This is not a new drill but a good one. It is in my "oldies but goldies" file. My middle school players love it the best out of most of the drills, to the point if I do not use it in a practice, they want to stay after to do it.
Dribbling is one of the skills that we constantly work on. These two drills are two of my favorites and the players have fun with them. The challenge spurns them on.
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.
Here is something we do at or near the end of practices. The kids are crazy about the drill. We do it as a competition and call it the Gettin Down and Dirty Drill. This drill is physical, creates great conditioning, and teaches players to get ahead of the dribbler.
This is drill that I use all the time. We all know how important it is to make the lay-up in games and this drill adds a little pressure and competition to perfecting the skill. It's called " 25 in 2". It is great for practicing the running, passing game and it puts responsibility on all team members to execute.
One of the drills my under 12 girls love I have named the Key Drill. From the base line there are a couple of different things I do depending on whether I'm working on the first step speed, fitness or just getting them to put in an honest effort in all the major spots on the floor.
Here’s a favorite conditioning/defensive footwork drill. It’s called 1000 MPH. Needless to say,it’s fast paced and gets a lot of players involved.
Depending on the kind of players you have, this can be one of their favorite basketball dribbling drills.
I find that kids focus and compete better in drills if the drill is a competition. SO..I try and break up into smaller groups "teams" and run drills where they compete against each other. This Rebound Competition is one of the favorites.
This is a full court drill. I like to divide the court in half length wise, so that, my players loop through the drill twice. Basketball Passing Drill 1. Choose two players
This is a conditioning drill combined with team building, combined with dribbling skill. This drill is called "Fire and Desire". It is nothing new, but it accomplishes a lot.
This is a favorite drill of mine. I call it "3 on 3 to 3 on 0 fastbreak". It is a rebounding drill with a fastbreak finish.
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.
My favorite play is one I call Line-up. It is an inbounds play designed to work best against teams playing man to man defense.
This is a good drill to get warmed up as it makes them practice passing, catching, and making layups at game speed.
At the elementary level I make sure that practice is more about fun, to really get the kids to fall in love with the sport and want to get better. Here are two drills that the kids love and that teach them basic skills.
Ball control is one of the best things a player can learn besides offense and defense. So give this drill a try; I call it "Ball Control".
The standard conditioning drills of the 1 on 1 and the 3 man weave are excellent drills but can get boring for the players. Try these variations to liven things