Basketball Drills

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.

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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 South Florida, 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

This drill was contributed by Jordan Petersen 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. 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 to work on defensive communication as well as closing out to help.

Can add the offense circling up to add more of a challenge to the defense and have the offense work on finding/maintaining spacing.

 

Coach starts with the ball.

Defense circles up.

Players are constantly communicating who they are guarding while circling.

When coach passes ball to a player, the defense closes out to players and correct help.

 

 

On the catch 4v4 is live.

Can add restrictions that a pass must be made before attacking/shooting or they must run a certain action before shooting.

 

 

 

Can add the offense circling as well to challenge the defense to stop the ball first and match up with closest man as well as challenging the offense to maintain/find good spacing.

 

 

 

Defense closes out to help.

 

 

 

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 Ryan Pannone of BC Prievidza (SBL)

 

 

Double Crossover Finish Drill

This shooting drill is presented by Shaka Smart.

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 videos are from the Championship Productions You Tube Channel..

The drill requires the player to shoot from 5 spots on the floor–2 corners, 2 wings, and top of the key.

The player stays at the same spot until she misses 2 in a row.

You could add a time factor to the drill by saying that the player has a specific amount of time to complete the drill.

The competitive aspect is to see how many shots the player can make after shooting from all 5 spots. The most Coach Smart has seen is 219.

You can have players compete against themselves, or against teammates, or against standards that you assign by players position or age.

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: Competitive Drills for Shooting, Ball Handling, and Finishing