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Defense

Foot Fire

Get into your crouched defensive stance, and raise and lower your feet off the ground about 4’‘ very rapidly for about 30secs to 1 mintue depending on your conditioning level. This delevops foot speed criticail in getting and keeping good position while defending.

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Defensive squat

Get into your defensive postion and hold it for about 30 secs, rest breifly and repeat. Do about 5-6 sets. This strengthens and better prepares the body to play defense.

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zig zag to stop the layup

Required:2 offensive players, 1 defensive player, 1 or 2 balls.

One offensive player with the ball, sets up at the corner of the baseline and the sideline. Second defender sets up at the corner of the halfcourt line and the sideline.The defender plays D on the ball as in a zig zag drill. When the first offensive player reaches the hash mark she passes the ball to the second offensive player who then proceeds to attempt a layup at the far end of the court.

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Watson Star Drill

Full-court defensive slide drill

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WT Drill

WT drill is a drill used to ‘bang’ cutters in the lane. Anytime there is a pick in the lane or near the lane, we demand our player’s hedge and bump the cutter off path.

This can be used just about anywhere on the court, but it is best used in the paint. This keeps players from getting open looks in or around the basket and gives the defender time to recover to the their offensive man.

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Valley of Terror

This is a 3 on 3 drill that works on boxing out properly on defense and good positioning for offensive rebounds. It also helps prepare the players for a physical inside game.

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Trap

A full court press defense with 5 positions

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The seven footer

Teaches shorter teams and players more efficient screening and passing techniques

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The Gauntlet

This drill will work on offensive ball-handling and defensive trapping and communicating.

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Taking the Charge

1-3 lines at half court. One player in middle of key. Coach calls out either 1,2, or 3, corresponding to a numbered line. As soon as a # has been called, first player in that line dribbles to the basket, taking it fast, hard, and strong. Player in key goes and touches key boundary line opposite of ball. Then, that player rushes to the other side of the key and assumes the ‘taking a charge’ position. (Important: To prevent injury, make sure the players have feet planted, good balance, and most of all, are protecting their groin area.) Finally, dribbler dribbles full speed at the defender. As soon as they make contact, defender falls to the ground on back side.

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Stinger Drill

Start with players in the corners of the baseline. Play starts with the ball at the foul line. The Coach rolls, passes, puts the ball down, or throws the ball upward toward the opposite goal and on the command ‘go’ players sprint toward the ball and play one -on -one at the basket. After the offense scores or the defense gets a rebound, the defense now becomes the offense and plays one-on-one coming back toward the goal at the starting point.

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Spider Drill

The drill starts out with one individual, either in the gym or driveway. He should imagine that all the other players are on the court. The player starts off guarding the ball. He should think that his man is driving on him and then shuffle his feet correctly. Next, his man just passed the ball away. He should then move into off-man, on-the-ball defense, in which he can stop the pass but be able to recover if there is a pass or a drive. The ball should be then swung to the opposite side of the court and the player should move into zone side help defense. Next, the defender should simulate that his man is cutting through the lane and he should stop his progress. The defender should then play correct post defense, including high and low side defense and moving around the man with correct footwork. The player should use his imagination to think off where the players are and when the passes are made. The drill should start off for a short time period, because the player will not be used to it, but after practicing for a while, the player should be able to do the drill for a couple of minutes straight. The purpose of the drill is not only to familiarize the player with how to play every defensive position, but also to increase his stamina on the defensive end.

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Shell Drill Pressure Double - Teaming

I started using this drill after 4 months of practice. Before I had done the simple shell drill (box format and diamond format – 2-2 and 1-2-1) and my players had progressed a lot on defense, so much that I hadn’t lost a game and I felt we could make it better. I decided to introduce double-teaming.

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Shell Drill

This is a way to spice up your shell drill. Play it like a live game to make it more interesting for your players. Make every offensive rebound worth one point. Count every basket for the equivalent of what they are worth also add a point for a steal and a blocked shot. You will see your intensity go up with the competitiveness of this drill.

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Shadow Defense

Players partner up. Player1 has a ball and start dribbling from the corner of the court. Player2 is on defense in the correct stance. P1 begins dribbling toward half court using the change of pace dribbling skill (dribble forward hard 2-3 steps, stop, then go again). P2 stays in the perfect stance using quick footwork to stay with the P1. P2 shadows P1 as P1 change of pace dribbles up the sideline. When P1 gets to the half court line, P1 turns and dribbles to the center of the court, heading for the center circle. P2 continues to stay in perfect stance sliding along side of P1 (shadowing P1’s movements). When P1 hits the center circle, P1 makes the move to the hoop, going hard for the score. P2 has to deny the score, blockout and rebound.

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