Basketball Drills

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

This ideas was contributed by Jordan Peterson to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

Jordan is the Founder and Director of Positionless Basketball. Varsity Assistant at Stillwater High School (MN). Former Graduate Assistant at MSU-Moorhead.

He is a former college player at UW-Eau Claire.

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

These are Jordan’s comments on the drill:

Drill that emphasizes players working on finishing but also incorporates passing, ball handling and decision making.

One player on offense, two players on defense.

Can give offense greater advantage by starting them further from defense or make it more difficult by making them even with defense.

Drill starts on offensive player’s movement.

Offense tries to get a layup on the opposite end.

 

After layup: Offensive player is on defense and defensive players are now on offense.

2 on 1 going the opposite direction. Defender should “cat and mouse” to try and slow down offense. Offense should stay spaced and aim to make defender commit and give up basket.

 

 

These are some notes from Chris Mack, Head Men’s Coach at the University of Louisville, and the former head coach at Xavier University.

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

The record by a Xavier Player is 228 by Trevon Bluiett.

The rules for the drill are as follows:

Start at spot #1.

The first 3 made shots at each spot are worth 0 (nothing) points.

Every make after the 3rd make at each spot counts as 1 point.

After a shooter misses for a 3rd time at a spot, they move to the next numbered spot.

Procedure is repeated for all 9 spots.

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Score is total points from all 9 spots.

I like the unique scoring approach for this drill to add some variety to the drills you use.

You can adapt the scoring system or the number of spots for your needs.

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 to 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 Chris Capko of Southern California.

The objective of the drill is to work on 1) Catching bad passes 2) Scoring with both hands 3) Finishing quickly 4) Following missed shots

You can make it competitive by establishing a time for the drill and counting scores.

Dump Off Finishing Drill