Basketball transition defense is important especially against teams that like to run a lot. If your team can’t get back and play good transition defense, they might not ever be able to stop the other team from scoring.

Children can begin to practice basketball at a very young age. Of course when practicing with younger kids it’s important to always focus on having fun. This needs to be the priority when practicing with second graders.

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

Chris from Iowa sent in a request for more basketball skill drills he could use with his team. Here’s a couple of basketball drills sent in by Joe and Frank.

I find that the traditional drills for basketball passing get a bit stale. Here’s an idea sent in by Renee that has livened things up quite a bit in my practices.