Basketball Drills, Selecting and Using Drills
From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.net|
We have discussed the importance of teaching fundamentals. There are many basketball drills that we can use for personal player development. We also need to teach teams skills, and oftentimes the best way to do so is to break those skills down in simple drills. Below are many basketball drills that you can use to help teach the skills your players and team require. You might have a "core" of selected drills that you use all the time. But you can throw in other drills from time-to-time to teach a specific skill, or just to avoid boredom and spice things up a bit. See "Planning Practices" on how to best use these drills and how to plan a good practice. Also see "Teaching Basketball by Drill Progression". |
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Basketball Drills - Ball-Handling and Dribbling Drills
All players should do these drills.
Ball-Handling... stationary ball-handling drills, especially important for young players (5 min). Stationary Dribbling Drills... basic one and two-ball drills (5-10 min), especially important for young players. Tight Chairs Dribbling Drills... dribble-moves, get lots of reps attacking the chairs (5-10 min), a favorite of ours. Sideline Dribbling Drills... teach dribble moves and get conditioning at the same time (10 min). Full-Court Dribble Moves Drill... dribble-moves, attacking the chair on the wing (10 min), a favorite of ours. Dribble Tag Drills... a fun dribbling game for younger kids (5 min). Video Clips of Ball-Handling and Dribbling Drills... See all the video clips of ball-handling and dribbling drills. |
Basketball Drills - Passing Drills
Fast-Break Passing Drills... full-court passing on the move, good conditioning, a favorite of ours (10 min).
Weave Passing Drills... the full-court 3-man weave, full-court weave with 3-point shot option, full-court 5-man weave, and half-court weave with shooting/close-out (5-10 min). More Full-Court Passing Drills... "Laker" passing and lay-up against pressure, 2-Man speed-dribble and passing drill (10 min). Basic Half-Court Passing Drills... Rapid fire drills, partner drills, "monkey in the middle", triangle passing drill, drive and dish drill, and find the receiver drill (each 5 min). Press Break Passing Drill... passing out of the press trap (5-10 min). Motion Offense Drills... see the "Pass to Wing, Feed the Post Drill", and V-cut and back-cut drills on this page (10 min). |
Basketball Drills - Shooting Drills
Team Shooting Drills... several good competitive team shooting drills.
Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills... fifteen (15) breakdown drills for perimeter players. 2-Man Shooting Drills... partner shooting drills, catch and shoot, shot-fake and jump-shot, shot-fake and lay-up, etc. Lay-up Drills... several good lay-up drills. Free-Throw Shooting Drills... several free-throw shooting drills. Coach's Wissel's Free-Throw Drills Coach Wissel's Hook Shot Drills Coach Wissel's Basic Lead-Up ShootingDrills Coach Wissel's Off the Dribble Shooting Drills |
Basketball Drills - Miscellaneous Offensive Drills
Learning the Jump Stop... footwork, jump-stop drills (5 min).
Footwork Drills... a footwork drill combining a jump-stop, reverse pivot, V-cut, forward pivot, and triple threat in one drill (5 min). Footwork 4-Corner Drill... a jump-stop and reverse pivot drill (5 min). 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 Drills... competitive 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 drills (5-10 min). Screen, Pick Drills... screening drills, pass and screen-away, pick and roll (5-10 min). Motion Offense Drills... breakdown drills for teaching motion offense (10-15 min). Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills... fifteen (15) breakdown drills for perimeter players. Low-Post Breakdown Drills... several low post drills for developing your post players. Video Clips of Guard and Post Moves... video clips of standard guard and post player moves. Open Post Offense Drill... a drill used to help teach the 5-out open post offense (10 min). |
Basketball Drills - Full-Court Transition Offense-Defense Drills
Match-up Press Drills... breakdown drills for teaching the full-court match-up press (15-20 min).
Transition Offense Drills... rebound and outlet, filling the lanes, 2-on-1 and 3-on-2 breaks (10 min). More Transition Offense Drills... from Coach Sars, rebound-outlet-break drill, and pepper-runner drill (5-10 min). 2-on-1 Continuous Transition Drill... transition offense-defense, conditioning, passing on the move, 2-on-1 offense-defense. Fast-Break Drills (2-on-0,on-1,on-2)... a favorite passing on the move transition drill, 2-on-0, 2-on-1 and 2-on-2 (5-10-min). 5-on-0, 5-Trips Drill... use this drill for teaching the secondary numbered break, or for running plays off the break (5-10-min). 4-on-4 Transition... transitioning from offense to defense, defense to offense (10 min). 4-on-4-on-4 Transition Drill... a favorite full-court 4-man teams drill (10-15 min). 11-Man (and 7-Man) Drills... a popular full-court transition drill (10-15 min). Pitch and Fire... full-court transition, conditioning drill with speed dribble, pass and lay-up (5-10 min). Piston Full-Court Drill... full-court conditioning drill, sprint after the speed dribbler and cut and defend (5 min). Rebound-Outlet-Break Drill... transiton drill getting the fast break going (10-15 min). |
Basketball Drills - Defensive Drills
1-on-1 Drills... half-court and full-court (cut and pressure) drills, defending in the open court (5-10 min).
Close-Out Drills... two drills for teaching good defensive close-outs (5-10 min). Shell Drill... a favorite used for teaching man-to-man principles of deny, helpside, etc (10-min). Man-to-Man Positioning Drill... teaching man-to-man positioning, on-ball, deny and helpside (5 min). M2M Defense Breakdown Drills... this has many of the drills that will help you teach team man-to-man defense. Deny, Corner Trap Drill... deny and trap the corner (5 min). Take the Charge Drill... teach players how to take the charge (5 min). Z-Drill... teach players defensive footwork, full-court (5-10 min). 3-on-3 Defensive Drill... pick up your defensive intensity with this competitive drill (10 min). |
Basketball Drills - Rebounding Drills
Box-Out Circle Drill... a box-out drill.
Rebounding Box-Out Drill... competitive 1-on-1 box-out and rebound drill. 2-on-2 Drills... competitive 2-on-2 box-out and rebounding drills. 3-Man Power Drill... a great "tough" drill for your post players... offensive rebounding and going up strong for the put-back. War Drill... a variation of Michigan State's team rebounding drill. Hustle Drills... loose ball, hustle drills. |
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