Basketball Drills

Basketball Drills Washington Shooting

By Brian Williams on November 6, 2013

These three shooting drills came from Arkansas Women’s Coach Mike Neighbors when he was at the University of Washington.

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I hope that these drills help you to provide some variety into the essential repetition that must take place to have a team that shoots well.

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Hubies

This is a Game Shot/Game Spot drill… the best will go at Game Speed too

Put 3:00 on the clock.

Shooter is attempting 2 point shots at 15-17 feet. She stays at one spot until she makes 3 shots in a row… The string of 3 in a row=1 Hubie. She moves to another spot as quickly as possible and continues until time runs off the clock. Your best shooters should be able to complete between 10-15 Hubies.

When attempting 3 point shots, the shooter must only make 2 in a row to equal a HUBIE. Your best shooters should make between 28-25 HUBIES.

We always have a passer and a rebounder doing this drill so you may have to adjust your numbers accordingly. Keep the conditions the same when you are charting and comparing.

Big Shot

Shooter begins at Spot 1. Shooter remains at this spot until she misses two consecutive shots. After two consecutive misses you must move to
Spot 2. Again you make as many shots as possible without missing two in a row. Continue to Spots 3, 4, 5.

Each make is worth 1 to your score. BIG Shot is designed to be cumulative score of the total makes at all five spots.

You should attempt range appropriate shots. Shots do not have to be 3 point shots.

For a Division I Women’s team, these are recommended scores. You can set your scores at a level that are appropriate for your players.

Your best shooters should score above 500 on 2 point shots. Your best shooters should score above 200 on 3 point shots.

Star Shooting

Shooter begins in corner at spot 1. Make or miss sprint to spot 2, then to 3, then to 4, then to 5 attempting a shot at each.

The first trip is 5 shots.
The next trip is 2 cycles or 10 shots.
The next trip is 3 cycles or 15 shots.
The last trip is 4 cycles or 20 shots.
This gives us a total of 50 attempts.
Your best shooters should make 35-40 on 2 point shots.
Your best shooters should make 30-40 on 3 point shots.

Basketball Drills Archie Miller Finishing

By Brian Williams on November 5, 2013

This is a four and a half minute video of Dayton’s Archie Miller going through a drill to work on finishing in transition at the basket.

The video is a You Tube video.

Make sure your sound is on as you watch.

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The video is 4 minutes and 45 seconds long

Make sure your sound is on.

Basketball Drills Wichita State Skill Development

By Brian Williams on November 2, 2013

This is a 4 minute video of Coach Gregg Marshall going through a drill that they use with their perimeter players to attack double teams.

There is a second drill at around the 3:30 mark for working on handling 1 on 1 full court pressure.

The video is a YouTube video.

Make sure your sound is on as you watch.

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Just email me and let me know which one you would like to receive!

The video is 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Make sure your sound is on.

Basketball Drills Alford Toughness Shooting

By Brian Williams on October 30, 2013

This video is of Steve Alford putting a player through a toughness shooting drill. It is a good way to get some toughness and conditioning at the end of an individual workout or practice. It forces players to make shots when tired. Either time how quickly each player can complete the drill or count the number of shots it takes to get to 21.

I like to end individual development workouts with a toughness drill. I like to have a variety of 3 or 4 of them. I hope you can use this in the toughness drills section of your workouts and practices.

I have also listed some skill development drills that have already been posted on the site below the video.

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Click the play arrow to see the drill

Below are links to other skill development drills that are posted on the Coaching Toolbox:

Basketball Drills Finishing Toughness Drills

By Brian Williams on October 29, 2013

I like to end practice with a segment that works on toughness and game situations. This dril is a good way to work on developing the toughness to finish at the basket.

I believe that when attacking the basket, a player’s mindset should be

1) Expect hard contact. If a player is fouled hard and then loses his or her poise, that is going to have a negative affect on the free throws.
2) I want the player looking to score the basket and not looking to only draw a foul. The official might or might not make the call, but if the ball goes in, we get two points.

These drills were originally posted on FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library by Greg White.

Great drill from Coach Mike Jones and Coach Alan Stein at DeMatha High School. We use this to set the thermostat at practice.

(See Digrams below)

Divide players of equal size.

Coach passes to player who attacks the rim while the other player attempts to block the shot.

The offensive player has to attack strong. Do not allow them to avoid the contact.

Same set up as Frame 1 but different location.

Basketball Drills Stephen Curry Shooting

By Brian Williams on October 25, 2013

I hope that you are able to use this drill in practice for some of your better shooters. Or better yet, can adapt it to the skills that your shooters have or need to acquire.

These drills were originally posted on FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library by Coach Greg White. Here is what he said about the drill:

I saw Stephen Curry doing this before a game so we decided to make a drill out of it. This is a great drill because you (1) get conditioning and game type shots, (2) movement and (3) you can use both sides of the floor.

Drill starts with pass to the shooter for a wing 3. After the shot the shooter runs back to half court. The rebounder with the ball passes to the passer so the drill doesn’t lag

On a make the routine is the same. After a miss, the passer throws the ball out in front of the shooter. The shooter must catch, make a move and take a mid-range shot.

We set the scoring as follows:

The Shooter must make 3 3pt shots to complete the drill. They do not have to be in a row. Mid range Shots do not count as a make.

Advanced: The Shooter must make 4/5 shots including the mid-range if they miss a 3pt shot.

Expert: The Shooter must make 3 consecutive 3pt shots.