Big man

Perhaps more than any other position on the team, the big man needs drills to perfect inside and post-up moves.

There are 35 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

The easy basket

When you are on the block, take the ball in your left hand, take a jab step to the basket with left foot then dribble to the right for a hook.

20/1 2009

PG Floaters

This is what a PG wants to do in a situation where they have an open lane to score.

8/1 2009

Animal drill

Put 3 players in the paint. Coach shoots and misses. Whoever gets rebound goes 1 on 2. Work on pump fakes and going up strong. Scorer rotates out as sub comes in. You must score to get a quick rest.

14/11 2008

Pump fake and shoot

If practiced enough it will become second nature.

11/11 2008

Jumping baby hook

Shoot like Jabbar.

9/1 2008

Move Side Ways

A drill that enhances ball foot work and promotes court awareness by keeping the player at face with the play.

9/1 2008

Glory Road Tip-Ins

Good drill from the movie ‘Glory Road’. Helps big men in rebound tip-ins.

8/1 2008

Michael jordan

Catch, pivot and square yourself to basket. Jab baseline and give a shot fake. Drive middle with one dribble and give another shot fake and sweep under defender for the layup. Defender should be all over the place.

8/1 2008

Pip post move

Do a half spin move towards baseline w/o dribble. Now facing the basket, shot fake and defender should jump. Go around defender and dunk.

8/1 2008

Got hops????

Improves your jumping!!!!!

14/12 2007

Post up pass

A great play for teams from U/14 and up.

12/12 2007

Mikan Layups

Helps big men with their layups and footwork.

6/12 2007

Concentration and Explosion Drill

Line of big men at top of the key. A coach at each elbow. Each coach has a ball. One coach says go and throws the ball off of the backboard and the first big man in line has to go get it at the highest point possible. He catches it, pivots, throws it back to the coach he received it from. He then goes across the lane and calls for the ball from the second coach. He receives the second ball and turns and shoots a layup.

6/12 2007

Hops

Helps you jump if done correctly.

16/7 2004

Hakeem spin move

A drill which will enhance you to get your defender confuse and then shooting.

14/6 2004

Two points (Image from Flickr)

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