Basketball Drills

This drill is from Mike Neighbors, Arkansas Women’s Basketball Coaching Newsletter. It is back and I just sent him several email addresses for coaches who were interested in joining his list. If anyone else wants to be added, let me know and I will pass it on.

You might be able to incorporate this drill into your practices or possibly for your players who are looking to get in some extra shooting during winter break.

Here is what Coach Neighbors said about the drill:

This one will challenge the best of your best.

Put 1:00 on the clock.

One rebounder. One passer. Two Balls.

Round 1

Shooter must make one shot at each of the five spots. Time starts when ball is released on first shot and ends when ball clears net on final make. The time that remains on the clock, stays on the clock.

Round 2

Add 1:00 to the remaining time from Round 1.

Shooter must now make two shots in a row from each spot in the time on the clock.

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This procedure continues as long as the shooter finishes with time remaining on the clock… add 1:00 per round and increase the number of makes in a row by one.

It’s imperative the shooter “build up time” each of the early rounds as the sheer number of shots increases in the later rounds.

If you find your team/players struggling to advance, you can change the drill to total number of makes rather than in-a-row.

We chart records on how many rounds and shots can be completed before time hits 0:00.

Keys to this drill:

1) Build time in early rounds
2) Avoid long slumps of makes
3) Get hot in one round when needed to survive

This shooting drill is coached by former UNLV Men’s Coach Marvin Menzies.

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

The video is hosted on You Tube, so you will need to be on a network that allows you to access that site.

The video is from the Championship Productions You Tube Channel

The possible point total for the drill is 42. One thing to consider would be to shoot 8 free throws either at the end of the circuit, or you could insert 4 groups of 2 shots between some of the spots.

Another few thoughts on ways to modify the drill:

1) Time the drill to make the pace more game like. After collecting a few times from your players doing it, you could determine what is a good time for your players to complete the drill.

2) Coach Suggests having managers pass. You could use players as passers to work on throwing the pass to the shooting pocket of the shooter.

For Division I men’s players 33 is a good score.

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: Marvin Menzies: Practice Drills to Improve Your Team

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.

See Diagram Below:

 

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.

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

Click the play arrow so see the drill.

The drill is a YouTube video, so you will need to be able to access YouTube to see the drill.

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