Basketball Fundamental Drills – Snake
One of the basketball fundamental drills I love to use for conditioning and ball handling is called “Snake”.
Dribbling Drills: While most coaches limit their dribbling drills to ballhandling circles or dribbling relays, there are many new and fun ways to teach this skill. My favorite dribbling drills involve both an offensive player (who is dribbling the ball) and a defensive player (who guards the offensive player). Use the entire court for these dribbling drills, and allow them to extend into 1 on 1 competitions. This will keep players interested in improving their dribbling skills.
One of the basketball fundamental drills I love to use for conditioning and ball handling is called “Snake”.
One of the greatest challenges we have coaching youth basketball is getting our players to look up while dribbling, not only to see their teammates but to see where the defense is aligned on the court and to look for gaps.
These are tips for defensive basketball drills that I use at basketball practice often. Try them and the improvements will be immediate.
Of all the basketball dribbling drills we use, I like this one. It is a simple basketball drill. Here is how to set it up: split the court down the middle and have 2 players on each side of the court, one offensive player and one defender.
When coaching 5th & 6th graders, I am very passionate about the fundamentals of the game. In an effort to keep the conditioning as part of the regular basketball drills we do, I use these basketball dribbling drills.