Basketball Drills

Agility Pressure Shooting

By Brian Williams on April 9, 2021

These drills were submitted by Coach Mason Waters.

Mason Waters has coached at multiple levels of basketball including the NCAA Division 2 level at Flagler College, the high school level at West Forsyth High School in Georgia, and at the middle school level.

You can download his entire Drill Book here: Coach Mason Waters Drill Book

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this drill is to emphasize cutting off the ball at full speed, getting a shot attempt at a high speed, and to make a proper read of a closing defender. Defensively, this drill is practicing on trailing the shooter.

SETUP /INSTRUCTIONS:
Setup 4 cones as diagrammed on the court from the previous page. There will be 1 offensive player and 1 defensive player. The action will begin when 1 starts cutting. Xl reacts immediately and trails 1 around each cone. As 1 approaches the final cone, they will receive the basketball. They will catch to shoot. If the defender is very close, the drill turns into lvl live.

TEACHING POINTS:
1) Offense: Cut fast AND when you catch, you are definitely shooting. Only stop your shot if the defender is right there.
2) Do not allow cutting at full speed to create poor shooting form/ keep good shooting form.

VARIATIONS TO THIS DRILL:
The primary principle behind this drill is to reward sprinting throughout a cut and to also reward a fast shot release. Therefore, change the cones and cutting patterns to however you like.

# OF BASKETBALLS: 1

NBA Shooting Drills: Streak Shooting

By Brian Williams on April 9, 2021

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is coached by NBA Shooting Coach John Townsend.

You can and should modify any of the drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

This drill is on YouTube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

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Basketball Drills: Improvement Season Finishing

By Brian Williams on April 7, 2021

Here are 3 finishing drills to consider for your skill workouts.

There are links to other skill development drills at the bottom of the post.

I think it is good to have a variety of drills to use that still fit your system of play, fit the skills you need the players to develop, and that fit your philosophy.

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Baylor 1 vs. 2

Coach initiates the action by passing the ball to offense with two defenders starting on the blocks.

The defenders move as soon as the ball leaves the coaches hands.

During closeout, offense needs to beat his defender and then get past the help.

Emphasize the attack by limiting dribbles, focusing on first step, step through, and working on a specific finishing move.

Alabama 1 on 1

From the Kansas women’s program.

Coach has the basketball under the basket. Offense begins on one block, defense begins on the opposite block.

Coach tosses the basketball out,

Offense goes out to get the basketball.

Defensive player touches the opposite block and then closes out on the offense.

Play live 1-on-1 from there.

1 on 1 Lane Containment

Also from the Kansas women’s program.

OBJECTIVE: Improve ball-handling in a tight space & improve defensive footwork.

Boundaries are the lane lines. Offense starts with the ball between the free throw line and top of key. Defense begins an arm’s distance away from offense.

Offense’s goal is to beat the defense to the baseline in 6 seconds without going outside the lane lines or turning her back to the defense while dribbling. Defensive goal is to force offense outside the lane lines or don’t get beat to the baseline in 6 seconds. You can progress drill to have offense finish with a one-footed lay-up.

32 Golden Child Shooting Drill

By Brian Williams on April 2, 2021

This post is a drill from the Arkansas Women’s Basketball program.

This video and other basketball coaching videos are available on the Arkansas Women’s Basketball You Tube Channel

Head Coach Mike Neighbors also has one of the top newsletters for Basketball Coaches and is back sending again. If you are interested in joining his list, email me and I will forward your request on to him.

Like all drills that you see other programs use, you can either modify it or take parts of these ideas for your use and your needs. I hope to provide food for thought for you to use as a place to start for ideas to improve your program.

The drill is a part of his “Green Light Shooting System” that he uses to determine shot selection.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

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The drill is a YouTube video, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

Plus 5 Shooting Challenge

By Brian Williams on March 12, 2021

This skill development drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is coached by NBA Shooting Coach John Townsend.

You can and should modify any of the drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

This drill is on YouTube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

Click the play arrow so see the drill.

2 on 2 Interchange Defensive Drill

By Brian Williams on March 5, 2021

2 on 2 Interchange Defensive Drill with Scott Nagy,
Wright State University Head Coach;
2x Horizon League regular season champions (2019, 2020);
2018 Horizon League Tournament champions;
3x Horizon League Coach of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020);
former South Dakota State University Head Coach;
3x Summitt League Champions

Scott Nagy has taken the Horizon League by storm in the last several years. This inside-look into a Wright State practice will show you exactly why he has won Coach of the Year honors for the last three years in a row! You will gain insight into Wright State’s offensive style of play in addition to how players are developed on both ends of the floor through breakdown drills

We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as is, but rather to tweak it to make it fit your system.

There is sound with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

This is a Vimeo video, so you will need to be on a network that does not block Vimeo videos.

For more information about Inside Basketball Practice with Coach Scott Nagy: Offensive Sets, Defensive Breakdown Drills & 5-on-5, click here: Inside Basketball Practice with Coach Scott Nagy