One incredibly effective move, used by scoring aficionados from Paul Pierce to Kobe Bryant, is the pump fake. A good pump fake will not only free you up from the defense when used correctly, but even just having it in your arsenal will keep the defense wary. But executing the pump fake properly is just [...]
Having post players who can affect the game in multiple ways is a huge asset for any team. Most teams have big men who are either fast and mobile, strong and physical, or perceptive and skilled – but the real gold mine is a player who has all of these talents. And the only way [...]
I have one shooting drill that the boys on all my high school teams love playing. We call it 3 Point Killer.
As you know free throw shooting plays a big part in most games. So in practice we shoot & record 10 free throws 4 times a practice.
While teaching secondary school players, I have found Basketball Golf to be a great drill to assess pupils jump shooting technique. The kids enjoy the competitive aspect to their learning.
Since we have rectangular backboards in our practice facility, I came up with this simple shooting drill to develop concentration. Use as a warm-up for game condition shooting drills.
To get my middle school players (boys and girls) to jump straight up and to come down where they left the floor when they shoot I have them jump/shoot in hula hoops.
We have a drill called 91 SHOTS. It’s a continuous drill and the idea is to simulate as many game-like shots as you can. This drill is a plus if you have any double stacked offensive sets, because this will give them game like situations.
When I coached middle school girls most of them came to me with terrible shooting form. They would heave it up from their waste and pray that it went in. The drill below is a great drill to correct this and to work on form. One Hand Shooting Drill You shoot the ball with one [...]
I call this shooting drill “Milano” having seen the drill as a part of the warming up of the Italian team.
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