Basketball Drills

This small sided game came from the following pages of the FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library:

Drive React SSG with DHO – FastModel Sports.

You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw

The drill was contributed by Zachary Weir, South Grand Prairie HS in TX. You can follow him on Twitter @WEIRbasketball.

Here is what Coach Weir said about the drill:

“This is a competitive small sided game that works on both offensive and defensive skills all in one. This ultra competitive ssg that starts with a 1 v 1 competition , easily progresses to 5 v 5. The possibilities for progressions are endless.”

The 1 and the x1 will toss the ball back and forth as they move from the corner towards the free throw line extended area. 1 is the offensive player and will drive the ball when they choose and try to score. x1 will defend.

Rule: the offensive player must throw it to the defense at least 1 time before driving.

Areas of the floor to use:

1. Corner to free throw line extended.
2. Slot to Slot
3. Half Court stripe to the top of the key as to simulate transition.

SSG will progress to 5 v 5

Same beginning as 1 v 1.

The 1 will drive the ball and look to score or pass to the 2 player.

x2 will try to deflect the pass and then take/closeout on the first pass.

Live 2 v 2.

Same start as 1 v 1.

In this frame the 2 will drive the ball to score or pass to the 1 or the 5 player.

x5 will try to deflect the pass and then take/closeout on the first pass.

x1 and x2 will communicate and scramble to match up and it is 3 v 3 live.

 

Same setup as the pervious frame.

Red will scramble to match up and black will make quick decisions to get the best shot.

 
 

5 v 5 will start with the with the 1 player at half court. x1 will back pedal or move backwards and simulating a toss back and forth with the 1 player. The 1 will attack off the toss back that he chooses.

Setup in your offensive alignment. In this frame we are using Dribble Drive spots.

Progression:

Have all players play from all positions. As you can in season or closer to the season tailor it to your system that you run.

Mix up the defensive coverage.

Here is a drill with former Michigan Coach John Beilein for defending 3 point shots.

The video is hosted on YouTube.

You will need to be on a network that allows you to access YouTube.

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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: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same.

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

Here is a drill that 2019 Missouri Valley Coach of the Year Darian DeVries uses to work on his ball screen defense.

Coach DeVries led the Drake Men’s team to the 2019 Regular season Championship in the MVC.

In the video, they are working on going under ball screens.

You can change angles and spots on the floor to get a lot of fundamental repetition on your ball screen coverages.

The video is hosted on You Tube.

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

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: Open Practice–Building the Pack Line Defense from the Ground Up

The video is available in both DVD and online format.

This shooting drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is from UNLV Men’s Coach TJ Otzelberger drill book.

You can modify any of these 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.

Tad Boyle (Colorado) puts some demonstration players through a drill that he got from Denver Nuggets’ Coach Mike Malone.

The drill works on one team’s 4 on 5 halfcourt defensive rotations while the other squad has to convert to defense after they shoot.

There are several modifications that you can make to the drill to work on areas where you need to improve or to offset talent discrepancies between your first and second units.

Some ideas for tweaks to the drill are:

1) Allow offense to dribble in phase 1
2) Assign the 4 defenders to an individual matchup and leave one offensive player unguarded. That way you can work on help rules. If you leave a perimeter player unguarded, you can work on help and recover. If you leave a shooter unguarded, you can work on awareness and hedging.
3) Instead of having 1 player all the way back, you can have 2 offensive players back to make the defensive conversion even more challenging. You can put them in the corners instead of one under the basket. Then, to avoid playing 6 on 5, you can have one of the 2 who were back to step off once it becomes half court play.

The video is hosted on YouTube.

You will need to be on a network that allows you to access YouTube.

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: Tad Boyle Individual & Team Drills

This shooting drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is from Florida Men’s Coach Mike White’s drill book.

You could always add a defender closing out on the second ball to allow the player attacking the close out to make a read.

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.