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Basketball drills for technique warming-up

Players start at the bottom of the ring in 2 lines.

1) On the right side of the ring, players make a zig-zag run with the ball, changing direction at each cone (cross, behind the back, through the legs and spin move).

  • Once at the center line, the player dribbles with the left hand towards the cones #1 here you do a backup dribble and go with a cross-over past the cones and finish with a lay-up.


2) On the left side of the ring, players do a short/explosive zig-zag and sprint from the last pawn to the center line.

  • Once at the center line, they dribble right-handed to cones #2, here they do a backup dribble and crossover past the cones and finish with lay-up.


  • At cones #1 and #2 you can vary with crossover, behind the back, through the legs and spin move
  • Finish with lay-up or short distance shot

drawing Warm-up 1 (Zig-Zag half-court)
  • 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)
  • Ball leaves the baseline
  • pass to player on mid-line-sideline -> player follows ball and runs up the field
  • player returns the pass and cuts through towards the ring
  • the pass is given to the 2nd player on the half way line
  • player gives the pass to the player that is cutting towards the ring
  • finishing with a lay-up
drawing Warming up 4
  • The player on the baseline runs to the wing position, gets the pass and turns towards the goal to look for a shot.
  • The winger with the ball does 2 cross dribbles between the cones and then finishes with a lay-up or shot
drawing Warming up 2
  • Everyone a ball, line up in a large circle.
  • Trainer shows the exercise, players follow:
    • Spread out and roll the ball in an 8-shape between the legs.
    • Roll the ball around your waist, head legs (change direction)
    • Dribble with left, right, change hands.
    • let the whole group dribble at the same time (rhythm exercise, all in rhythm!)
    • dribble between your legs
    • dribble behind your back
    • Shot movement upwards (extend arm, point, catch)
    • Spread position (move the ball in an 8-shape without touching the ground)


  • Warming-up for U16, where the focus is mainly on warming up in combination with a bit of ballhandling.
drawing dribble exercise do 28/11
  • 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
  • 4 groups of players in each corner of the field.
  • 4 cones in the centre circle
  • 2 balls on each side line
  • 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
  • Pass layup
  • on the last pass there is a defender in a place where you can easily pass
drawing Pass layup
  • 2 or more players have the ball and walk/dribble through each other
  • On signal, the person with the ball passes to the first person he/she makes eye contact with
  • repeat maximum 8 times


drawing direct pass
  • Shooting warm-up.
  • Matching pairs starting from the back line to the halfway line.
  • Minimum of 3 passes.
  • When you reach the halfway line, the player on the sideline dribbles to the middle, between the legs, behind the back around the pylon and back to the right.
  • Other player runs to a pylon outside the bucket, runs around it and offers himself for the pass.
  • Then takes the shot.
  • Passer rebounds and moves to opposite side of court for pairs, passes to opposite side and lay-up.
  • Ball may not touch ground.