Shooting

More than any other skill, shooting takes practice. Lot's of practice. Fundamentals include form, timing, and mental training.

There are 236 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

The Shot Doctor

This drill requires two players and one manager or coach. This drill provide players with not only great conditioning work, but also it will simulate game-like shots, cutting without the ball, boxing out, and rebounding.

1/1 2000

Tennessee Free Throws

Pressure Situation Foul Shots

1/1 2000

Team Free Throws

Have one player on the free throw line. The other players are all lined up one behind the other on the sideline. The rest of the team begins to make laps around the court (usually timed). The person at the free throw line must make three free throws in a row, if he misses the team takes another lap. This continues until the shooter makes three in a row. Then the next person in line goes to the free throw line and the drill starts over again until everyone shoots free throws.

1/1 2000

Spot Shooting Drill

In order to improve shoting skills, a player must train their muscles to shoot correctly when making realistic game shots. This drill requires the player to mave randomly to various key shot positions around the basket, sqare up, and take their shot.

1/1 2000

Speed Layups

Form two lines at the half court stripe, both facing the basket. Each has a ball. At the coaches signal, the first players in the respective lines dribble ‘race’ toward the same basket. Both attempt to make their layup, one on the left, the other on the right. Penalize the losing player with laps or pushups, and double penalize them if they don’t make their layup!

1/1 2000

Shot from Perimeter and Triangle Rebound

To shoot from perimeter and rebound.

1/1 2000

Shooting Relay

Split your team into four groups. Put one group at each basket. Each group will have two balls. Each player will soot and get his own rebound and pass to the next shooter. At all other baskets available put 2 balls, one on each elbow. Each player must make three shots (or a number you designate) before he can advance. When he makes his shots, he moves clockwise to the next hoop. The object is to see which team completes the circuit of every basket first.

1/1 2000

Shooting off the screen

The drill is used for teaching shooting from coming off a screen, rolling after the screen and put-backs after a miss.

1/1 2000

Shooting continuum

The 3 players use 2 balls. A1 takes his shot, grabs his own rebound and passes the ball to A3, who is waiting on a spot outside the zone. If A1 has got the rebound, A2 makes his shot.

After each shot the players grab their rebounds, pass and take a new spot and await the next pass.

1/1 2000

Shooterlot

Improves passing without putting the ball on the floor, gets players to hit lay-ups at full speed and teaches kids how to stop on the dime for a quick jumpshot.

1/1 2000

Shooter Special

To improve players shooting on the run and making passes down the floor without the dribble. Helps improve teamwork, basic fundamentals needed to run the break and keeps everyone involved.

1/1 2000

Shoot and Charge

This drill is mainly to improve shooting under pressure. The nature of the drill will however also mean that the players are tired while shooting, thus increasing the need for concentration. It’ll teach the player to shoot from his legs, to follow his shot, and to shoot under pressure.

1/1 2000

Shoot For The Record

This drill is a series of various shooting competitions against the clock. What makes this drill different and a great motivator for teams is that you attempt to set a record for your team. This record then becomes a target goal for competition against another team not your own. You can do this within a team, but it’s fun to see where you stand against other teams that can even be several hundred miles away. We fax these results to other teams and each week can see if a team or team(s) have bettered our record.

We have 21 different shooting drills that we attempt to set a new record in either a given amount of time, or a set number of baskets which are timed. We record these ‘team bests’ and post them on a board for the team to see. We also send these ‘records’ to other teams or clubs to see where they stand and if they can beat our ‘records’. The instructions lists a few of the shooting drills we use. Try these or make up your own.

1/1 2000

Shoot and Run

You need 3 players for this drill. 1 player at half-court, and 2 players (1 under each basket). Each of the players under each basket should have a ball. When each player completes the drill rotate around.

1/1 2000

SCORE-O

TWO PLAYERS, WITH BALLS, LINE UP ON THE DIFFERENT ENDS OF A COURT. WHEN READY THE PLAYERS GO UP AND DOWN THE COURT TAKING A SHOT AT THE BASKET ONLY ONCE AT A TIME. THEY RUN UP AND DOWN THE COURT. THE PLAYERS GET POINTS BASED ON WHERE THE SHOT WAS TAKEN ON THE FLOOR.
3-POINT: 4 POINTS
FREE THROW: 3 POINTS
SHOT FROM 4-5 FEET OUT: 2 POINTS
LAY-UP: 1 POINT.
THE POINT IS TO GET AS MANY POINTS IN THE TIME PERIOD.

1/1 2000

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