Passing

Another fundamental skill that is often overlooked. These drills will teach you everything from individual passing drills, to team passing drills.

There are 65 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

Wrap around pass

Passing around a defender.

11/11 2003, 0 comments

Pass & Go Circle

Nice drill for (starting) players to learn to pass quickly and go after the pass.

8/1 2002, 0 comments

Step and Pass

Works on passing the ball while in motion

21/11 2001, 0 comments

ALL TYPES

YOU NEED 4 GROUPS,MAKING THE POINTS OF A SQUARE TWO OF THE GROUPS HAVE A BALL, THEY ARE STANDING NEAR EACH OTHER, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PASSES IN AN ALLOTTED TIME, THE THING IS THEY HAVE TO USE ALL TYPES OF PASSES, EG, BOUNCE, CHEST, OVERHEAD, BEHIND THE BACK, AND IF ANY PASS IS REPEATED STRAINGT AFTER ANOTHER PERSON HAS USED IT THEN THEY GET PUNICHED

1/1 2000, 0 comments

RAPID-FIRE DRILL

  • The player stands about a meter from a wall.
  • The player throws a hard chest pass against the wall and continues throwing the ball in a rapid-fire fashoin against the wall.
  • As she throws the ball, the player should back up gradually until she stands 3-4 meters away from the wall.
  • The player should continue throwing the ball as she moves back toward the wall until she again stands a meter away from it.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

TEAM POST DRILL

  • Players start at the wing and post positions on each side of the key while the other players line up in two groups at the top of the key. The first player in each line has a ball.
  • The first player in each line passes to the wing player, using a chest pass.
  • The wing player on each side passes to the post player, using a bounce or lob pass.
  • The post player on each side pivots and throws an outlet pass to the first player in the opposite line.
  • The first player in the line moves to the wing, the wing moves to the post, and the post moves to the end of the opposite line (everyone follows their own pass).

1/1 2000, 0 comments

PASSING AND SCORING UNDER PRESSURE DRILL

  • player 1 has the ball and stands under the basket. player 2 and player 3 stand on each side of the baseline.
  • player 1 throws the ball off the backboard and makes an aggressive rebound.
  • As soon as player 1 grabs the ball, player 2 and player 3 sprint to the outlet areas.
  • player 1 then throws an outlet pass to either player 2 or player 3.
  • player 1, player 2, and player 3 now stay in their lanes and pass the ball up the court by passing the ball from sideline to middle to sideline and back.
  • The first pass received by either player 2 or player 3 beyond the half court line is taken on the dribble to the basket for a layup.
  • The player on the opposite side of the player making the layup hustles and contests the layup.
  • player 1 rebounds the shot and the drill is repeated.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

MAN IN THE MIDDLE DRILL

  • player 1 and player 2 stand 3-4 meters apart. player 1 has the ball. player 3 is the defensive player, and stands between players 1 and 2.
  • player 3 guards player 1 and tries to deflect the pass from player 1 to player 2.
  • player 1 works on ball fakes and steps through the defense to make the pass.
  • When player 2 receives the ball, player 3 hustles over to contest player 2’s pass to player 1. player 2 must wait until player 3 is on him before he attempts a pass.
  • player 3 stays in the middle and defends both passes until he gets three deflections.
  • Players rotate so that all three defend the passes.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

BAD PASS DRILL

  • player 1 stands in the low post. player 2 has the ball and stands at the top of the key.
  • player 1 flashes into the lane.
  • player 2 throws a bad pass to player 1.
  • player 1 catches the ball and passes it back to player 2 who immediately throws player 1 another bad pass.
  • player 1 catches the ball and passes it back to player 2 who again throws a bad pass to player 1.
  • After player 1 catches the ball, she turns and scores.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

PITCH AND FILL DRILL

  • player 1 stands under the basket with the ball. player 2 stands in the outlet area /top of the key extended).
  • player 1 throws an outlet pass to player 2.
  • player 1 sprints widely around player 2 and up the court.
  • player 2 receives the ball and pushes it at top speed up the middle of the court to the furthest foul line.
  • When player 2 reaches the foul line, she comes to a jump stop and throws a bounce pass to player 1 who is cutting to the basket.
  • player 1shoots a layup.
  • player 2 follows for the rebound as player 1 sprints to the outlet area.
  • The players switch roles and repeats the drill going the other way.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

TWO MAN CELTIC DRILL

  • player 1 has the ball and stands just outside the three-second area. player 2 stands in the outlet area (top of the key extended).
  • player 1 throws an outlet pass to player 2.
  • player 2 drives wide the full length of the court for a layup.
  • player 1, after throwing the pass, sprints to the furthest foul line, turns around, heads back down the court, and looks for a long pass from player 2.
  • After shooting his layup, player 2 gets his own rebound, takes one dribble away from the basket, and throws a lon baseball pass to player 1 who is going toward the basket. player 2 sprints to rebound player 1’s layup before it hits the floor.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Weave Jump Shots

This drill is a half court drill that can be used for warm-up before a game. There are three lines at half court with the middle line having a ball. There are two players under the goal with balls where the lane markers would extend out of bounds.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Weave down break back

3 MAN weave down with lay-up, shooter gets on rebound dribbles back in middle other 2 run lanes wide , jump-stop bounce pass lay-up. YOU may also use jump shots, or 3pt. shots.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Triangle Drill

Set up 3 lines of girls facing toward the middle of a circle at the 12,4 and 8 spots. The drill starts with a pass in one direction and the girl then running to the end of the line in the opposite direction. You can change directions and have them doing either chest or bounce passes. A coach in the middle of the circle can add defense and give the girls the option of what type of pass to use. When this is mastered, move under a basket and run the same drill with a bounce pass to a girl that puts it up for a lay up. The girl in the line under the basket comes out to box out the girl who made the first pass. It can be practiced from either side. You can then do the same thing with set or jump shots being made instead of the lay up, with the shooter following her shot and the girl under the basket working with her to box out the other girl.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Touch pass/ Speed pass

Two lines, one on each side of paint spaced one arms length from each other staggering from side to side.

Start with 1 ball and pass across to other player. End player passes over to the first. As you work through the drill keep adding balls. As they progress you should be able to end up with 1 less balls than players in the drill.

Good for beginners and intermediate levels.

Teaches touch passing and the proper way to catch the ball.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

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