Basketball Drills

This conversion defense drill is with retired Creighton Head Coach Greg McDermott.

The video is hosted on YouTube.

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

This is a drill that many coaches use.

In his version, the offense has 12 seconds to score.

Coach also discusses the fact that when he is using numbers disadvantage drills, he likes to have players moving into the drill to make even numbers and more game realism.

He also makes sure that the players are executing their defensive conversion rules in the drill.

The video is from the Championship Productions You Tube Channel

If you are interested in learning more about the Championship Productions Basketball Coaching Video (available in both DVD and Instant Video Format) that this drill came from, you can click the following link: Greg McDermott: Special Situations & Offensive Sets

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

This drill is from Mike Neighbors, Arkansas Women’s Basketball Coach.

The drill is available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball You Tube Channel

The drill uses shots that Arkansas gets within their offensive scheme.

The purpose behind posting this is to get you to think about ways to incorporate your schemes into drills that will be put some pressure on your players and give them a chance to build camaraderie when they have some success.

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

Click the play arrow to see the drill.

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 drill is from Mike Neighbors, Arkansas Women’s Basketball Coach.

The drill is available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball You Tube Channel

Throwing it out as an idea to use for your summer practices and or skill development team workouts.

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 post was submitted by Coach Tom Kelsey.  Coach Kelsey has been a Head Coach at Belhaven University, Faulkner University, and Greater Atlanta Christian High School.  He has also been an assistant at LSU, Alabama, Murray State, and Lipscomb.  He played at Lipscomb under Coach Don Meyer.

Use this basketball drill to cover key areas for your team.

I like to use drills which combine areas of the game which will help us improve.

The Laker Outlet Drill works on blocking out, handling the basketball, getting open, feeding the post, hitting the open man, setting screens, on the ball defense, denying the pass and post defense.

The important part of anything combination drill is not to lose focus on any area. Each technique is emphasized. As with any basketball drill you want to concentrate on the technique. Don’t do drill for the sake of doing the drill. Work on the small details.

Laker Outlet forces players to concentrate and each move is critical. I like this also because it makes players work in a confined area of the court. Do not allow lobs to be thrown. Make offense work to receive each pass. Players also have to be solid with the ball on each catch, utilizing pivots to create space.

To begin work with, no defense.

Coach or player can throw the ball off the backboard and players will work on the block out position and technique. Start with designated offense and defense. Later once they understand the drill, you can make it competitive and whoever gets the ball off the rebound is offense.

As with any drill, you must think of how to break down and what are the teaching points. Here is a how to break it down into teaching points.

Teach rebounders

• Hands up
• Make contact on the block out
• Chin the ball
• Make outlet pass to a teammate by throwing the ball away from the defense.

Once rebound is secured, the wing will v-cut to get open for the outlet pass. Working on technique of getting open: Quick v cut, pushing off outside foot, changing speed and direction.

• Hands up to receive the pass
• Secure the ball
• Catch with back to sideline
• Turn and face up the floor
• Look for teammate and make strong, quick pass

Player on top will now work on getting open. Same techniques as before with the wing.

Once player receives the ball up top, wing must v-cut again to get open.

Wing now dribbles down to feed the post player.

• Using pivot to create space
• Low to the ground
• Dribble with outside hand protecting the ball
• Jump stop on the wing
• Use pivot again to create space
• Pass fake first before making the post feed (either fake high to make bounce pass or low to feed high)

Post player will work on technique of catching the ball.

• Give hand target to passes
• Come to meet the pass
• Secure the ball and chin
• Use one dribble move to get to the basket
• Once defense is added have post player move away and then v cut back into the post area.

 

Add screening for another option. Guard up top looks for wing coming off the screen from the post player. Working on setting and using screens.

• Wing must make v-cut and use the screen by coming off shoulder to shoulder with screener.
• Hands up and target for passer
• Screener must work on staying still on the screen
• Once wing comes off screen, screener will look for the ball with hands up on the slip
• Here you can work on different cuts off the screen, pop out, curl, flare, back pick.

Now add in the defense. Working on technique for denying passes, guarding the dribble and fronting the post.

 

Another option guard on top once receiving the ball dribbles away from where the pass came and looks to feed the post.

To make it competitive divide into teams and play to a predetermined score.

Guards are not allowed to make a move to get open until passer has the ball. The wing cannot move to receive outlet until teammate has the rebound.

Guard on top cannot make a move to get open until wing has the ball. The creates more emphasis on working to get open.

This drill is from Mike Neighbors. The drill is available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball YouTube Channel

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

Click the play arrow to see the drill.

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.

 

 

 

 
The concept of the drill is to quickly run through several offensive actions that you have to defend frequently.

If there are other movements that the teams that you play run, you can add them in.

Also, remove anything in this sequence that isn’t something you face.

Apply your defensive rules to defend the actions in the drill.

 

 

 

 
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The Van Gundy Drill is designed to force the defense to guard a variety of actions that they would see in the game.

It starts in a Horns sets.

 

 

Defend horns ball screen action 5 screening for 1.

 

 
 

 

Throw back to 4.

3 lifts.

4 reverses to 3.
 

 

4 sets wing pick and roll for 3.

5 ducks in from the opposite side.

1 and 2 exchange on the opposite side.
 

 

3 reverses to 2.

4 spaces behind 3 point arc.

 
 

 

High sprint ball screen 5 on 2.

 

 
 

 

2 throws back to 1.

5 posts up.

 
 

Once the offense (second or scout team) knows the motion, the defense will step on and guard it.

Play will be live and the offense can score off any of the actions.