Basketball Drills
This index of basketball drills is broken down into several different facets of the game. Use them in your practice planning. Just plug them in to the appropriate portion of your practice. Whether you are coaching youth basketball or coaching at the college or pro level, every drill here is proven and effective…with proper teaching. But keep in mind that the real challenge facing coaches is not finding a secret end-all, be-all basketball drill…it is deciding which drills are most appropriate and preparing yourself as a coach to teach that drill to the absolute best of your ability. That being said…enjoy!
Defensive Basketball Drills
- Pass and Chop Defensive Drill (zigzag drill)
- Ask The Coach: Running the Shell Drill with Big Men
- Shell drill-rebounding
- Shell Drill: Baseline Penetration
- 6 on 4 Shell Drill
- Shell Drill – Defending Basket Cuts
- Shell Drill: Scramble
- Shell Drill: Defending Motion
- Defensive Communication Combo Drill
- 3 man defensive shell drill and closeout
- Shell Drill: Transition
- Shell Drill: Defending Penetration.
- Take the Charge Full-court Basketball Drill
Guard Play Basketball Drills
Basketball Drills For Offensive Development
- 3 tips for more efficient practices – teaching players to run plays
- Motion Offense Core Movements Drill
- Motion Offense Coaching Basics
Post Play Basketball Drills
- Post Play Development Drill: Post Cuts
- Rebounding Tips
- Pogo Drill
- Post Development basketball drill: Post Alert
Scrimmage Basketball Drills
Basketball Drills For Shooting
- X-out layups shooting drill
- The best basketball shooting drill out there
- Team Free Throw Shooting Drill: 2 Line Free Throws
Transition Basketball Drills (Fast Break & Transition Defense)
- 3 man weave. A Great Drill when taught correctly
- 2 Man Fast Break Drill
- Lanes Straight – 2 basketballs
- Fast Break Drill: Bigs
- Tip for Pressing Teams
- Weave Shooting Conditioning Drill
- Flattening the Defense
- Fast Break Drill: Every Pass
- Fast Break Drill: Big Men in the Middle
- 5 man flow fast break drill
Warmup Basketball Drills
Keep These Point In Mind When Choosing Basketball Drills For Your Team
When you decide on any new basketball drills for your team, consider some or
all of the following general coaching principles to ensure that your players and
team derive maximum benefit.
- Keep It Simple, Sam (K.I.S.S.) – if faced with the choice of running a
simple drill or a complex one that teaches the same basic skills, I would
choose the simple drill nearly every time, if all other factors were even. - Try to select drills that make the most of the practice resources at
hand (balls, players, instructors, hoops, etc) and still allow the coach to
maintain his role as instructor. - Use simpler drills to introduce new skills, use more complex drills to
combine separate skills - Make sure that the drill addresses the same fundamental skills that you
emphasize in your broader offensive and defensive schemes. For example,
running a shooting drill that produces motion offense shots only makes sense
on teams that run motion offenses. - Make sure that the basketball drills you run are appropriate for your
age group. - Always find the key teaching/coaching points in any drill and
communicate them to your team when you run the drill in practice
Armed with these principles, you can make all of your basketball drills competitive events, learning experiences, and activities that improve your team every time.
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