Basketball Drills

This video is with Chris Mack of South Florida.

The drill is to work on conditioning and your transition offense after a made basket.

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You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Man-to-Man Offensive Concepts: Transition & Effective Actions.

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

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This shooting drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

It is a drill used by (and narrated by) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s coach Kyle Rechlicz.

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 Arkansas’ Eric Musselman. He has also been the Head Coach at Nevada as well as the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors. In addition, he has been an assistant with several NBA and High Major College Programs.

The drill is to work on your fundamental passing that you make coming dribbling off on ball screens.

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You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Eric Musselman’s Favorite Practice Drills from the Pros.

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

This transition defense drill came from the following pages of the FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library:

Boomers 2-on-2 Defensive Transition – FastModel Sports.

The drill was contributed by Ryan Nguyen WHP Performance Analyst (Canada Basketball)

Here is what Ryan said about the drill:

2-on-2 transition defense drill that works on communication and keeping the ball out of the “tunnel.”

It is important for players to communicate and talk with each other who has the ball and who is back in help.

 

Drill starts with 2 offensive players & 2 defensive players on the court.

Play 2-on-2 to start (1 & 2 versus x1 & x2).

On make, miss or turnover offense turn to defense.

 
 

 
On make/miss, offense (previously defense) outlet to either player coming in from the sideline.

Must catch the outlet inside the 3-point line.

Other offensive player is free to sprint up the floor.

Players MUST COMMUNICATE/TALK (Who has ball? Who is back?).
 

 

Work to keep the ball on the side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This video is from a Xavier Men’s practice with Head Coach Travis Steele

The drill is to work on getting open and passing on the perimeter.

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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: Open Practice:Transition Offense, Spread Attack, & Skill Development

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

This ball screen shooting drill came from the following pages of the FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library:

Euro Ball Screen Shooting – 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:

Ball Screen Shooting drill to get shooting, and passing reps using the actions in a euro ball screen continuity offense or side ball screens. Several different actions and progressions can be implemented into the drill. This is a great drill to set a time and have teams compete as well as get some conditioning.

 

Two lines with basketballs in the slot position.

Guards will be in each corner no basketballs.

 

 

 

 

Slot positions will pass to the guards and chase to a ball screen similar to euro ball screen actions.

Progressions: guard jumper, rim runner, guard layup, reject jumper, reject layup, reject reverse pivot big jumper, slip, split, pick and pop, trap drag dribble pop, etc.

 

 

Guards will receive a pass from a coach

Kill Zone jumper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guard rejects and shoots jumper.

Big dives to rim.