Basketball Drills

“2 Ball Passing Drill” is something we like to use in the beginning of practice to get our guys ready to go👊🏼💥 The drill is fast and fun! Right Leg x5, Left Leg x5, Right + Left x5, Left + Right x5. You can add more reps, totally up to you! Also, you can put groups against each other, first …

“Mariner in the Ring” is something we’ll do to wrap up our ball handling workouts and have some fun.  You can add variations; switch directions on a clap for example to add reaction component. I picked this up from @pattturn who’s an amazing person and Coach 🙏🏼👊🏼💥.  20 seconds on the clock, players do as many moves as they can …

Here’s a competitive layup drill we’ll do to get our guys going, called “V Drill.” I picked this drill up from @silveydominguez who’s an AMAZING human being and coach. If you don’t know Coach D, make sure to add him on here. 🏀👊🏼💥. You can add variations; off two feet, second side, same hand/same leg, totally up to you. You …

76-76 Drill is a great way to end practice and get some end of game situations in with your team. Put 2 minutes on the clock, both teams are at 76-76, once a team gets to 80 points, start the clock. Each team gets one timeout to use. Thanks for viewing and create a great day!

This drill is great to help players work on their “feel” and ability to recognize the next play. Defensively your players are working on scrambling and contesting every shot. Thanks for viewing and create a great day! -Coach Thom

There are many variations of zig-zag drills out there. This one adds a competitive component in which the offensive player must reach the baseline under 10 seconds. If the defender stops the offensive player from making it then the offensive player has to do push-ups. We usually run this drill two times through.

Every Summer I’m blessed to have past players come train with us on the court and in the weight room, we call it the Hoop Hostel.

This is a great drill to get your players to focus on attacking the rim. Too many times we tend to focus on the contact rather than the rim. We’ll run this drill for 2-4 minutes and slowly work ourselves around the hoop. I prefer 8-10 feet from the basket, this helps limit the possibility of injuries in my opinion, …

This is a warm-up shooting drill we do daily, players have to make five consecutive shots in a row and finish it with a free-throw to win the game. If they miss you can do it two ways, they go back to the previous shot or you can have them go all the way to the beginning of the drill …

There are many variations of man in the middle drills. In this one the offensive player is only allowed 1 dribble to break the trap. On deflection or tip, have defense go to offense. Track deflections, team with most deflections wins, the rest have some sort of challenge. We usually run this drill for 2 minutes.