Basketball Drills

This basketball shooting drill is a competitive basketball workout drill where players compete in teams of two against other teams of two or against a set standard.

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This drill does not have to be used for 3 point shots and you don’t have to shoot from only these two spots. You can adjust depending on your player’s abilities and to add some variety.
The thing I do like is that by scroring it in teams of twos, it forces the rebounder to hustle and be an important part of the pair’s success.

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I am posting the drills as they were developed for a top Division I program. My purpose is to give you something new to adapt to fit the needs of your players and program. To me, summer skill workouts are huge to the success of a basketball program. Keeping players motivated with competitive drills that have standards to meet is the best way to motivate players to work at their games in a meaningful way.

3-6-9 Shooting

Best drill for separating SHOOTERS.

Begin with “3”.

Player starts behind cone at half.court

Player comes running ful speed at CONE 1 to attempt shot #1. As soon as his feet hit the ground he is sprinting toward CONE #2 to attempt shot #2. Repeat to CONE #3

If the shooter makes all three shots he is done with his 3… however if he makes less than three he must spnnt back around the cone at the half court line and repeat the above until he makes a total of 3 shots

Now go for “6.” Repeat the same above pattern. As an added incentive when shooting anything above a “3,” if the shooters makes all three shots in the sequence but has yet to reach their total goal I. they do not have to sprint back around the hatfcourt cone.

Onty your best shooters will make it to 12s!!

With your best shooters add this–after they begin to lose interest. Put a cone at the opposite baseline, one at top of the opposite key. and one at half court. Use these cones in this manner .. If they go 0-3. they go around cone on opposite baseline. If they go 1-3 they around cone at top of the key If they make 2-3 they go to half-court.

This also places importance on MAKING SHOTS!I!

W Shooting Drill

Another way we want to simulate game shots, at game spots, at game speed.

SERIES 1: Shooter starts at the left side of half court, runs to the left corner inside the arc. A shot is taken then the player spnnts to the half-court line (use cones early on at half-court to show them where to go). the shooter continues this W pattern until they have attempted shots from aN five spots.

SERIES 2: Shot #8 to #10 are sprints to half court then back to wing (or a 3, back to half court and continue

 

 

I hope this video gets you thinking about a way to incorporate the types of shots you take in your offense into this drill or into the basketball drills that you use in your program.

I like this drill because it:

1) Offers one more drill so that you have a way to get variety into your summer workouts. I think that providing variety helps keep your players interested and motivated.

2) Creates two types of pressure on the shooters–one with having to beat the time of 4 minutes and the second of having to make two shots from one spot prior to moving on to the next spot.

3) Forces concentration and effort for a sustained period of time.

I like for 30% of our shooting workouts to involve technique or form and repetition shooting, 60% to be game pace shooting drills and the remaining 10% to be for a toughness shooting drill to finish the workout. I want for the toughness shooting drill to push the player as much as I can both physically and mentally.

I would classify this drill as a technique and repetition drill. I like to have ways to score and measure all drills–including form and repetitioin.

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

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 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 dicated to by the defense.

I have posted a couple of videos below that show a couple of ways to teach the move.

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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.

In addition to working attacking the basket from straight on, I think it is important to also work on finishing coming from both the left and right side.

Even if you don’t like this 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.

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I like skill improvement basketball drills that are competitive and or put pressure on our players while being drills we can use either during practices or during individual workouts.

I also like having many different drills to work on closing out. I feel that it is such an important part of man to man defense and needs to be drilled daily. I also feel that if you use the same drill each day, it loses effectiveness, so it is good to have a variety of drills to work on the skill of closing out.

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I personally like the idea of scoring by getting a defensive stop. That player then stays on defense and has another chance to earn a stop point. No points awarded on offense in the drill.

As with everything I send out, whether you like the drill or not, agree or disagree, I hope it gives you food for thought and inspires you to think about your basketball program and what you can do to improve.