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Basketball Drills 6 Shot Shooting

By Brian Williams on November 4, 2014

Basketball Drills 6 Shot Shooting

This drill is adapted from some competitive drills from the University of Kansas women’s team that were included in Mike Neighbors’ University of Arkansas women’s basketball coaching newsletter.

Let me know if you would like to be added to his newsletter.

Thought you might be able to use this drill to conclude your practices to do some conditioning with a basketball, work on scoring in transition, as well as force your players to shoot and compete when tired.

In the version from the newsletter, the passer at that top of the key is a coach and every player has a basketball.

I like the idea of having players work on making good passes to the shooter, so I have made some adjustments.

Split the squad into 2 teams–one at each end. In the diagram, red team and blue teams.

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Diagram created with FastDraw

Players 1 and 2 have basketballs, player 3 is the rebounder, and 4 and 5 are the passers.

Player 1 passes to player 4, cuts to the basket, receives a pass back and takes the shot. Player 3 rebounds. After shooting, 1 goes to the end of the passing line. 3 rebounds and dribbles around the cones back to the back of the shooting line. 4 (who passed to 1) becomes the rebounder.

The first end to make 20 shots wins that round. The winning team must “verify the win.” One player from the winning team has to go to the free throw line immediately and make one free throw. If the player misses the free throw, the win for that round does not count. Verifying the drill is something you can use in many of your drills to force players to shoot some free throws under pressure.

First end to win 3 rounds (and verify them) is the overall winner. Every player shoots the same type shot for each set of 20 makes. Make sure to only shoot shots in this drill that you would consider to be a good shot in transition. Here are some ideas for shots to use:

1) 1 foot layup
2) 2 feett power layup
3) Catch and shoot mid range shot
4) Rip through one dribble pull up
5) Change of direction cut into a jump shot
6) Catch and shoot 3 point shot

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  1. Barry Williams says

    November 5, 2014 at 10:24 am

    I would like to be added to Coach Neighbors’ newsletter.

  2. williab83 says

    November 8, 2014 at 11:31 am

    We’ll send your email address along to be added to the list. Thanks!

  3. Ed Kenney says

    December 11, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    I would like to be added, as well. Thanks.

  4. williab83 says

    February 8, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    Thanks for your interest, I’ll pass along your email to Coach Neighbors.

  5. Brad Cundiff says

    May 17, 2015 at 11:27 am

    Please add my email address for the newsletter. Thanks.

  6. Tad says

    May 17, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    Could you share the 6 Shot Shooting with me on FastDraw, please.

  7. Fabio says

    May 17, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    I’d like to be added to the newsletter, thank you.

  8. kevin wills says

    January 3, 2016 at 2:55 am

    please add me to Coach Neighbors newsletter

  9. Brandon McMullen says

    April 12, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    Please add me to Coach Neighbors Newsletter!

  10. Beth Gliatta says

    April 22, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Please add me to the newsletter list. Love this drill!

  11. rusty allen says

    May 17, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    please add me to coach neighbors newsletter. Thank you

  12. Kevin Alexander says

    March 26, 2017 at 12:38 pm

    I would like to be added to his newsletter.

  13. Fred says

    May 9, 2017 at 11:59 am

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