Conditioning

Basketball requires all around conditioning; stamina, strength, speed, jumping ability and more. These drills show you how to improve in all those areas.

There are 144 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

3 minute 10 seconds

Start with half of each team on each baseline. Set the clock for as long as you want usually 3-5 minutes. Decide what side is going to go first. Then buzz the horn and the first side has 10 seconds to get down to the other baseline and back past the free-throw line. Then after 10 seconds buzz horn again and the other side goes. This is continuous for allotted time.

1/1 2000

Nonstop 3 Man Weave

It is just three man weave but you use three balls to add a little confusion to the drill. Players are allowed to release to represent the fast break.

1/1 2000

20-10-10

We use this drill for several purposes. Conditioning, transition, shooting lay ups, and full court fast break opportunities. The team must make 20 lay-ups in a row within the 10-minute time frame or we run 10 up and back sprints.

1/1 2000

2’30 Full Court Drill

2 groups of 3 players on one end of the floor on the baseline with 1 ball and 1 group of 3 players at the other end of the floor at the baseline (no ball). 2’30’‘ on the clock. The 1st group of 3 players is spread out on the baseline with the ball in the middle. The 1st pass is made to the player on the left-hand side and the pass can’t be caught any higher than the free-throw line extended. The player after receiving the 1st pass is allowed 1 dribble before he makes his pass to the player who is streaking down the right hand side of the court. After receiving the pass the player shoots a right hand lay up while the other 2 players sprint down the court and must be with in the 3pt line once the ball is shot. All 3 players stay in their lanes (no 3 man weave) and the following group gets the rebound (player in the middle) and makes his initial pass to his left and the drill continues in the other direction. A good score is 25-30 lay-ups in 2m30s.

1/1 2000

1 vs 2 - 2 vs 1

The players assume a basic three lines drills position on the baseline, the central one with the ball (offensive players), those lateral without ball (defensive players). To the signal of the coach the first player with the ball dribbling for lay up in the opposite basket, to the second signal, two or three second later, the first player of each lateral lines run to stop the ball.
After have marked the offensive player becomes defender, and the two defender become offensive players. To the return they play 2vs1.

1/1 2000

2-Minute Lay-Ups

This drill is good for conditioning and it also helps your kids take shots from games spots at game tempo. In many of our games we miss easy lay-ups. This frustrates me as a coach so we use this drill to stress the importance of doing things at game speed.

1/1 2000

15 man scrimmage

We work on offensive transition (numbered fast break), defensive communication, secondary break into our offense and make it competitive.
You need 3 teams of 5 ex.(blue team, gold team and white team). Put gold team at one basket, blue team at the other basket, and white team at mid-court.

1/1 2000

11-Man Fastbreak

THIS IS A FULL COURT DRILL. YOU START WITH 4 DEFENDERS, 2 IN THE PAINT ON EACH END.

3 PLAYERS WITH A BALL AT HALF COURT FACING EITHER BASKET. PLAYERS AT TOP OF THE KEY EXTENDED STANDING OUT OF BOUNDS ON EACH SIDE OF THE COURT ON BOTH ENDS.

1/1 2000

1-minute Lay-ups

Form one line under one basket, another line under opposite basket. 1 player has ball at elbow facing opposite basket.

1/1 2000

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