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Defense

2 on 2 transition drill

Divide the players up in 4 teams positioned in the 4 baseline corners. 1 player steps in from each corner and 2 teams are formed under the baskets. The 2 teams play 2 on 2, until the basket is made or defense gets the ball.

When that happens defense make the outlet pass to the corner and step off the court. Offens run back on defense (transition), and the 2 new offense run a fastbreak.

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3 Point Defensive Drill

Have your offensive team run whatever offense you would like them to run. I usually have my kids run our passing game offense or some motion.

The offense starts with 3 points and can go no higher than 3 points. The defense must get the offense down to zero. To do this they must get defensive stops. Everything must be perfect (or at least close) in order to take a point away from the offensive team. If the defense forces a turnover or gets a defensive rebound make them outlet the ball to a coach and sprint to half court and then back and match up. This will add a conditioning aspect to the drill. The offense can score points by making a basket, or can gain points when the defense makes a mistake. If I catch some one chasing on screens, not in helpside, not talking, not denying the wing etc I blow the whistle and give the offense a point (make sure you tell what the point was for). Place a premium on rebounding by having the offense go back to 3 points automatically if they get an offensive rebound. This will stress that we are not done playing defense until we
rebound the ball.

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3 on 2 Pressback

This is one of my player’s favorite drills. The drill is set up exactly the same as the 3 on 2 we all use as a pregame warm-up. Two players in the key on defensive, the rest of the team in three lines at half court.

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3-on-3 Closeouts

I use this drill to help my kids with communicating with each other on the defensive end. It is also excellent for working on closing out on shooters, and closing out on them under control. This also gives my players the chance to work at guarding different size players. Offensively, it helps us shoot or penetrate under pressure.

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Criss Cross - 2-1

There are three groups of players at the baseline. The player in the middle has the ball.

Groups must be differed by numbers (1, 2, 3, group in middle is 2)

Player 2 passes to 3 and follows his pass. 3 passes to 1 and follows his pass. 1 passes to 2 and follows his pass. This procedure must be done up to half court. at half court the last one who passed becomes defender an returns to the baseline where the drill started.

the two other players are now Offenders an play 2-1 Offense.

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Cut-throat

Break up your team into teams of three. This is basically a 3 on 3 game. The team on offense must pass 3 times before taking a shot. All passes must be a bounce pass unless the pass is dumped in the post. The team on offense can score 1 point on a made basket, fouled in the act of shooting and an offensive rebound. The defense can score a point on a defensive charge. On the charge the defense now gets the ball and the offense is off and the next team of three is on.

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Death-D-Drill

Divide your team in pairs. Let them stay with ca. 3 m (ca.12ft.) space between, facing each other. One ball pr. pair.

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Defensive ball pressure

Two defenders start in the center of the lane in defensive position facing the coach who is at the top of the key. There are two offensive players each with a ball standing just inside the sideline about 12 feet apart on both sides of the floor. On the whistle, the two defenders sprint to an offensive player (whichever direction the coach indicates), and about 8-10ft from the player they break down into approach position. When they reach the offensive player, the offense moves the ball in every direction as quickly as possible while the defense stays in a good defensive position while following the ball with the hands. Pressure for 20-30 seconds then blow the whistle and the two defenders take the place of the offense and the defense sprints to the other side of the floor to repeat the drill.

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Merry-Go-Round

Group players into two teams inside the half-court circle.
The drill helps transition defense and verbal communication in defensive transition.

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Pass and Defend

2 single lines facing one another. About 10 to 12 feet between the lines. One ball at the front of one line.

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Psycho

• Players stand around the center circle.
• Balls are put in the middle of the circle.
• Amount of balls = Amount of players – 1.
• Players rotate around the circle in defensive stance.
• When coach blows the whistle players run and touch both ends of the gym and run back to get a ball.
• Players are out if they fail to get a ball.
• Take a ball out every round until there are 2 players left with only one ball.
• The winner is the defensive Champ.

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Quick Close-out

This drill focuses on the defensive player performing a proper close-out of a shooter. Upon release of the shot a proper box-out must be performed along with a rebound, proper pivot, and strong outlet pass to the shooter who is roaming along the free-throw line.

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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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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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Stutter step

• The player stands like he is defending another player.
• Then he starts moving is leg quickly like in the stutter step fake.
• He does it for one minute.
• The player can repeat this drible for 1-3 times

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