Basketball Drills and Plays
Basketball Drills and Plays

Archive for December, 2006

Basketball Training

| December 21, 2006 | Comments (0)

This basketball training drill evolved over time and focuses on proper technique throughout the drill. It helps to have an assistant coach placed at the opposite baseline to insure the players finish strong.

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Basketball Skills

| December 20, 2006 | Comments (0)

One of the biggest areas that coaches neglect are basic basketball skills. Read below for great suggestions from Brian on this topic:

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Basketball Tryout Drills

| December 19, 2006 | Comments (1)

I’ve gotten a whole bunch of requests for basketball tryout drills over the past few days. Here’s an idea that Jeff sent in.

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Basketball Tips

| December 18, 2006 | Comments (0)

Last week, I sent out a request for my newsletter subscribers to send in their best basketball tips. Check out this one below (very creative!).

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Youth Basketball

| December 17, 2006 | Comments (0)

I came to realize that with any sport you play, including youth basketball, the mental aspect is just as important, if not more, than the physical aspect. I participated in sports thinking that to be better, your physical skills had to be perfected. But, when the pressure of competition came into to play, my success and that of my teams didn’t happen the way I planned. Lack of mental skills hurt our success.

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Defensive Basketball Drills

| December 16, 2006 | Comments (0)

Randy in Worcester emailed me looking for advice on defensive basketball drills. Here’s a response from Ben that has been successful.

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Fun Basketball Drills

| December 15, 2006 | Comments (0)

I was at practice last night and used these fun basketball drills that were sent in by Troy.

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Team Basketball Coaching Tips

| December 14, 2006 | Comments (0)

Many coaches struggle with team basketball coaching tips. Here is a suggestion that James sent in that has worked for him in the past.

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Basketball Footwork Drills

| December 13, 2006 | Comments (0)

Jeff in Indiana came up with some great suggestions covering basketball footwork drills.

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Basketball Camp Drills

| December 12, 2006 | Comments (0)

Coming up with new ideas for basketball camp drills can sometimes be a challenge.  Here’s a tip that has worked well for Tracy in VA.  I use a basketball drill called “War” that works well for my guys.  It teaches them game intensity and really feeds into each of my players competitive nature.  It’s a [...]

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