Basketball Drills

Contributed by Derek Sheridan, Head Boys Coach Delta High School (Delta, Ohio)

1. Assistant coach (with a ball) has PG, 2-G, & 4-Man on one side of the court & 3-Man, & 5-Man on the opposite side. All 5 players are FT line extended, opposite of the 5 players executing the 5-Man Weave.
2. Head coach has 5 players on the opposite baseline, ready to execute a full-court 5-Man Weave (down only).
3. On the head coach’s cadence his/her players sprint into a 5-Man Weave. All 5 players must cross the opposite FT line extended.
4. As the lay-up shot hits the bankboard, the assistant coach yells “Go,” and passes the ball to the PG who is with his group of 5. All 5 players sprint in transition offense & all 5 players who were in the weave must sprint back in transition defense & get a stop (they do not have to get the rebound from the lay-up shot).
5. If the defense earns a stop, they will immediately transition to the opposite end on offense & the opposing players sprint back in transition defense.

• The manager has on the left side of the scoreboard a number indicating how many passes the offensive players must make (unless they can score a lay-up from their transition offense).
• The right side of the scoreboard lists a number indicating the number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) of the player who must score, or the number of the set they have to execute if they cannot score out of their transition offense. We mix up using numbers that indicate who can score or what set to execute.
• All out-of-bounds situations are played – using the teams BLOB/SLOB plays.
• All fouls are 1 & 1 Free throws.
• Each day the offense has the opportunity to score “Triple Points.” The coach will prescribe what action will lead to triple points.  Triple points could come from certain players scoring, scoring off a certain set, scoring off a certain action (backdoor, lob, flare cut, curl cut, skip pass, etc.)

6. If the players in the weave did not get a stop, then the drill is re-started and played out until a defensive stop is secured.
7. Each segment of the drill is ran down, back, and stop/realign into the drill. Teams alternate between weaving back to transition offense & starting on the sideline with the assistant coach.
8. First team to 21 points wins.
9. Scoring:

   Defense
   Stop = 1
   Stop & obtained the 1^st rebound = 2
   Charge =3
   Force a turnover =3

   Offense
   2 pt. FG = 1
   3 pt. FG = 2
   Offensive Rebound = 3
   Trip Points = 6 or 9 pts.

   

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is coached by Jordan Petersen of Ellsworth HIgh School and Positionless Basketball.

You can and should modify any of the drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

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This video is with Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann demonstrating a closeout drill that he learned from Rick Majerus.

You can certainly change the drill to fit your needs and or change it so that several baskets are going at once to get all players involved in a shorter amount of time.

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You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Drills to Build Your Man to Man Defense.

The video with Coach is available in both DVD and online format.

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This video is with Coach Joe Jones of Boston University.

The defender guards 3 different players in the 3 stages of the drill to rep several defensive skills in a short period of time.

You can certainly change the drill to fit your needs and or change it so that several baskets are going at once to get all players involved in a shorter amount of time.

You will need to be on a network that allows you to access You Tube to view the video.

Click the play arrow to view the video.

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

You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Defense Drills: Individual & Team Concepts.

The video with Coach is available in both DVD and online format.

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This post is with Mike Neighbors, Arkansas Women’s Basketball Coach.

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

Mike 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.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

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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.

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is coached by Joe Abunassar of Impact Basketball,

You can and should modify any of the drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

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

Click the play arrow so see the drill.