Combination

Drills that combine other skills, and puts emphasis on technique and fundamentals.

There are 56 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

Around The world

A layup drill forcing you to use both hands.

22/12 2003, 0 comments

Close Out/ Square Up

A drill that develops the use of superior movement and footwork both on offense and defense. Used primarily as a defensive drill.

11/12 2003, 0 comments

Sausage Grinder

Big man bounces ball off backboard – outlet to guard. the guard sprints hard to the other free throw line and passes to the big man for layup.

23/11 2003, 0 comments

Gorilla Drill

This drill not only teaches players how to play defense but to play offense also. Especially in the post.

21/11 2003, 0 comments

Full Court Tip

Form two lines on the right hand side of the backboard on opposite baskets.

Players tip the ball off the backboard to the person behind them.

Set the clock for 2 minutes.

14/11 2003, 0 comments

On The Floor

Players get dirty to get possession.

30/10 2003, 0 comments

Box out - Rebound - Score

2 on 2, Coach at the foul line, 2 offensive, two defensive.

7/10 2002, 0 comments

Control the break

For people that believe they have the ability to control the break.

31/7 2002, 0 comments

Jab and Go

Learning to get the defender off- balance to create a driving lane.

16/6 2002, 0 comments

Giorgio’s Pass ‘n Hit

One offensive-team player starts out with the ball in the centreline-circle. The rest of the offensive-team finds a spot somewhere on the court.

The defensive-team tries to deny the ball from the offensive-players.

When the defensive team has a steal or when the ball goes out of bounds, the offensive team starts their offense over in the centreline-circle.

The offensive-team must try to score as many as possible in either one of the two baskets, starting from the centerline-circle. Before a scoring attempt, the offensive-team must pass the ball (at least) …x… times. This goes on for …x… minutes, then both teams switch (offense to defense).

21/1 2002, 0 comments

3 on 2 fastbreak drill

Continuous transition and fluid play.

22/11 2001, 0 comments

10 drill

You have 10 players, 5 on offense 5 on defense. You can play what ever defense you wish to play, we alternate between man to man and 2-3 zone. The offensive team always gets the ball. Offense gets 1 point per basket, 4 points for an offensive rebound, 2 points for an uncontested lay up or shot inside 15 ft. The drill is run at half court. The defense gets 1 point for a rebound, 4 points for taking a charge and 2 points for a steal or if the offense turns the ball over. You play to 10 points the loser has to run, we run killer drills for the loser. After the first round we switch, the offense goes to defense and the defense to offense. You can also run the drill with 15 players and rotate a team of 5 out after a round. This drill is excellent for defensive rebounding as it is a major penalty to give up an offensive rebound. It has been an excellent drill for us. You can also have your offense work on whatever offense you are running.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

10 Passes

3 offensive and 3 defensive players begin at half court. The goal is to make 10 consecutive passes without any type of ‘bad pass’. There is no dribbling involved.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

3 on 3 on 3

Basic 3 on 3 with several twists. Winners stay, losers rotate out.
Offense can get a point only by scoring. Defense can get a point by
all three players boxing out and obtaining rebound. However, we don’t rotate a new team in on a defensive point.
Additionally, we will sit a team that fails to call a screen, fails to box out, fails to talk on defense generally, argues a call, etc. An offensive team will rotate out if players away from the ball fail to screen away or screen and roll. If you don’t have the ball you must either screen on the ball screen away or post up.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

444

This is a good drill for developing game skills in a single drill. It is done on a full court with three teams of four. Here I’ll use Red Team, Blue Team, and Black Team. Divide the players up evenly regarding skill and position.
I find that the drill works best if you match up your least skilled post players with your most skilled guards, and vice versa.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

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