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Defense

High/Low

This drill requires you to use 2 balls and about 8 players. First you have one player standing at the baseline three point area (Low) and another is standing at the top of the key area (High). The rest of the group is behind the baseline. First the baseline player makes a two handed chest pass to the ‘Low’ shooter and immediately sprints and closes out with feet ‘Squeeking’ and one hand up challenging the shooter. Once they have tapped the ballhandler then that person is allowed to shoot. Once a shot has been taken immediately locate,blockout, then rebound and throw to the next person in line. Once a shot has been taken from the first group the next player throws a ball to the ‘High’ shooter and repeats the process. As your team gets better at closing out and challenging the shooter then allow for dribble penetration (3 to 4 dribbles). Sometimes you may have two balls in action at the same time which is o.k. when you are just shooting but try to avoid this with the dribble drive We try to push the ballhandlers to the baseline or funnel out of the key area. If done correctly you can work and place emphasis on all of the following areas: closing out, defensive position, shooting under pressure, rebounding, defending against dribble penetration etc. Hope this helps a little and good luck!

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Pitter Patter

The player gets into his defensive stance. He then begins to move his feet rapidly. Then he will slide from side to side, front to back. Then he will hit the floor and get up fast. He will continue to move his feet the whole time.

This will stress movement on defense and it will help with your footspeed.

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War

This is a 3 on3 to a 5 on 5 man to man defensive game. The rules are simple: Give each teams a set number of posessions to play (I normally give 10) The offensive team gets 2 points for a made bucket, 1 point for a offensive rebound and 1 point if a foul is committed by the defense. Defense gets 2 points per ‘stop’ (a turnover or secured defensive rebound) 1 point per secured blocked shot and a point taken away for every offensive rebound allowed. Each team plays 10 possesions on offense, ans 10 possesions on defense. The team with the most points win after 20 possesions have been played. Loser runs 17 sprints cross-court in 65 seconds. I keep the same teams all season which builds a rivalry. I call the drill ‘WAR’. Any drill that gets guys excited about playing defense is a good drill. This is one that has worked well in our practices.

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Defensive Slide Drill

Get into a defensive stance (Get your center of gravity low to move quickly, but don’t lean forward to much, keep your back straight and your butt out a little bit, bend your knees and keep your hands about waist level and out to swipe at the ball)

From your defensive stance, have a partner, or pretend to be defending someone. Slide your feet across left or right, your are trying to keep with your oppenent moving left or right. It is important not to cross your feet, i.e. If moving right, bring your left foot to your right foot, and then move your right foot out to the right, never cross them over each other. Do this drill each way for about 5-8 steps 10 times.

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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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