Passing Drills

Today’s post includes two passing drills.

The videos are hosted on You Tube.

You will need to be on a network that allows you to access that site.

The video is from the Championship Productions You Tube Channel

Tod Kowalczyk Pefect Passing Drill

University of Toledo head coach, Tod Kowalczyk, adopted this passing drill from Thad Matta at Ohio State.

In the drill, players must pass the ball continuously for 35 seconds in the half court without dropping it or making a bad pass.

This drill is similar to the Argentine Passing Drill. The difference is that Argentine passing involves 8 players, and Perfect Passing involves 6 players.

Editor’s Note from Brian: In the video, Tod mentions that that college shot clock is 35 seconds. The video was shot prior to the shot clock being changed to 30 seconds. You can set the time for whatever fits your needs.

If you are interested in learning more about the Video that this drill came from, you can click the following link: All Access Basketball Practice with Tod Kowalczyk

Sherri Coale Hoosier Square Passing Drill

If you are interested in learning more about the Video that this drill came from, you can click the following link: Sherri Coale: My Favorite Practice Drills

Click the play arrow to view the video.

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

I know that this is the first time that Coach Cole has worked with these players, so the demonstration is not as good as it would be with her players. I know that a lot of these passes are not game-like, but you can work with your players to make the drill more game-like. What I do like about the drill is the concept of moving the defenders bodies, hands, and eyes with pass fakes.

This passing drill was contributed by Mike Shaughnessy to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

Mike is a Player Development Coach for Dr1ven Training LLC.

This is what Coach Shaughnessy had to say about the drill:

Attack kill spots on the floor (highlighted) that breakdown defenses, opening up drive and kick opportunities.

Pass and rotate to the next spot.

Coaches can emphasize various passes:

– Jump stop and kick out (outside hand chest pass)

– Nash pass kick outs (outside hand pass)

Go for a certain amount of (perfect) passes (and catches) before going the other way.

Hold players accountable for communication and having hands ready to receive the pass.

This is a passing drill that Coach Mike Neighbors used at the University of Washington.

That is why he called it “Dawg” passing.

He is now at Arkansas, so maybe it is “Hawg” passing now.

There are two versions on this post.

The first version is a diagram that includes layups and the second version is a passing and catching only version (You Tube Video).

Coach Neighbors has a newsletter that is the longest running one that I know of.

If you would like to be added to it, please let me know and I will pass along your email address to him.

This is a drill that is fast moving and requires communication.

Dawg Passing Drill

Diagrams created with FastDraw

Players 1, 7, and 10 start with basketballs.

1 passes to the line directly across from her to player 4.

1 then cuts on diagonal to receive pass from front of bottom opposite line (player 7) which she takes in for a layup.

After 7 passes to 1, 7 goes to the end of the line behind where 6 is.

1 gets her own rebound, passes the ball to 8 (the same line that passed to her for the layup) and goes to back of line where pass came from–behind player 9.

The top basketball is now on the opposite side with player 4.

 
 
4 passes to 2, cuts to the basket, and receives a pass for a layup from 10

The drill now repeats itself from this side with the passes and cuts being the same.

You can make it competitive by timing to see how long you can go without bad passes, drops, or missed layups.

Or, you can split into two ends and set a time counting completed passes and made layups.

Dawg Passing Drill

This is a You Tube video (without sound) of the above drill without shooting layups.

Click the play arrow to see the video.