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Basketball drills for technique warming-up

  • 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.
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.