When I was coaching eight and nine year old boys and girls I used a drill that the kids loved. These basketball ball handling drills give them a great opportunity to practice ball control and shielding the ball from defenders.
Of all the basketball shooting drills we use, here’s a shooting/rebounding drill that my players love. The drill takes about 12 to 13 minutes.
These basketball skill drills consist of four trips up and down the floor that incorporates ballhandling, defensive stance and footwork. Use of cones or markers is recommended.
Here’s one of the basketball practice drills that the dads can do with their players at home. I show this to my Dads the first practice of the season and ask for 15-30 mins. a day with their player.
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Here is one of my favorite basketball post drills. Having a post player understand that they need to utilize any opportunity that the defense gives them, and act quickly, will create an inside outside game that is tough to stop.
I run an awareness drill with younger players that they really seem to love. It also works for all ages when your coaching basketball.
One of the biggest problems I had for years was to keep up the intensity level at practice. I found the solution a few years ago. We call one of our favorite basketball defensive drills – The Duke.
This is one of our favorite youth basketball drills. It is great drill for any youth team but I’ve used it with older kids as well with equally good results. We use it to teach jab steps, dribble protection, defensive positioning, slide feet, rebounding all from one simple drill.
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