This drill to work on live ball dribble moves was contributed by Coach Zach Weir to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.
Zach is the assistant boys coach at South Grand Prairie High School in Texas.
This is what Coach Weir had to say about the drill:
SGP Shooting Series is a drill that we run daily. It is a great drill for building not only shooting, passing, and dribbling skills – but also chemistry between players. This drill is used as a drill to work on reads versus defense and passing accuracy as well. We really stress pace of play in our offense and this drill is great for getting the players to feel the speed and pace they need to work at.
Rules for the drill:
- Our goal is 10 shots per 1 min. With our better shooters we will go 12 per 1 min.
- We will go 12 minutes ideally, but on days that we fit this series into our individual drills we will go at the very least 8 minutes.
- You must thank the passer when you make a shot.
- You must call out the action that you are performing – i.e, curl, fade, etc.
- Alternate in air passes and bounce passes.
Progression
- Coach as a defender
- Add secondary defender to read if players are ready
- Can also have the ball handler make a move off the dribble instead of triple threat
Guard makes a move out of triple threat and attacks elbow area.
Get both feet in the paint and jump stop/quick stop/staggered stop.
Guard in the corner steps into the pass and shoots a corner three.
Passer will sprint underneath the cone and replace the shooter in line.
Guard makes a move out of triple threat and attacks the rim/ block area.
Get both feet in the paint and jumpstop/ quickstop/ staggered stop.
Guard in the corner loops into the pass and shoots a wing three.
Passer will sprint underneath the cone and replace the shooter in line.
Guard makes a move out of triple threat and attacks elbow area.
Get both feet in the paint and jumpstop/ quickstop/ staggered stop.
Guard in the corner loops into the pass and catches shows shot.
The guard will attack the middle of the paint.
A coach stands in the middle acting like the secondary defender and tries to get a deflection.
Get both feet in the paint and jumpstop/ quickstop/ staggered stop.
Guard in the corner steps into the pass and shoots a corner three.
Passer will sprint underneath the cone and replace the shooter in line.
Guard attacks the nail and gets to feet in the paint.
Reverse pivot and pitches the ball to the guard in the opposite slot.
First guard replaces using correct footwork and opens like getting a shot.
Guard that got the pitch attacks elbow area.
Get both feet in the paint and jumpstop/ quickstop/ staggered stop.
Guard in the corner steps into the pass and shoots a corner three.
Passer will sprint underneath the cone and replace the shooter in line.
Guard on the wing attacks the coach standing on the baseline.
Passer will slide out of bounds, jump out of bounds, or jump stop after making the pass.
The player will make a right hand pass to the opposite corner.
Alternate in the air pass and bounce pass.
Guard on the opposite wing slides down to the corner, catches and shoots a corner three.
Passer will sprint to the opposite corner and then get in shooting line.
Guard on the wing attacks the coach standing on the baseline.
Passer will slide out of bounds, jump out of bounds, or jump stop after making the pass.
The player will make a right hand pass to the opposite corner.
Alternate in the air pass and bounce pass.
Guard in the corner steps into the pass.
Extra Pass is made to the player on the wing who will step into the pass and shoot a three.
Passer replaces the extra passer.
Extra Passer replaces shooter.
Shooter rebounds and replaces the first passer.
