Passing

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

There are 67 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

5 ball 3 man weave

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.

1/1 2000

5 Man Weave

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.

1/1 2000

4-man passing

There are four players in the middle one on each corner of the lane. The two players on the left side face the left sideline and the two players on the right face the right sideline. Outside of those four people there is another four people. Those four all have a ball and each one is facing one of the inside four people about 8 feet apart.

 X. O1 O2 .X

X. O3 O4 .X _____________ baseline
This is the set up.

1/1 2000

3 on 3 Pass/Cut

3 on 3 Full Court No Dribble

1/1 2000

3 Line Passing Drill

We alternate this drill nightly with our individual ballhandling drills. Start out with three lines and a ball in the middle line. Start all series with a a strong rebound off the glass. We want to go get the ball at the peak of the rebound and secure the rebound with both hands. I want to see them turn to the outlet. The receiver must step to the outlet and call for the ball. We then do a progression of drills from here:

  • Three man weave.
  • Rebound/outlet/long pass.
  • Rebound/outlet/sideline pass/flash post.
  • Reound/outlet/tip drill.
  • Rebound dribble out/jumpstop-rush drill.

1/1 2000

2 on 8 Press Drill

Players should get a partner – try to have a forward and a guard in each group.

The first two will attempt to inbound the ball on the baseline.

The other eight players (4 groups of 2) will play defense in the following areas:

  • 2 from the baseline to the foul line extended (denying inbound pass).
  • 2 from the foul line extended to half court.
  • 2 from half court to the foul line extended at the far end of the court.
  • 2 from the foul line extended to the basket at the far end of the court.

1/1 2000

1-2-2 passing

The drill starts with 4 players on the floor located at these different spots: 1 is located at the 3pt line, #2 is located at the closest time line. #3 is located at the opposite time line. #4 is located at opposite 3 pt. line. The rest of the team is lined up under the basket in a single file line.

1/1 2000

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