically becomes a ticker.
  • A tip that you can give to the runners is that they should shield the ball with their body.
  • This means staying between the ball and the opponent.
  • The pupils may only cross again when everyone has been tagged or has reached the other side.
  • In the end, as the game progresses, you get more and more tickers and less and less runners.
  • The last remaining runner is the winner.


make-it-across

  • Set up a course with running boards, bridges, hoops and cones and have the kids dribble down the course.
  • You can make it as difficult as you like. The child who completes the course in the shortest time wins.
  • The teacher selects 2 taggers.
  • They have to stay within their box (within the 4 pilons) and tap the basketballs away from the runners if they want to cross.
  • So the runners have to dribble to the other side without losing their basketball.
  • If a runner doesn't have the basketball with him, he is finished and automatically becomes a tagger.
  • A tip you can give to the runners is that they shield the ball with their body.
  • This means keeping your body between the ball and the opponent.
  • The runners are not allowed to cross again until everyone has tapped or reached the other side.
  • In the end, as the game progresses, you get more and more taps and fewer runners.
  • The last remaining runner is the winner.


drawing Trying to run across
  • 3 Rows on the baseline.
  • The middle player has the ball and starts the weave with the 2 outer players.
  • On the other baseline are 2 players with a ball.
  • The middle man makes a lay up and the outside players get the ball from the players on the baseline and take a shot.
  • The player who ran the lay up runs the weave back with them.
drawing Weaving with shot
  • Starting position:
    • 1 group near the center line, right
    • 1 group a few meters behind the center line, middle
    • Ball in the middle
  • Progression:
    • Player 1 dribbles up to the three-point line
    • Player 1 passes to player 2 who runs along
    • Player 2 does a lay-up
    • Player 1 takes the rebound and makes an outlet pass to player 2 who runs through
    • Player 2 connects in the middle
    • Player 1 connects on the right
  • Progression:
    • Player 1 dribbles in 3 dribbles to the three-point line
    • Player 1 dribbles in 2 dribbles to the three-point line
    • Extra defender under goal
    • Score 10 layups in a row or as many as there are players
    • Player 2 does another layup on the other side of the court
    • Player 2 does several more ball handling drills before reconnecting
  • Regression:
    • Reduce distance to three-point line
drawing Lay-up warm up drill
  • Starting lineup:
    • 3 players in offense
    • 3 players in defense
    • Otherwise, players behind the end line in 3 groups
    • Coach behind the end line
  • Process:
    • Coach gives a pass to 1 of the offense players
    • Defense does a good close out
    • Player 3 against 3
    • Defense becomes offense
    • Offense connects in the back
drawing 3-on-3 warm up half court
  • Starting lineup:
    • 1 group left under goal, second player a ball.
    • 1 group right under goal, first player a ball.
    • Coach stands just in front of goal.
  • Progression:
    • Player 1 without ball runs around the coach and receives the pass from player 2 and does a lay-up.
    • Player 2 runs around the coach and receives the ball from the next player and does a lay-up.
    • Players take their own rebound.
    • Pass ball to own side.
  • Progression:
    • Coach takes a step backwards.
    • Coach takes another step backwards.
  • Regression:
    • Taking shot instead of layup.
drawing Lay-up under goal