Toughness Drills

This toughness shooting drill called “3 in a Row” is among the resources for both coaches and player available from basketballhq. They have several more videos as well as basketball coaching resource articles. The drill can be modified to fit your needs and used during your fall skill development workouts or can be used in practices ...

These drills are included in Coach Lee DeForest’s Princeton Offense system, which includes practice planning (with ideas for both offense and defense) to teach the system. I hope you find something that you can either use in your summer workouts, or that you can save and use next season. You can find out more about his Princeton ...

This video is one of the great resources available from basketballhq. They have several more videos as well as basketball coaching resource articles. I like to end our Improvement Season Workouts with a drill that pushes players both mentally and physically. This is an example of one of those types of drills. I also think it ...

Diagrams created with FastDraw Editor’s note from Brian: You might want to start out with one or two minutes rather than 4 minutes and have your players build up to 4 minutes. Especially for younger teams. The drill was contributed by Coach Greg White. He had these comments about the drill: One of my favorite drills is The ...

This post contains two videos from Xavier practice with former Coach Chris Mack. The first video is a 5 on 5 defensive drill requiring the defense to play perfectly for 24 seconds. The final video is a two player drill working on help position and closeouts. If you are interested in seeing more information about the ...

This drill is from Drew Hanlen of Pure Sweat Basketball. It requires players to defend a variety of screening actions in a short amount of time. The drill is also posted in Fast Model Sports Basketball Drills and Plays Library. Drew is an NBA Strategic Skills Coach & Consultant that has helped over 25 NBA and ...

This drill came from Drew Hanlen. Drew is an NBA Strategic Skills Coach & Consultant that has helped over 25 NBA and NBA pre-draft players. He is the Head Skills Coach for Pure Sweat Basketball. He has run his internationally renowned Elite Skills Clinics in over 30 states and 4 countries over the past ...

This drill came from Drew Hanlen’s Pure Sweat Basketball Team Toughness Drill Book. Drew is an NBA Strategic Skills Coach & Consultant that has helped over 50 NBA and NBA pre-draft players. Drew is the founder and Head Skills Coach of Pure Sweat Basketball. He has run his internationally renowned Elite Skills Clinics in ...

I have not used this drill, but it is one that I think is worth experimenting with for 10 or 15 minutes to see if it is worth continuing to use in your program. I think it is worth experimenting with new ideas each week in practice to see if they will improve your ...

This post was created by Kyle Gilreath. He is NBA Client Services Manager for FastModel Sports. He is the Head Basketball Coach at Astronaut High School in Florida. He served as an undergraduate manager as well as graduate assistant for the Florida Men’s program under Billy Donovan. I found the drill on FastModel’s ...

This is a short video of a tweak to the 3 on 2 continuous full court transition drill that can be used as a toughness drill. Make sure your sound is on as you watch. The drill starts out as “no dribble” and then the players are allowed one dribble at about the 3 minute mark. My other ...

This video is of Steve Alford putting a player through a toughness shooting drill. It is a good way to get some toughness and conditioning at the end of an individual workout or practice. It forces players to make shots when tired. Either time how quickly each player can complete the drill or ...

I like to end practice with a segment that works on toughness and game situations. This dril is a good way to work on developing the toughness to finish at the basket. I believe that when attacking the basket, a player’s mindset should be 1) Expect hard contact. If a player is fouled hard and then ...

This drill was posted by Coach Trevor Daugherty on Fast Model’s Basketball Coaching Plays and Drill library. You can see all of the plays and drill they have posted on this link: Fast Model plays and drills library Coach Daugherty stated: ” This is one of my favorite hustle drills that I have seen out there, great combination ...

Taking care of the basketball requires many skills as well as a mindset of toughness. The video in this drill is a 3 on 3 drill to work on sureness with the basketball being conducted by Coach Dave Paulsen. At the time this video was filmed, Coach Paulsen was at Bucknell. He is currently the Head ...

I am posting this video to give you a visual idea of a drill that I saw  Coach Ed Schilling who is an assistant coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes use in one of his practices. At the time, he was the head coach at two time Indiana High School 2A State Champion Park Tudor. ...

Player starts at spot 1 with the goal of making it back to spot 10 within 2 minutes. Coach starts 2:00 countdown as the first shot is taken. You must make 2 in a row before advancing to the next spot. When the player makes 2 in a row on spot 5, she advances to spot 6. You ...

From the Xavier Basketball Newsletter By Mike Dunlap, Loyola Marymount. We use the 3 on 3 full court game to tell us who can play and who cannot. It gives us a truthful look into our future because this game exposes players in a meaningful way. Moreover, the coaching staff and players can see who is fit ...

In order to get players to concentrate on the defensive principles that you believe in and to develop the proper habits, try the following drill. We ask the players to play three perfect defensive possessions. The length of the possession is determined by our playing style. If for example, the opposition’s average possession is 17 ...