Basketball Drills

These two shooting drills come from Coach Mike Neighbors newsletter.

Coach Neighbors took the women’s job at Arkansas in April 2017 after four years at Washington where he guided the team to the 2016 Final Four.

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The first drill is “Green Light Shooting,” the second is “Prove It”

Coach Neighbors teaching point is “Early preparation/Same shot every time”

 

 

Green Light Shooting

4:00 Shooting Drill. Shooter will use our usual 5 spots for each attempt.

1st trip around (1 thru 5 spots): shooter must make 3 shots at spot 1 before moving to Spot 2. Shooter progresses to each of the 5 spots after making 3 shots.

2nd trip (back around spots 5 thru 1): Shooter must make 2 shots in a row at each spot before moving to the next.

FINISH: Shooter moves around the five spots make or miss until she makes 5 consecutive 3’s… ** must move make or miss.

We record total time to complete. If the 4:00 time limit expires, we record the total number of made shots.

Drill #2 “Prove It”

Shooter must make 8 shots at spot 1. When she has made the 8th shot,

She must then make 3 in a row to “prove it”.

Repeat at each of the 5 spots.

Record total time it takes to PROVE IT at all 5 spots.

I have included a couple of different conditioning concepts in this post.

The first two drills are a couple of change of pace drills if you are not allowed to use basketballs at this point in time. You could also use them as a change to your traditional running drills once practice starts.

The second pair of drills involve a basketball and could be used in your conditioning and or toughness segments of in-season practice.

These drills were originally posted on FastModel Sports Plays and Drills Library

These first two conditioning drills with a basketball are from Alan Stein

 

 

Select one player as it. The other players have to stay in-bounds on half court.

Have a player (1) be “IT” for a desired time [:15, :20, :30] or until he tags everyone. (Be cautious with this choice. You want productive, practical work)

As soon as the time is up, immediately call out another player.

Option: give players a ball to dribble.

You’ll see the benefit of 3:00-5:00 of Tag vs 5 triple-nickels. (3 sets of 5 down and backs)

 

On the start command, 1 backpedals toward the other FT Line. 2 backpedals from FT line to Baseline then Sprints to try and beat 1.

Switch roles on the way back

 

 

 

The next two drills were contributed by Coach Greg White

2 on 2 Volleyball

Players play 2 on 2 inside a volleyball square.

Set a number of passes to be completed (Ex. 10, 20)

Players cannot dribble.

Players must stay inbounds (their square)

Steal and the opposite team takes possession.

2-5 minutes

Paint Game

You need 1 basketball. There will be no shots!! Each player will keep their own score. Game is to (whatever you decide. 8,10 or time. Most wins)

The drill starts with player 1 passing to 2 and closing out. As soon as 1 moves player 5 needs to move directly under the basket (This is why there are no shots.)

The objective of the drill is for the offensive player to get 2 feet into the paint using 2 dribbles or less.

Here Player 1 successfully stops player 2. Player 2 will pivot and pass to player 3.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE PLAYERS DON’T “DRILL” BUT PLAY!

 

When the ball is in the air, 5 should sprint into a closeout on player 3.

Rotation: 1 replaces 2 on the wing, 2 goes to the back of the line.

In this Frame 3 beat the defense (5) into the lane.

3 would yell out “1” to signal his scoring.

3 would pass to 4. 6 would close out and 5 would take 3’s spot. 3 would go to the back of the line.

Adjustments:

Since 3 scored, you could let him stay and 5 return to line.

Allow 3 to pass back to 1instead of passing to 4 to force help defender to be game ready vs drill repped.

This video is of John Calipari going through some finishing drills and techniques with Derrick Rose.

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 skill development drills that have already been posted on the site below the video.

 

 

Make sure your sound is on

If you cannot see the drill, you can use the link below. It will take you to the Championship productions site, click the play arrow on the video icon.

Calipari Finishing Drills

There is nothing to purchase to see the drill, however if you are interested in purchasing this or any other Championship DVD, you can use this link:

Calipari Finishing Drills

The video is 3 minutes and 48 seconds and should start immediately.

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Ben Jacobsen from Northern Iowa coaches a 3 on 3 competitive defensive drill to work on keeping the ball out of the paint.

Keeping the ball out of the paint is one of the six areas that I emphasize each defensive possession.

This drill is a good way to work on that or to add some variety to your 3 on 3 drills.

This is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube videos.

You will need to click the play arrow to see the video.

Make sure your sound is on as you watch.

Here is a link to all 6 of my defensive areas of emphasis if you are interested looking at those.

If you are interested in seeing more information about the DVD that the samples are taken from, click here: Competitive Drills for Man to Man Defense

Make sure your sound is on as you watch.