Basketball Drills

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

This 3 shot streak shooting challenge drill is demonstrated by Skylar Diggins-Smith. Skylar is a 5 time WNBA All Star and 5 time all WNBA selection. She was one of the key players in the 2021 WNBA finals run by the Phoenix Mercury.

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

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This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

IMPACT Basketball founder Joe Abunassar shows a drill to work on both game shots and toughness.

To execute the drill:

1. Start with a three-point shot from the right wing.

2. Sprint to the left wing for another three-pointer.

3. Once you make two three-pointers, then switch to one-dribble pull ups.

4. Sprint wing to wing until you make two of those.

Coach Abunassar says, “As a young player working to get better, you got to make sure your drill work is at game-speed and is challenging you from a cardiovascular perspective.”

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

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.

Click the play arrow so see the drill.

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

This drill from WNBA Champion Lindsay Whalen

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

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

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

Click the play arrow so see the drill.

Coach Jamy Bechler’s teams have consistently been among the nation’s elite when it comes to rebounding, including 2014 when his team set a national record for having a +19.9 rebound margin. 

Coach Bechler has coached at the NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA levels, as well as both men and women during his coaching career. 

He was one of the youngest NCAA head coaches in the nation when he took control of his first program at the age of 27 years old.

Toughness & desire are the common traits of a great rebounder; however, Coach Bechler teaches that there is skill and techniques involved.  Here are three drills from his rebounding library that can help you create elite rebounders. 

 

#1) Half Court Hustle Drill

Coach Bechler explains that “Hustle” is a major ingredient to Offensive Rebounding. 

The Halfcourt Hustle drill is designed to get the rebound and score as fast as possible.

The rebounder cannot leave half-court until the ball leaves the shooter’s hands. This will create a more game-like situation. 

Ideally, the rebounder should catch the rebound before the ball hits the floor. Coach Bechler explains that in practice there is a punishment if the ball hits the floor. 

During the drill, the whole team should be yelling “rebound” so everyone on the court knows that a shot was taken. 

  

#2) Hit and Get Drill

Coach Bechler’s Hit and Get drill is designed to make contact with the offense using the forearm and then retrieving the ball. 

The drill is designed with three offensive players with a pad on the perimeter. The three defenders are lined up with each one of the pads. 

Each defender sprints to the pad and hits them with the forearm stopping the offensive player from running in for the rebound. The defensive player should not extend the forearm to avoid the foul. 

After hitting, the player turns and sprints toward the rebound exploding off the ground ready to catch with two hands. 

#3) Tug of War Drill

Tug of War is a one on one toughness drill where you see who wants the ball the most.

The drill is designed to simulate fighting over a loose ball, rebound, or a jump ball. 

The rules of the Tug of War drill is a coach holds the ball and each player has a hand on the ball. 
As soon as the coach releases the ball the two players compete for the basketball. 
The loser of the Tug of War has a punishment at the end of the drill. 
 

Thank you to Coach Bechler for sharing these three drills.

They’re part of his 18 drill Championship Rebounding Course which can help create habits to become a better defensive, offensive & free-throw rebounding team. 

If you would like to learn more about Coach Belcher’s complete course click here

If you’re looking for more ways to become a better rebounder please see more courses below:

Offensive Rebounding by UCLA Assistant Darren Savino

Randi Peterson: Rebounding by Better Basketball

This is a great drill to use to build dribbling skills, dribbling confidence, and as a conditioner with a basketball. It can be a toughness drill if you go for 4 or 5 minutes.

Take some ideas from this drill and incorporate the dribble moves and skills that you teach to toughen up your players on the dribble!

Two-Minute Dribble Drill with Kyle Smithpeters,
Associate Men’s Head Coach at Missouri

Kyle Smithpeters will help you bring pace to your practices! In this in-depth, open practice video, he provides you with the framework you need to increase intensity, teach positionless basketball, and build skills with a purpose.

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

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

This is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a network that does not block YouTube videos.

For more information about NABC On the Court Open Practice with Kyle Smithpeters: Improving Skills & Playing Efficiently, click here: NABC On the Court Open Practice with Kyle Smithpeters: Improving Skills & Playing Efficiently – Basketball — Championship Productions, Inc.