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Basketball Drills Skill Development

By Brian Williams on February 19, 2013

Basketball Drills Skill Development

Some ideas on ways to improve taking care of the basketball.

Limiting turnovers is one of the most important stats.

Worst thing to do against a press is to stand – make a cut, if it is the wrong cut, make another cut

Best way to beat a trap, look to split the trap

You will win a lot of games if you can take care of the basketball

Keep what you do as simple as possible.Just because you are thinking about the game all the time, does not mean your players do —— keep your stuff simple

Move and Counter Drill

Defense throws a high arcing pass to the offense
Offense rips the ball while defense gets into the shirt of the offense
Offense drives by the defense (the defense cannot move laterally)
Offense tries to finish over the help defender at the rim, use a counter move if needed
Keys
1. Be tough (with the initial rip and with the finish)
2. Use counter move on a big defender
3. Work both sides of the floor

2 vs. 1 Half Court

Basketball Drills

Screener hands the ball off to the offense
Defensive man starts next to the offensive man
Once the ball is handed to the offensive player, the offensive player uses the screener to shake the defender
1. Offensive player tries to score on the help defender or dish to weak side offensive player (probably a bounce pass)
2. The original ball defender can rotate to the other offensive player
Keys
1. Bounce pass is usually the best pass because close out with high hands
2. Get tight off of screen
3. Work both sides of the floor

3 Straight Lines Drill

Basketball Drills

Offense gets 1 dribble

Have to advance the ball up the floor

Defense needs to stop the ball from being advanced

Offense has to stay in their designated lane

Offense has to make game cuts — look to beat the defense deep

Use North and South dribbles

Option
You can make a rule that the ball always has to go back to the middle man

3 on 2 Full Court

Basketball Drills

Offense gets 2 dribbles

Defense traps and rotates

When in a trap, don’t shift weight back

Try and split the trap

 

 

3 Guards Drill

Basketball Drills

1 guard tries to advance the ball against 2 defenders

Try to split the defenders or attack the slower of the 2

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