Basketball Drills

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 drill to work on full court pressing comes from Scott Peterman’s (Basketball Hoop Scoop) eBook 2-2-1 Full Court Pressure System.

You can find out more information about the digital eBook at this link: 2-2-1 Full Court Pressure System a.k.a. “Dribble Drive Offense Press”

Or, you can purchases any four of our digital playbooks for $35 (62 titles in all–Virginia, Texas Tech, Duke, Kentucky, Brad Stevens, and many others included!) 20 new in summer 2020!

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Split your team up into 3 groups of 4

First team with basketball attack red defense.

If the offensive team scores, they get to keep ball and must inbound again going to the opposite basket than the one they just scored at.

If the defense gets a stop and gets the rebound, or creates a turnover, they take the ball the other direction.

 

(So, regardless of which team has the ball, they are going to the opposite basket.)

The team without the ball at that end, picks up the offense in a full court press–whether the basket was made or missed.

The new defense presses the offense and tries to get a trap and a steal before the offense crosses half court.

If they get a steal, they can attempt to score at that same basket.
 

Once the offense advances the ball past half court, they are picked up and defended by the 3rd team.

Each team has its own score.

To determine a winner, play for a specific amount of time on the scoreboard, or to a specific score.

You can find out more information about the digital eBook at this link: 2-2-1 Full Court Pressure System a.k.a. “Dribble Drive Offense Press”

Or, you can purchases any four of our digital playbooks for $35 (62 titles in all–Virginia, Texas Tech, Duke, Kentucky, Brad Stevens, and many others included!) 20 new in summer 2020!

Click this link for all choices! 4 digital playbooks for $35

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some video clips of Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics .

Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net

His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as clips on various defensive coverages.

You can subscribe to receive an update when he posts a new video Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel

You can follow him on Twitter at this link: @ZakBoisvert

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

The drill is coached by Jefferson Mason.

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 You Tube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access You Tube to see the drill.

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This post was provided by Youth Basketball Development

The ability to stop on balance and under control is a critical skill for young players to master and while it may sound simple the skill must be taught.

There are two fundamental ways to stop.

1. The Stride Stop
2. The Jump Stop

The Jump Stop is executed by jumping and landing on both feet at the same time.

The stride stop occurs when one leg strikes the ground before the other thus mimicking the running motion.

Both methods of stopping allow players to play off two feet and be balanced and under control.

By playing off two feet players will be more balanced and under control. They will have a powerful base that will enable them to be more effective and finish through contact.

The video Coach Brent Larson discusses the Stride Stop. You will see game edits of the stride stop finish as well as a teaching progression to help instruct younger players. The video also includes three different finishes at the rim.

1. Outside hand
2. Inside hand
3. Pivot

For more great ideas about how to coach youth players take a look at Coach Larson’s book: Youth Basketball Coaching Guide: One Hour to Better Coaching for Parents

The YouTube video below has audio so please make sure that your speakers are turned on.

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

PURPOSE:

• To work on team offense & defense simultaneously.
• To shorten practice sessions the day before a game or days near a game where the players are still making contact with each other & running up & down the court.
• Breaks up the monotony of traditional “scouting” practices. Players like this drill.

RULES:

• One coach has the team who starts on offense. This team runs through the prescribed offense(s), set(s), &/or offensive action(s) 5 v. 0.  We usually executed 3 sets prior to transitioning to D’.
• On the coach’s cadence, the ball is outletted to the next offensive team’s PG on the SIDELINE & all 5 players (who just ran offense 5v0) sprint & touch the bankboard & then transition to the opposite end to defend the oppositions set/offense/action.
• A different coach has 5 players on the opposite side of the court who run the opposition’s offenses, sets, &/or actions that need to be broke down & repeated.
  • Typically, the defensive team defends the offense at full speed. Then the coach takes the court and breaks down the set/offense/action step-by-step, detailing the timing, ball movement, player movement, and desired outcome.  The defense will then defend he set/offense/action again in full speed, then rotate off the court.
• To make the drill flow & run as smoothly as possible, the JV coach takes his team to a side basket or Aux gym & teaches them the oppositions sets/offenses/actions prior to the beginning of practice or while the varsity team is performing their pre-practice warm ups routine/shooting. This way once the drill starts there is little to zero stoppage of movement.

ROTATION:

• Rotations are contingent on how many players/teams are involved in the practice session.
• Most teams practice varsity & JV combined. Unless the coach has a “scout team” available, he will need at least 10-15 players for this drill to flow smoothly.

Below is an example of the rotations from one of our practice session #57:

SETS TO DEFENSE ROTATION: (1st Team v. JV, 2nd Team v. JV, JV v. First Team)

1. 2-Guard / Circle / Frank v. BHS “X”
2. Pairs / X-Lo / JK v. BHS “Circle”
3. Spartan / Spartan:JK / Slap v. BHS “ Purdue”
4. “Go” / “Down” / “Green” v. BHS “Hi/Lo”
5. “Spartan” SLOB v. BHS “Center Screen”
6. “Spartan:Slap” SLOB v. BHS “Duke” BLOB
7. “54” SLOB v. BHS “Line” BLOB
8. “Tommy” SLOB v. BHS “24 Inbounds” BLOB
9. “Royal” BLOB v. BHS “20 Inbounds” BLOB