Basketball Drills

This post player defensive drill is from the Xavier Men’s Program Basketball Coaching Newsletter.

You can see the archives of their basketball coaching newsletter at this link: Xavier Newsletter

The second drill is a defensive drill for perimeter players to work on helping or crowding the low post.

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3 Around 1 Post Guarded

 

4 tries to get to the opposite block.

X4 hits him to prevent him from getting there.

For the drill, 4 returns to ball side block.

 

 

X4 is no on the line, up the line ready in case 4 attempts to duck in.

X4 hits 4 preventing the duck in.

4 returns to the block

 

 

 

Ball goes to 3, X4 is now 3/4 front in the post.

When the ball goes into 4, x4 pops behind 4 and shows his hands.

Drill is live from this point.

 

3 Around 1 Post Unguarded

 

Defenders explode to gap and are active on movement by the offense and on all passes.

 

 

 

 

When the basketball is entered into the post, defenders crowd the post.

Drill ends when post player throws out of the post if defenders have great closeouts back to their man or gap.

This conversion defense drill was contributed by Coach Mike Shaughnessy, a Player Development Coach for Driven Training LLC to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

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

This is what Coach Shaughnessy said about the drill:

This is a great way to get into 3v3 as all 6 players move the ball around the horn before getting into live play.

This forces the defense to sprint into closeouts, and the offense to reverse the ball quicker than the defense can get to its match up.

2 ways to play:

– Offense scores, stay on O.

– Defense has to get 3 stops in a row.

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x1 will pass to x2 and closeout to 1.

x2 will pass to x3 and closeout to 2.

x3 will pass to 1 and closeout to 3.

The ball is reversed from 1 to 3.

Play is live on 3’s catch.

This drill is among the thousands of resources for both coaches and player available from basketballhq. They have several more videos as well as basketball coaching resource articles.

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The Coach in the video is Ryan Pannone, one of the co-founders of Basketball HQ.

You can make any modifications to the drill to meet your objectives.

This drill is set up to have players make 10 floaters (5 right handed, and 5 left handed) from 5 spots on the floor.

The drill is designed to work on shooting floaters with a 1-foot base and a 2-foot base.

Stephen Curry Warmup Floater Drill

These are some notes from Chris Mack, former Head Men’s Coach at Louisville.

He put this out when he was at Xavier.

You can see the archives of their basketball coaching newsletter at this link: Xavier Newsletter

You can adapt the drill to fit your needs.

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Shooter starts out at the top of the key.

2 coaches or managers under the basket to rebound and pass.

Clock starts on the first made 3 at the top of the key.

After a make, player sprints to SPOT 2, taps the chair, receives a pass and shoots until a shot is made.

After a make, player sprints to SPOT 3, taps the chair, receives a pass and shoots until a shot is made.

After a make at SPOT 3, player sprints to half court, taps the chair, sprints back to the top Of the key for his final shot at SPOT 4.

Goal is to make a’ 4 shots as quickly as possible. Spots can be moved in for forwards / bigs.

Coach Christian Mueller. As Lead Instructor and “Chief Post Advocate,” Coach Mueller has nine years of experience as both a head coach and assistant at the Division 1, 2, and NAIA levels.

He began his college years as an assistant at Valparaiso University from 2004-2006. Most recently, Coach Mueller directed post play at the University of the Incarnate Word. In the 2011-12 season, he was instrumental in the team’s march to the Lone Star Conference title game.

Mueller’s specialty is coaching post play. In his first four years coaching in college, five of his post players were recognized as 1st-Team All-Conference. Two signed professional contracts to play overseas. One was an honorable mention All-American. And still, another finished her career ranked 18th all-time in career FG percentage.

After working with the Cardinals in 2011-12, Mueller took over the head coaching duties at Round Rock Christian Academy, serving as boys’ varsity coach.

In the 2012-2013 season, he turned around a program that had gone 1-19 the previous year and led them to 18 wins, a district championship, and an Elite 8 TAPPS 3A finish.

For more information about this course click the link Pivotal Basketball: Dominant Post Play