Basketball Drills

Kelvin Sampson Conversion Defense Drill with Kelvin Sampson,
University of Houston Head Coach;
2x American Athletic Conference champions (’19, ’20);
2x AAC Coach of the Year (’18, ’19);
1995 AP Coach of the Year; 2002 NABC Coach of the Year;
former Oklahoma, Indiana and Washington State head coach;
former assistant coach with the Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks

With this video, you will get an opportunity to watch as Sampson prepares his team for an upcoming game. Watch as they treat practice like a game day while reviewing their key concepts and offensive and defensive principles.

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

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This is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a network that does not block YouTube videos.

For more information about NABC On the Court Open Practice with Kelvin Sampson: Transition Offense & Defense + Opponent Prep, click here: NABC On the Court Open Practice with Kelvin Sampson: Transition Offense & Defense + Opponent Prep – Basketball — Championship Productions, Inc.

This is a 3 minute and 30 second video of Wichita State Head Basketball Coach Gregg Marshall going through a one on one defensive drill during a Wichita State practice.

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This post is a drill from the Arkansas Women’s Basketball program.

This video and other basketball coaching videos are available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball You Tube Channel

Head Coach Mike Neighbors also has one of the top newsletters for Basketball Coaches and is back sending again. If you are interested in joining his list, email me and I will forward your request on to him.

Like all drills that you see other programs use, you can either modify it or take parts of these ideas for your use and your needs. I hope to provide food for thought for you to use as a place to start for ideas to improve your program.

The drill is a part of his “Green Light Shooting System” that he uses to determine shot selection.

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The drill is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

These drills were submitted by Coach Mason Waters you can follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/masonwaters_

Mason Waters has coached at multiple levels of basketball including the NCAA Division 2 level at Flagler College, the high school level at West Forsyth High School in Georgia, and at the middle school level. He’s currently an assistant at South Forsyth high school.

You can download his entire Drill Book here: Coach Mason Waters Drill Book

OWN THE ANGLE

PURPOSE:
This drill practices creating advantages when attacking the rim and finishing. Often times offensive players create a driving angle but neglect to maintain that advantage by initiating contact with the defender. This allows the defense to get back in front of the basketball.
 

SETUP/INSTRUCTIONS:
This drill is being performed on both sides of the floor. Only two players will go at once and then the other side of the floor will go.
One offensive player will start with the basketball in the yellow area. They will compete against one defender. The defender has the choice to start in 1 of 3 arrangements: (1) on the left side of the ballhandler(2) on the right side of the ballhandler,

 or (3) completely behind the ballhandler.
The ballhandler will attack the rim when the defender says, “Go!” The offensive player aims to maintain a good driving Tangle by initiating contact with the defender. Once the ballhandler gets in a scoring area, they will nudge off the defender to create space for their finish.

TEACHING POINTS:
1) Good finishing involves two-steps: (1) Initial getting past defender (2) Maintaining that advantage through creating contact.
2) Do not push off the defense with your arm. Instead, bump off them with your body and protect the basketball.
3) It is better to drive in a straight line than a curved line.

VARIATIONS TO THIS DRILL:
1) Finish the last set of reps by having the defender play straight in front of the offense and have them play 1v1 with the same emphases.

# OF BASKETBALLS: > 4+

24 WEAK HAND FINISHES

PURPOSE:
This drill practices weak hand ballhandling and finishing, with a variety of different footwork.

SETUP/INSTRUCTIONS:
Players line up along the baseline. One player performs the drill at a time. Each player will make 3 layups going in one direction and then make 3 layups coming back in the other direction.
Each round consists of 6 made layups where the player dribbles to the cone.1 will go through and make 6 layups. After 1 finishes the drill, 2 goes next, then 3, etc.
All layups should be made with the weak hand. For each of the four rounds there will be a different type of finish. In round (1) Weak hand/right foot finishes (2) weak hand/ left foot finishes (3) weak hand/2-foot finishes (4) weak hand/must have a shot fake of some sort then finish.
The next person in line must perform 10 weak hand inside out dribbles before going.

TEACHING POINTS:
1) Make layups with your eyes.

VARIATIONS TO THIS DRILL:
Incorporate whatever finishing or footwork move you prefer.

# OF BASKETBALLS: 1 PER PLAYER

Circle the Wagons Rebounding Drill with Matthew Driscoll.

Coach Matthew Driscoll opens the doors to watch his team in action as they prepare for the 2020-21 season. Coach Driscoll brings intensity and attention to detail as the Ospreys develop their fast and attacking style of play.

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

There is sound with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

This is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a network that does not block YouTube videos.

For more information about NABC On the Court Open Practice with Matt Driscoll: Press Break, Transition Defense & Full-Court Drills, click here: NABC On the Court Open Practice with Matt Driscoll: Press Break, Transition Defense & Full-Court Drills – Basketball — Championship Productions, Inc.

Dan Hurley currently coaches the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. Hurley was named head coach of the Huskies on March 22, 2018, after six years at the University of Rhode Island and two years at Wagner College. Prior to Wagner, Hurley was head coach of Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School, where he is credited with building the New Jersey school into one of the top high school basketball programs in America.

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills.  The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

There is sound with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

This is a Vimeo video, so you will need to be on a network that does not block Vimeo videos.

If you would like to see more information about Coach Hurley’s entire presentation, click this link Defense Philosophy and Drills