Basketball Drills

These two post play drills are from Coach Scott Peterman.

Both drills are overload drills.

In the second drill, the post player is working to score against two defenders.

Anytime you have an offensive player going against two defenders in practice, it is important to emphasize the purpose of the drill is making it tougher than a game.

If you can score against two defenders in practice, you can score against one in a game. However, if you are double teamed in a game, find the open player rather than attacking two.

This drill is from the NBA Skill Development Playbook which is a part of this week’s eBook bundle.
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The idea of this drill is to get as many shots as possible and practice scoring, never shooting the same shot twice in a row.

No dunks.

Quick Score Drill

How it starts: Three passers (1), each have a ball.

The wing passers are low in the corner and one passer at the top of the key.

The post player will rebound makes and pass the ball out. It isn’t a post-up drill. We are just looking to score.

 

One coach will stands behind the post player and points to the passer where he wants to have the ball come from. The coach will point and the other two will fake the pass. It will require the post player to be on his “toes”.

1 on 2 Post Play / Build Toughness

1 on 2 post play is where you have one offensive player and two defensive players.

The offensive post player (4) can’t leave the lane or go higher than the mid-line post area.

You play to 7. If you score then you go to the end of the line. You must stay in until you score or get fouled.

The game is about finishing, building toughness, and quickness. It makes them play quickly.

These two drills are from the NBA Skill Development Playbook that is a a part of an eBook bundle along with the NBA scoring drills Playbook. Click here for more information

I found this drill on the Jes-Basketball.com There are several other plays and drills on that site.

The drill was submitted by Ryan Shaw

Adapt this drill to your defensive rules, principles, and the types of actions that you have to defend against.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 gives a skip pass to 1.

D1 closes out and defends 1 by cutting off the baseline drive.

 

 

1 passes up top to 2 who tries to penetrate toward the middle and D1 shows help and makes 2 pick up the ball.

 

 

 

2 kicks to 3 and D1 jumps to position away from the ball.

3 penetrates baseline and D1 stops him outside the lane.

 

This drill came from Drew Hanlen. He is an NBA Strategic Skills Coach & Consultant that has helped over 25 NBA and NBA pre-draft players.

Drew is the Head Skills Coach for Pure Sweat Basketball.

He has run his internationally renowned Elite Skills Clinics in over 30 states and 4 countries over the past four years.

The drill was posted on Fast Model Sports Library. FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library The site has thousands of drills and plays that have been submitted by basketball coaches from around the world.

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

Get open Drill

This is a great drill to work on screening, using screens, passing and catching!

Ball handler will start with the ball at the top of the key and will be pressured by an on-ball defender, while another offensive player will start under the rim with a defender in full denial. Two all-time screeners will start just outside each second hash mark.

 

Offensive player under the rim will try to free themselves from their defender by using the screeners in any way that they want (curl, pop, fade, wiggle, etc), while their defender will try to deny them from receiving a pass from the ball handler.

 

 

If the offensive player frees themselves from their defender, the ball handler will complete a pass to them.

 

 

 

After passing the ball, the original ball handler will make a basket cut to the rim, while the offensive player that received the ball will dribble the ball to the top of the key.

 

 

The offensive team will try to complete eight catches in a row, while the defenders try to get a steal or force a turnover. Ball handler can be called for a five-second violation.

If the offensive players successfully complete eight catches in a row, they will become the next screeners, the defenders will stay on defense and the screeners will move to offense. If the defenders get a steal or force a turnover, they will become the next screeners, the offensive players will move to defense and the screeners will move to offense.

This shooting drill is from Arkansas women’s Coach Mike Neighbors when he was at Washington. He has a great newsletter that he sends it out each week. If you are interested in being added to his list, please email me and I will pass it along to him.

The following is his description and diagrams of the drill that he saw Sue Bird using.

This is a good 1-2 step, Game Spot, Game Shot drill… Doesn’t really fit Game Speed because we aren’t on the move between shots.

Shooter starts in corner. We will attempt 10 3-point shots. If she makes 7 or more she moves to the next spot on the wing. If she makes 6 she stays at the same spot.

If she makes 5 or fewer she moves backward a spot. We shot corner-wing-top-wing-corner-wing-top-wing-corner…

 
After the last spot, the move is to the FT line… must hit 3 Free Throws in a row to complete the drill.

This is a good warm-up or cool-down drill to work into your shooting workouts.

Diagram created with FastDraw

Shooter starts in corner. We will attempt 10 3-point shots. If she makes 7 or more she moves to the next spot on the wing. If she makes 6 she stays at the same spot.

If she makes 5 or fewer she moves backward a spot. We shot corner-wing-top-wingcorner-wing-top-win-corner…

After the last spot, the move is to the FT line… must hit 3 Free Throws in a row to complete the drill.

The 5 numbers in the diagrams are the five shooting spots, not other players.

This is a good warm-up or cool-down drill to work into your shooting workouts.

Variations:

Can change the numbers to accommodate skill level.

Shoot the seams rather than the spots.

We make it competitive if shooting head to head with first player to complete the spots. Can be total makes. Can be timed if you have good rebounders.

The diagrams and explanations for improvement season post player drills was sent to me by Nate Hill.

Coach Hill is the Assistant Boys Coach at Colonel Crawford High School in North Robinson Ohio.

Nate has coached for 18 years from 7th grade through Varsity Head Coach.

He has contributed several articles for the site.

The drills can be used in season practices or during improvement season.

Add in moves and scoring opportunities that are a part of your offense.

You can make them competitive by requiring the drills to be completed in a certain amount of time and counting shots made.

You can also add a defender to make the drills more game-like.

 

Coach throws passes to posts above the shoulders.

Posts hop with their hands in the air ready to catch ball.

Balls stay above head and don’t drop below shoulders.

Coach drives middle and the post reads the middle drive.

The post crosses his leg over and drives leg thru taking 2 big steps
across the lane.

Player jumps up an down looking for catch and keeps the ball above his head. Go from both sides. 4 passes: lob, wrap, bounce, shot

Coach drives down right side, and big man reads this.

Post defender goes to help and coach hits post man over the top.

4 passes: lob, wrap around, bounce, shot off backboard.

 

 

A counter to the relocation drill.

The coach drives middle and the post reads the middle drive.

There is no one in the short corner, the post reads this, steps back and shoots the mid range jumper.

Coach drives and jump stops at elbow.

Post player reads the jump stop and flashes to high post.

Post wants to bring defender out and beat defender off dribble.

He catches at high post, and drives to rim off the cut from the guard.

 
5 drives and 5 elbow jumpers each side.