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.
Have four lines in the four-corners of a half court. With right hand, front player in all four lines dribbles to a jump stop at free throw line (simultaneously). They pivot and spin to the right, making a pass to the next line, and then follow their pass and go to the back of that line. After a few turns, do the same drill with a left-hand dribble and pivot to the left, etc.
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Improves passing
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Quick paced passing drill to develop hands and concentration.
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Drill is good to get players use to passing and receiving on the move. Also requires some thinking.
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Organize players into four groups. Utilize the 4 corners of the half court. Baseline meets sideline left and right and mid court stripe at sideline left and right. Left and right as viewed by coach standing under basket. As with 90% of all drills the man goes to back of line he passes to. Mid-court Right (MCR) attempts a left-handed lay-up and rebounds their own shot. They then chest passes to the baseline right corner who overhead passes cross court to the mid-court left who in turn Chest passes to the Baseline corner Left who then bounce passes to the right mid court line that is coming in for a left handed lay up
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Set 4 players up, 1 in the frontcourt between 3/4 mark and baseline line on the sideline and one on the same spot, other end of the court. The remaining two players set up other side of the court. Four spots need to be filled.
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In center court all players stand facing in a circle, one player gets in the middle.
Using two balls the player in the center is chest passed the ball alternately and keeps feeding the two balls in a clockwise manner until he has completed a full circle, then reverse and complete a counter clockwise circle.
Then take turns being the player in the center.
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Two equal teams and a chair under each basket. One player from each team sits in the chair and acts as a goalie. Start the game with a jump ball. No dribbling is allowed and players must play man to man defense. The ball must be passed up the court without touching the floor. To score a point the offense must pass the ball to their goalie.
The player to pass it to the goalie takes his/her place on the chair and the defense gets the ball out of bounds.
A violation of a rule results in a turnover.
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Two Players © are on the half court line, on the left and right side of the jump circle. Two players (A) with the balls are standing under the two baskets. The rest players (B and D) are in the 4 corners of the full court. The both players with the ball start at the same time.
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Five basketballs are needed and ten or more people are needed for this drill to work. It involves passing the length of the court and then finishing in jump shots and lay-ups.
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This is a great drill for working against a press. Teams simply play 5 on 5 full court however they are not allowed to dribble.
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PLAYERS 1 HAS A BASKETBALL AND IS UNDER THE BASKET ON THE END THAT YOU START ON. PLAYERS 2 AND 3 ARE BEHIND THE BASELINE IN THE OUTSIDE LANES. PLAYER 4 IS UNDER THE BASKET
ON THE OTHER END OF THE COURT BEHIND THE BASELINE. PLAYERS 5 AND 6 HAVE A BASKETBALL IN THE OUTSIDE LANES BEHIND THE BASELINE ON PLAYER 4’S END OF THE COURT. PLAYERS 8 AND 9 ALSO HAVE A BASKETBALL BEHIND 2 AND 3. THE REST OF THE TEAM DIVIDES INTO PLAYERS 1,2,AND 3’S LINES. FIVE BALLS ARE USED AND THE DRILL IS RUN FOR 5 MINUTES.
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To begin with, you need a player in all four corners of the court with a basketball. You also need a player at the end of the court, underneath the basket, with a basketball. Along with this player, there needs to be two players out in the corners who will be passers with the middle player, and then eventually shooters at the other end of the floor.
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Begin with 5 players at one end of the court. Pass and go behind (weave) the person shooting the lay-up and the person who passed the ball to shooter immediately sprint to cover the defensive basket. The closest person to the rebound takes the ball out of the basket and passes to nearest offensive person to initiate a 3 on 2 situation. At the other end of the court play continues until the two defenders secure the ball via rebound/steal or the offense scores.
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