Basketball Drills

A short video from our friends at Dr. Dish Basketball.

I really like these gamelike shooting drills that players can work on in pairs.

If this were an organized workout with a coach, I would not want the player wearing a hat. Please don’t let that detract from this post. The purpose is to give you ideas as to if this type of drill would help your players improve, not to focus on what they are wearing. My guess is that their coach is happy that they are working on their games!

Drill #1 Pitch & Ghost Screen, against the Grain Hook Pass, Inside Hand release from a Dribble Hand Off
Drill #2 Drive & kick with a flare cut and return pass
Drill #3 Attack the nail, kick & pitch, against the grain hook pass.

These are ideas to stimulate your thinking. You probably have different actions that you run. I hope this video inspires you to create some drills that put your actions together. I leave it up to you to put a timing and scoring system with them.

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This drill is hosted on YouTube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

The video is in the YouTube shorts format so it will look a little different than the YouTube videos that we have posted in the past. The format is narrower than a traditional video.

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FIBA Player Development Coach Carlos Frade shows a drill to teach 2 on 1 decision making.

A short video from our friends at Dr. Dish Basketball.

10 varaiations on a shot fake to help clarify teaching points for you, your coaching staff, and your players.

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

This drill is hosted on YouTube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

The video is in the YouTube shorts format so it will look a little different than the YouTube videos that we have posted in the past. The format is narrower than a traditional video.

Click the play arrow to see the drill.

In this post Bradley University Head Coach Brian Wardlen shares his 28 in 2 Transition Drill.

This drill serves the purpose of getting the players passing and catching on the run as well as communicating.

Coach Wardle uses practice video that shows clearly how to run the drill but here is a basic explanation.

There are three lines of players stationed one at halfcourt (outlet line) and one under each basket (rebounding lines).

Two cones are placed a few feet from the sideline on the side opposite the outlet line.

The drill begins with the player under one basket passing to the player at halfcourt. The player at halfcourt that receives the outlet pass then passes to another player stationed on the opposite halfcourt who has cut to the basket for a lay-up. (this player is only stationed here to start the drill)

The player that passed the ball for the lay-up sprints across the court and around the cones and will become the next shooter.

The player under the basket rebounds the ball and passes to the person at halfcourt who then passes to the player running around the cones for a lay-up at the other end.

The shooter simply gets in the rebounding line at the basket that they shot at.

The drill continues in this fashion.

The goal is to make 28 lay-ups in 2 minutes.

It will be difficult to reach this standard in the ball is dribbled, dropped or any lay-ups are missed.

This clip was taken from a complete course by Coach Wardle. For more information about that course click the following link: 5 Great Practice Drills To Have In Your Pocket

This post is a drill from the Arkansas Women’s Basketball program.

This video and other basketball coaching videos are available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball You Tube Channel

Like all drills that you see other programs use, you can either modify it or take parts of these ideas for your use and your needs. I hope to provide food for thought for you to use as a place to start for ideas to improve your program.

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This drill requires shooters to make 2 consecutive shots from 5 spots for a total of 10 makes.  The score on the drill is the amount of time that it takes the shooter to complete the 10 makes

You can and should modify any of the drills and how they are timed or scored to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.