Basketball Drills

 
I received these two shooting drills in an email from Dennis Hutter, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at North Dakota.

His website, www.coachhutter.com . has more shooting, individual development workouts, and leadership videos.

These drills might not fit the skill level of all of your players or be the types of shots your players get in games.

The philosophy of this site is to use the ideas presented and adapt them to fit what you need to be able to do:

Here is what Coach Hutter said about the two drills:

UConn:

This is a TEAM shooting drill that is made competitive through time and score. The goal of the drill is to try and have your team make 80 total shots in 5:00. The team is only allowed six basketballs for this drill. The drill is broken down into minute-long segments of shots as follows:

0:00-1:00 – Corner 3’s
1:00-2:00 – Straight Cut 3’s
2:00-3:00 – Top of the Key 3’s
3:00-4:00 – Straight Cut 3’s – opposite side from start
4:00-5:00 – Corner 3’s – opposite side from start

“60 Point” Shooting

The object of the drill is to try and make 60 total shots. There are five spots at which you can shoot from: the corner, wing, top of key, wing and corner. Start in a corner and continue to shoot at each spot until you have missed 2 IN A ROW. Once you have missed two shots in a row, you move to the next spot. The goal is to make 60 shots before missing two shots in a row from the final corner spot.

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Uconn Team Shooting Drill

60 Point Individual Shooting Drill

These two skill development videos are with Iowa State Men’s Coach Steve Prohm.

The purpose of the post is not to evaluate the footwork of these players in the video.

It is probably the first time they have done the drill.

They are there to demonstrate the drill.

As a coach, it is up to you to teach your players the proper footwork to be quick without traveling in the drills and then carry that over to games.

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If you are interested in learning more about the DVD that this sample was taken from, click here: Steve Prohm: Offensive Skill Development and Attacking Man & Zone Defenses

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Rips and Get Aways

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Transition 3s

This shoting drill came from the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

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

The drill was contributed by Kyle Gilreath, Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Astronaut High School, Titusville, FL. Kyle is also the author of the basketball coaching website, Words on the Bounce.

Coach Gilreath was a graduate manager for Billy Donovan at Florida and learned the drill from Coach Donovan.

This is what Kyle had to say about the drill:

This is one of my favorite shooting drills of all time. It combines shooting, conditioning, and mental toughness to fight through fatigue. I got this drill from Embry-Riddle Head Coach Steve Ridder many years ago when I was a youngster attending team camp with my dad. This drill will test any player who thinks they are a great shooter and make them prove it!

Goal:
Good Players: 10
Great Players: 11
Elite Players: 12+

1 Minute on the Clock

Player starts at half-court with a coach or teammate under the rim with a ball (passer).

When the clock starts the player runs in and shoots a 3-pointer.

Make or miss the player sprints back and touches half-court and sprints back in for another 3-pointer.

This is repeated for 1 minute.

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.

You can use this drill to get some ideas for a way to create a similar routine into your practices or improvement season workouts. I like the idea of a timed competition to keep players focused. You can substitute your own finishing moves such as jump hooks, floaters, up and under, or anything that your players use to score in the lane.

A good time for college players is 8 minutes, but for high school it could be 9 minutes. The best way for you to determine the time is by running the drill with your squad a few times–especially if you make adjustments to adapt the drill to different shots.

Layup drills are 10 makes, jump shots require 8 minutes from each spot.

The drill is from Coach Mike Roberts, University of North Carolina Greensboro Assistant Mens Coach

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2 Minute Magic Shooting Drill

This video is a video with Skills Trainer Ganon Baker to work with your drivers on getting into the paint and bouncing off to keep their dribble alive until they have a shot or a pass.

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This defensive conversion drill is from former Loyola Marymount and Charlotte Bobcats (now the Charlotte Hornets) Men’s Coach Mike Dunlap, who now serves as the Men’s Coach at Colorado Mesa.

I like the idea of forcing the defense to react with a higher sense of urgency when converting by having the offense shoot quicker.

However, you might not have a second team that can get a good shot in 7 seconds, so like all drills that you see, you will need to make some adjustments. You could give the defense a point each time they do not allow a game-like good shot in 7 seconds and require 4 points to complete the drill. You could play with 4 defenders to make it more competitive. You can adjust the 7 second time requirement to fit the skill level of your team.

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The videos are from the Championship Productions You Tube Channel..

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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: Mike Dunlap: Organized Fast-Paced Transition Defense