1C1 SPRINT 2 Players 1 and 2 with balls on the side lines at the half court: two doors made with cones. The player 1 dibble to get in the area between the two doors on his side of the court, hesitate dribbling untill he decides which door to go thru; once he made it, he needs to attack the rim on the same side tryinng to score in less time possible. The player 2 react attacking on the opposite rim using the proper door. Switch side of the teams when all the players made it.
SETUP: X1 has the ball at low post. Players 1 and 2 are on guards.
GOAL: V cuts, 1 on 1 on the ball, anticipate the player without the ball.
DESCRIPTION: X1 passes the ball to 1 and follows to play defense. 1 passes to 2 and V-cuts to get open and receive the pass back: 2 can move on his spot to find a good passing lane. 1 attacks the basket as soon as he catches the ball from 2.
GOAL: offensive player wins if he scores a basket, if he is fouled, or if he gets the rebound. Defensive player wins if he steals the ball, if he gets the rebound, if the ball goes out of bounds. Who wins the first action plays offense again the next one.
TIP: To have a more realistic drill, you can limit the number of dribbles.
CORRECTIONS: DEFENSE: don’t let the offense get the pass back easily. Anticipate the pass. As soon as offense catches the ball, recover in a correct "wall" position on the ball.
OFFENSE: be ready to catch the ball and shoot or drive immediately.
SETUP: four players have the ball. They form a square on the court (put cones to mark the spots). One player with the ball is situated in the center and we will call him the "defender".
DESCRIPTION: 1, 2, 3, 4 have to switch their positions moving on the part of the court limited by the cones. They have to dribble while moving. The player on defense tries to take one of the four spots while it’s vacant. Every 3-4 seconds two players at least must switch. When the defender takes a spots, he turns on offense. The player who lost his spot is on defense.
VARIATION N° 1: dribble only with the 45 weak hand. VARIATION N° 2: play with 5 players on offense and 2 players on defense.
SETUP: 3 or 4 lines of players on the baseline. Every player has a ball.
GOAL: ball handling.
DESCRIPTION: players dribble full court on a straight line. They execute a crossover every 2 dribbles. As they turn back they execute a crossover after every dribble.
SETUP: 2 lines of players at half court. Every player has a ball
GOAL: dribbling/finishing.
DESCRIPTION: player 1 drives to the cone on the left with his right hand. At the left cone he executes a hesitation, turns to the outside cone, then drives again to the basket. Players can use different kind of shots.
SETUP: form two teams: every player has the ball. Both teams are in line behind a cone in low post. Other 3 co- nes are put around the lane in diffe- rent positions, increasing the distan- ce from the basket.
GOAL: stand shooting from different positions.
DESCRIPTION: every player shoots once, gets his own rebound and co- mes back to line. The team has to score 4 baskets in a row (without er- rors) from the first position, then they move to the second cone. Team has to score 3 baskets in a row from the second cone, 2 in a row from the third cone, and only one shot from the last cone. Distance and difficulty increase at every cone.
GAME: the first team to complete the four positions wins the game. You can repeat the drill changing the posi- tions.
CORRECTIONS: focus on different details in shooting: ask the players to be squared (feet, shoulders, elbow, hand), legs into the shot. Follow through.
1C1 SPRINT 2 Players 1 and 2 with balls on the side lines at the half court: two doors made with cones. The player 1 dibble to get in the area between the two doors on his side of the court, hesitate dribbling untill he decides which door to go thru; once he made it, he needs to attack the rim on the same side tryinng to score in less time possible. The player 2 react attacking on the opposite rim using the proper door. Switch side of the teams when all the players made it.
SETUP: X1 has the ball at low post. Players 1 and 2 are on guards.
GOAL: V cuts, 1 on 1 on the ball, anticipate the player without the ball.
DESCRIPTION: X1 passes the ball to 1 and follows to play defense. 1 passes to 2 and V-cuts to get open and receive the pass back: 2 can move on his spot to find a good passing lane. 1 attacks the basket as soon as he catches the ball from 2.
GOAL: offensive player wins if he scores a basket, if he is fouled, or if he gets the rebound. Defensive player wins if he steals the ball, if he gets the rebound, if the ball goes out of bounds. Who wins the first action plays offense again the next one.
TIP: To have a more realistic drill, you can limit the number of dribbles.
CORRECTIONS: DEFENSE: don’t let the offense get the pass back easily. Anticipate the pass. As soon as offense catches the ball, recover in a correct "wall" position on the ball.
OFFENSE: be ready to catch the ball and shoot or drive immediately.
SETUP: four players have the ball. They form a square on the court (put cones to mark the spots). One player with the ball is situated in the center and we will call him the "defender".
DESCRIPTION: 1, 2, 3, 4 have to switch their positions moving on the part of the court limited by the cones. They have to dribble while moving. The player on defense tries to take one of the four spots while it’s vacant. Every 3-4 seconds two players at least must switch. When the defender takes a spots, he turns on offense. The player who lost his spot is on defense.
VARIATION N° 1: dribble only with the 45 weak hand. VARIATION N° 2: play with 5 players on offense and 2 players on defense.
SETUP: form two teams: every player has the ball. Both teams are in line behind a cone in low post. Other 3 co- nes are put around the lane in diffe- rent positions, increasing the distan- ce from the basket.
GOAL: stand shooting from different positions.
DESCRIPTION: every player shoots once, gets his own rebound and co- mes back to line. The team has to score 4 baskets in a row (without er- rors) from the first position, then they move to the second cone. Team has to score 3 baskets in a row from the second cone, 2 in a row from the third cone, and only one shot from the last cone. Distance and difficulty increase at every cone.
GAME: the first team to complete the four positions wins the game. You can repeat the drill changing the posi- tions.
CORRECTIONS: focus on different details in shooting: ask the players to be squared (feet, shoulders, elbow, hand), legs into the shot. Follow through.
ATTACKING THE BASKET (WITH COACH: CROSSOVER DRIBBLE AND FINISHING)
SETUP: 2 lines of players for each basket at half court. Every player has one ball. Assistant coach (C) is in the circle at half court.
GOAL: cuts, crossover dribble, finishing at the rim.
DESCRIPTION: player 1 dribbles on his spot at half court. He passes to assistant coach (C) when he calls the ball. After passing, player 1 cuts to the 3 point line, gets the ball back, executes a crossover drive and drives to the basket using different kind of shots (lay up, power move, floater, reverse lay up, etc.).
SETUP: 3 or 4 lines of players on the baseline. Every player has a ball.
GOAL: ball handling.
DESCRIPTION: players dribble full court on a straight line. They execute a crossover every 2 dribbles. As they turn back they execute a crossover after every dribble.
SETUP: 2 lines of players at half court. Every player has a ball
GOAL: dribbling/finishing.
DESCRIPTION: player 1 drives to the cone on the left with his right hand. At the left cone he executes a hesitation, turns to the outside cone, then drives again to the basket. Players can use different kind of shots.
