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

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, 0 comments

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, 0 comments

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, 0 comments

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, 0 comments

Continuous Running Game

The game will be set up just like a normal 5 on 5 game. Normal rules apply.

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County Fair

4 stations,each group at a diffrent station.
1) high knee-ropes.
2) 50 yds.bearcrawl, sprint back,repeat.
3) deathly up-hill run(1/2 mile).
4) 100 yds. up-downs repeat each station for 10 minutes then sprint to next station.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Criss-Cross

You need 4 passers, each with a ball, 2 located in the low corners and at 2 the foul line extended. 2 rebounders are also needed, and 1 shooter. Run this drill for 1 minute per shooter.

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Lay-Up and Outlet Drill

This is a good drill to use for pre-game or the start of practice after stretching. This drill simulates several basketball fundamentals.

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Mountain Climber

Line up the team along the baseline; you may need to make two groups. The team runs 1 length of the court on the whistle. They have 7 seconds to make it to the opposite free throw line. On the next whistle they must run three lengths of the court (down, back, down). They have twenty-one seconds to make it back to the free throw line. (Make sure on the first two lengths they are going all the way to the baseline, then on the last length, in this case the third, they just have to go to the free throw line.) You continue this going from 1-3-5-7-9-11-9-7-5-3-1. Each length of the court constitutes seven seconds. For example on the ‘top’ of the mountain (11 length’s of the court) they have 77 seconds to make it.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Nuchie Drill

I use this drill for either conditioning or when I am mad at my team and I want them to have a hard drill for a punishment. It is basically a full out sprint of half the team and defensive stance for the other half.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

On the Line

This drill shows your players how important free throws can be. It’s not only a conditioning drill, but it gives the players practice shooting free throws when tired.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

HEEL TOUCH DRILL

  • The player stands with her feet apart, jumps upward, and touches her heels with her finger pads as she jumps.
  • The player continues jumping in this manner for thirty seconds, and repeats the drill 3-5 times.

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HEEL AND TOE TOUCH DRILL

  • The player stands with her feet apart, jumps upward, and alternates touching her toes and heels with her finger pads as she jumps.
  • The player continues jumping in this manner for thirty seconds, and repeats the drill 3-5 times.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

SLIDE DRILL

  • The player stands midway between two (imaginary) lines 6-7 meters apart.
  • The player assumes a defensive position with her knees bent, head up, and arms up.
  • The player slides back and forth and touches the lines with her feet, maing sure that her feet do not touch each other as she slides.
  • The player continues jumping in this manner for one minute, and repeats the drill 3-5 times.

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JUMP STOP DRILL

  • The player stands at halfcourt.
  • The player runs and jump stops with her feet parallel to each other, knees bent, head and eyes up, and hands extended out. The player must maintain good body balance with her weight evenly distributed between both feet.
  • The player continues this movement until she reaches the baseline.
  • The player makes a total of three round trips.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

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