Basketball Drills

This is a 4 minute video of Coach Gregg Marshall going through a series that they use to work on their wings players skills.

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If you are interested in learning more about the entire DVD that this sample came from, click this link Wichita State Skill Development Workout: Guards.

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Here is one of our basketball drills that will really help your half court defense.

Getting to three point shooters is important to a solid half court defense.

A drill for working on taking away 3 point shots. My belief is that three point percentage allowed is not a valid measurement of how well you defend 3s and that the best way to defend 3 point shots is to reduce the number of 3 point shots that you allow your opponent to take.

Here is a link to an article to support that belief: Defending the 3 point shot.

This diagrammed drill is based on getting to the shooting and taking away the open three.

It demands great communication, rotation, anticipation, closing out, being there on the catch, vision, blocking out and rebounding with two hands.

If three defenders can successfully defend four players in this drill then your game time defense will shut down any opponent’s three point shooting.

This drill was posted by Coach Randy Brown in 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 their Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw

Starting Position for the drill

Four offensive players and three defenders

Option–change starting positions for offensive or defensive players before starting drill

Here is another idea for a move to teach players to use to finish at the basket.

I believe that it is important for players to develop moves to finish at the basket against a good or a large (or both) defender they have practiced and are confident in. The more confidence a player has in his or her ability and moves to finish at the basket, the more they can be the aggressor rather than being dictated to by the defense.

In my opinion, players don’t need a lot of moves. They need a go to move and a counter. I also believe that the moves should be individualized for each player and not moves that everyone on the team uses.

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Even if you don’t like the Crawford move, I hope you will find what works for your players and develop a system to teach then and implement them in you scoring drills in practice and in summer workouts.

Here is another link to another finishing move:

Euro Step

In my opinion, the Euro Step is a good finishing move in both transition and in the half court.

The Euro step is a good way for a player to avoid picking up a charging foul and also to get a clean look at a layup against a good defender.

This drill was posted by Coach Tom Kelsey in FastModel’s library. The library has hundreds of plays and drills from coaches all over the world and from various levels of coaching. You can check them out here:

Fast Model Plays and Drills Library

Tom Kelsey is currently the Director of Basketball Operations for the LSU men’s basketball program. He has been a small college head coach, winning multiple coach of the year honors.

He has also spent time on the coaching staffs of Don Meyer and Mark Gottfried.

Drill #8 Frame 1

Gives player opportunity to shoot 3’s for late game situations. Either off the pass or off the dribble. Coming down late in the game and getting the shot off the run or shooting off the dribble going full speed into shot.

Drill #8 Frame 2

This is a late game shooting situation. Player is running at full speed catches the ball and tries to get to the top of the key or clutch shooting spot on the wing for a spot up 3 point shot.
Allows your players to think about getting the shot quick coming down the floor off the pass or off the dribble.

Drill #7 Frame 1

Receive pass from coach take one dribble hit coach with the pass and make a v-cut away from the pass. With a strong step on the outside foot come back toward the ball hands up, finger tips to the ceiling and call for the ball.

Drill #7 Frame 2

Have players to pretend to be coming off a screen for the jump shot and receive the pass back from the coach.

Here is a video of a few ways to use the shell drill to teach just more than defensive positioning. In my opinion, you can use the shell to drill many of the defensive principles that we teach in man to man defense.

In this video, Indiana State’s Greg Lansing teaches jumping to the ball to guard a basket cut and helping and recovering on dribble penetration. I hope the video gets you thinking about some ways to incorporate your defensive principles and actions you guard into the shell drill,

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If you are interested in finding out more about the DVD that this video clip came from, you can click here:

Building Your Defense with the Shell Drill

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