Kids Basketball Drills and Plays – No Look & No Dribble Drills
If you’re coaching 7-8 year olds, you are always looking for fresh kids basketball drills and plays.
Basketball Drills Archives
Basketball Drills: Coaches should ensure that the basketball drills they teach to their team are practiced in a game situation whenever possible. Most basketball drills will lend themselves to this, but some basketball drills will not. You can create competition in drills by either using a “carrot” or a “stick” method. The carrot method means that you offer a prize or incentive to the winner of a particular basketball drill (ie. basketball cards, candy, fun basketball activity). The stick method means that you impose some kind of punishment to the loser of the drill (ie. running wind sprints, pushups etc.)
Youth Basketball Drills – Basic Beginner Tips
If you are a basketball coach for 4th graders, or any age who have never played before, try these tricks. These youth basketball drills are basic and effective; tried and true.
Basketball Passing Drills – Pass Fake Catch
These basketball passing drills work on passing, ball faking and catching but primarily it improves endurance. This basketball drill is physically very demanding but the kids really enjoy it!
Basketball Shooting Drills – Stick Your Landing
These 3 basketball shooting drills teach a player to shoot a jump shot well. Your basketball player will learn that to stick his landing is a key coaching point along with the proper extension.
Basketball Practice Drills – Competition & Surprise
A lot of times my players are dragging and see no immediate reward for hard work, so they may slack off. Therefore, I try to make every one of the basketball practice drills a competition and the winners choose the losers’ punishment (10 sidelines, 1 suicide, etc.)