Basketball Drills

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.

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The video is 4 minutes and 45 seconds long

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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.

If you are interested in learning more about the entire DVD that this sample came, click this link.

Anyone who purchases anything from the store receives one of my basketball coaching eBooks as a bonus.

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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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.

Basketball Drills Duke Defensive Drill

By Brian Williams on October 24, 2013

This video is of an individual defensive drill used by Duke to work on help and recover, closing out, and conditioning.

The video is a YouTube video so make sure that you are on a server that allows YouTube access.

If you are not, I have a link to be able to watch the video on the Championship Productions site.

I have also listed some other drills from the Duke program at the end of the post

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The video is a little over a minute long.

To find out more about the DVD that this sample came from, click here: Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Agility & Conditioning Drills for Defense

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