More than any other skill, shooting takes practice. Lot's of practice. Fundamentals include form, timing, and mental training.
There are 205 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.
2 balls ‘Shooter’ attempts to make foul shot. If he misses he tries to get rebound before next player sinks his foul shot. ‘Rebounder’ may try to bump ‘Foul shooter’s’ ball so as to interfere with it going in, in order to bide time so that
rebounder can get ball in first.
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Set a chair up at the freethrow elbow extention to the three point line. A ball is set on the chair and a player next to the chair. A player is rebounding as well. Then the shooter starts at the chair and then sprints to the half court line then back to the chair in a low squared up position with his wrist back in shooting mode so he can pick the ball up snatch it back and shoot. Repeat on both sides of the three point line. Continue untill shooter MAKES 10-15 shots. then shooter rotates to rebounder and rebounder to the player who sets the ball up on the chair. Then the chair boy rotates to shooter. Two balls are required one is already on the chair when the shooter begins then the rebounder has one then when the shot is up the rebounder then passes the ball to the chair boy to set the drill back up.
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Quick continuous shooting
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Drill is a continuous 1/2 court 3 on 3 drill with players going from offense to defense. Players must move without the ball on offense then quickly find their man on defense. Any phase of the game can be emphasized—offense, defense,
rebouding, passing etc.
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This drill will increase concentration on free throws, and aggressive rebounding of missed free throw shots. We tell our players over and over that the shooter knows best which way the ball will bounce off of the basket. This drill shows that exactly.
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This drill is a free throw shooting drill that is very demanding, and requires a high level of concentration. You need 6 goals; 2 main goals at both ends, and 4 side goals.
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This is a game/drill that helps with your free throw shooting.
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Each player takes two free throws. If he makes the shot, a point is added into the pot. If he misses the shot, he gets all the points in the pot, and the pot is reduced to zero. The first person to 11 loses. This drill can be modified for a one-and-one situation by making a miss on the first shot empty the pot, AND cost him another point. He must still shoot the second shot anyway.
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There are four positions on the floor. One at the top of the arc (TOP), one where the three-point line and foul line extended meet (OUTLET), one under the basket (BOARD) and one near where the three-point line and foul line extended meet on the other side from position 2 (SHOT).
This drill will get your players to learn the art of popping-out and shooting, leading a popping-out shooter and passing around the horn.
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DESIGNED FOR A GROUP OF PLAYERS TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME. ROYAL CAN BE USED AS A COMPETITIVE GAME SIMPLY BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF SHOTS MADE BY EACH GROUP. ALSO, IT IS AN EXCELLENT WARM/UP DRILL.
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This drill I picked up watching the Russian national team preparing for The European Championships. There are three lines of players under the baskets at each end of the floor. All fours players who are at the front of each line on the outside, two on one end of the floor and two on the opposite end have a basketball to start. Three players (one ball) start on the court, usually with a rebound outlet pass, and make a three man passing figure 8 weave, until the ball ends up in the middle man’s hands when he is within shooting distance at the other end of the floor. Of these three weaving players, one will be weaving to the left, where they will receive the ball from the player standing out of bounds (facing) the breaking team, on their side of the floor (left side or corner).
The third player of the breaking team, is weaving toward the right, where they receive a ball from the player standing out of bounds (facing) the breaking team, on their side of the floor (right side or corner).
Almost simultaneously there each of the three players of the figure 8 team will take a jump shot and move to the end of the lines out of bounds under the basket they have just shot at.
The player out of bounds under the basket, takes one basketball and initiates a figure 8 weave back in the other direction using the two players who just made the past from out of bounds, in each the right and left corner. The first two players behind each right and left corner retrieve the two extra balls and wait for the figure 8 to return, on the next trip down the court.
The new figure 8 weave team follows the same procedure, only in the opposite direction, until the man in the middle is within shooting distance, and the man cutting to the left can receive the pass from the man with a ball in the left corner, and the man cutting right can receive the pass from the man with a ball in the right corner.
Each time down the court, the break will end with three shots. However, there is only one ball moving up and down the court on the figure 8.
This is a great warm-up and conditioning drills and provides extra shooting practice under game speed conditions.
Shooters do not rebound any missed shots, so that the drill keeps moving quickly.
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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.
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Line you team up as you were doing two line layups, Execpt you are going to shoot 3 shots from the block, 3 from the baseline, and 3 from the elbow.
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Players run in a U pattern from baseline under basket on one side, to the foul line, then to the block on other side of basket and receive a short pass. They do a jump stop, square up, and shoot the ball off the glass.
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this drill will help you learn to shoot better, to drive the ball through the lane, and to complete fast pace lay-ups.
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