Transition

The transition from defense to offense can be a very effective weapon. Teams that know how to run the floor and establish a set offense quickly, have a powerful weapon for scoring easy points.

There are 46 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

6 on 4 full court shell drill

Full court shell drill.

13/11 2008

3 man fast break

Basically it’s a way to practice being chased, high speed layups, and full court sprinting.

13/11 2008

Fast Break

Improves fast breaks and is fun for all the players.

12/11 2008

Offense defense switch drill

Keep on switching and running down the court from offense to defense gaining players each time.

12/11 2008

Laker Drill

Line players up in three lines on the baseline. Space them out so that there\‘s a line in the middle and on both three point lines. While running forward, the player in the middle passes the ball to the left. The recipient then passes the ball back. By this time you are near half court and the player left should be around the elbow. The middle player passes to the player left and this person goes in for the right-handed lay-up. Then the middle man rebounds and the drill begins again by bringing the ball back and ending with a lay-up on the right side.

3/1 2008

30 in 3

This drill is almost the same as a 3 man weave but it puts more pressure on executing lay-ups and making good passes.

14/12 2007

11 man

Great for warming up before practice and helps making decisions on the fastbreak.

17/3 2004

Hornet

The drill is designed to make the defense hustle back on defense and for the offense to make good passes and decisions on the break.

6/2 2004

What Is It?

2 teams of 5 players each, one team at half-court out of bounds and the other team under the opposite basket. The team at half-court is the defensive team and will play against the team under the basket.

1/1 2000

UNLV

My teams love this drill because it is upbeat. The coaches and I love it because it practices several skills, teamwork, and team play and is a great conditioning drill and players don’t even think of it as a conditioning drill. Divide into three teams of 3 or 4 players. Two teams begin on defense on opposite sides of the court. The defenders will have 2 players in the key (one at top and one at bottom), the other defender will be at half court (just out of bounds) waiting for the ball to cross half court towards his teammates. Play begins with 3 players on offense ready to attack the defense, on either a primary or secondary break.

1/1 2000

Triangle Rebounding into Transition

This drill is designed to help practice rebounding into outlet pass to start transition game. We always end on the end we started on so you can also incorporate defense into the drill

1/1 2000

Transition Drill

9 players setup along the baseline, 5 on offense 4 on defense. (An offensive player with the ball) The point guard of the defensive 4 starts at the half-line.

1/1 2000

The rabbit.

The twelve players are divided into four teams of three. Only two teams work at a time. One team takes places at the baseline, with one player in the corner, one under the basket and the last one in the opposite corner. The opponent team, faces the previous three taking places opposite them at the extension of the foul line. The team standing at the baseline is the offensive team and the team at the extension of the foul line the defensive team.

Each player from the defensive team gets a number. The first player opposite the corner is ‘1’, the next one is ‘2’ and the last one is ‘3’. In the offensive team the player under the basket has a ball to start.

The drill begins with the coach shouting out loud a number between 1 to 3. The player whose number has been shouted must run to the baseline, touch it and then return to the other side of the court and try to play defence. The offensive team tries to run and score before the defence recovers.

1/1 2000

St. Joe’s

2 teams of 5. 3 offense on each side, different teams, and 2 defense on each side, different teams.

1/1 2000

SMU

Make four lines, one in each corner of the court. Have two defenders at each goal and start with three people on offense. The three offensive men will break on the two defenders until the ball is missed or stolen. The defender who recovers the ball will outlet to the first person waiting in line and you once again have a three on two situation at the other end of the court.

1/1 2000

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