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Basketball drills for technique warming-up

1) the player jumps over the fence and then jumps from where she stands with 1 leg into the hoop and back for the next fence
so on until the end
2) you jump sideways over the fence and then jump with 1 leg into the 2 hoops, are you at the outer hoop you jump over the hoop back next to the fence.
3) you jump over one fence sideways and back with 1 big step you jump to the other fence and jump back over it and back and then sprint to the little pawn.
then over the ladder.
Warm up exercise in relay form

  • Divide the players into groups of 2 or 3 players and place them on the left side of the field.
  • Give each player a tennis ball.
  • At the start sign, the 1st player of each group starts running to the other, right, side with a ball.
  • Once there, they put the ball outside the line and run back as fast as they can so that player 2 of their group can start running with his/her ball.
  • When all the balls are on the right side and the last player has returned to his/her group, it is over.
  • The first one back to his/her group wins.
  • Divide the group in half.
  • Same exercise on both sides of the field:
  1. Lay-up L&R
  2. Jump stop - crossover
  3. Zigzag and speed change
drawing Warming up
  • Starting lineup:
    • 1 group baseline left
    • 1 group baseline right
    • Everyone has a ball
    • Place cones
  • Progression:
    • Dribble toward the center line
    • At each cone do a move; crossover, behind the back, ...
    • Then lay-up to goal
    • Switch sides
  • Progression:
    • Coach stands in defense under goal
  • Regression:
    • Place fewer cones
drawing Lay-up with cones
  • WU exercise with row layup
drawing pass-pass-layup
  • Setup:
    • 3 groups of end line
    • Ball in the middle
    • Coach stands in the middle
  • Players pass to center line and pass to coach
  • Coach passes to 1 of the 2 outside players
  • Play 2 against 1
drawing Passing to midline / 2 against 1
  • Setup:
    • Group left
    • Group right
  • Lay-up
  • Lay-under
  • Lay-under 1 hand
  • Power lay-up
  • Reverse lay-up
  • Lay-up with jump stop and shot short distance
  • Lay-up with pass, pass, defense
  • Variations:
    • Right
    • Left
    • Center
    • With change of direction
drawing Lay-ups
  • 2 groups
  • everyone a ball
  • race against each other dribbling to the other side there are cards
  • if you find 2 of the same cards you must turn them over
  • Otherwise turn them over again
  • in order to find all pairs the fastest
  • Setup:
    • Group left
    • Group right
  • Lay-up
  • Lay-under
  • Lay-under 1 hand
  • Power lay-up
  • Reverse lay-up
  • Lay-up with jump stop and shot (short distance)
  • Lay-up with pass, pass, defense
  • Variations:
    • Right
    • Left
    • Center
drawing Lay-ups
15 minutes basket ball throwing

Exercise 1: throwing
  • run-up from cone position V to position III side A.
Exercise 2: throw 1 arm
  • run-up position II and catch ball with outstretched arm.
Exercise 3: with keys and intermediate key OH & TT.

Exercise 4: TB are replaced with ball , player runs on and keys to player at position 2.

Exercise 5: player at position 5.

Exercise 6: player chooses 2 or 5 - overplay to where he is not.
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.