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

2v1 AND 2v2

ONE PLAYER WITH A BALL AT THE TOP OF THE THREE POINT LINE AND ONE PLAYER UNDER THE BASKET. THESE TWO PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PLAY DEFFENSE. TWO MORE PLAYERS STANDING AT THE WINGS OFF THE FOUL LINE.

THE PLAYER WITH THE BALL PASSING TO ONE OF THE WINGS PLAYERS AND RETURNS FIRST BACK TO PROTECT THE BASKET. THE WINGS PLAYERS RUNNING A 2 V 1 SITUATION BEFORE THE SECOND DEFFENDER RETURNS TO HELP HIS TEAMATE. IF THERE IS NOT OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUICK SHOT THEN THEY PLAY 2 V 2.

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3 on 2-2 on 1

This is generally a fast break drill designed to up transition awareness, as well as improve odd man rushes on offence and defending the 2 on 1.

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Three-Man Pass with Conversion

Its like a three-man weave but no weaving. The conversion is like fast break conversion.

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5 on 5 on 5 Press Breaker

This drill will help your defense press improve and assist your offense in breaking presses. This drill never stops. It simulates actual game situations and helps with conditioning. Your offense is always attacking the press with YOUR press breaker and the defense is always using YOUR press.

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5 on 5 on 5

I will develop the drill for 5 on 5 on 5. Make sure that 5 are shirts, 5 are one color and 5 are an off color or skins.

5 on offense and 5 on defense at one basket while five more wait on offense at the other end of the court.

After playing defense and outleting the ball the 5 defensive men stay on their end of the court and become offense.

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Ambush

Start with 6 players on defense and 6 on offense. 4 players on offense are put at stationary points on the court and aren’t allowed to move except where they can pivot, the other two offensive players can go anywhere on the court. 2 defensive players are put at stationary points (usually down by the basket) and the other four can go anywhere on the court. The goal is for the offense to get the ball down the court and score using their stationary teammates to throw passes to.

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Back-Tip Drill

Two defensive players try to tip ball from dribbler to 3rd defender ahead, and quickly convert to offensive players.

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Outlet/Break Drill

This is a continuous motion drill, which emphasizes defensive rebounding, outlet passes and fast break skills. In the drill, three players work on defensive rebounding, pivoting and outlet passing and three other players work on fast break offense or defense.

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Philly Fast Break

PG on left foul line ext.,2-guard on right foul line ext.,3F on left 3pt. line, 4F on right 3pt.line, 5c under basket for rebound. All in fast break mode!!

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Raider Transition

Start with three lines under the basket with the ball in them middle. The person in the middle passes to a wing and wing passes back to middle (repeat each side) down the floor in a straight line. When the middle person reaches the opposite top of the key they bounce pass to a wing. The middle person then defends the two wings 2 on 1.After a shot is made or defense steals the ball, the defender (middle person) takes the ball out of bounds. The shooter or person ball is stolen from or turns it over, becomes the defender against the opposite wing (person to person denying the inbounds pass). Once the pass is in bounds the two offensive players go 2 on 1 the length of the floor.

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Rush

A great conditioning drill with emphasis on running and defending the fast break.

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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.

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St. Joe’s

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

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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.

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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.

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