For along time I worked diligently on the routine basketball passing drills. Success was there but a major success came about when I changed most of my passing drills to the overhead two hand passing drill.
The intent of these basketball practice drills is to teach 5th and 6th graders how to use lane congestion to their advantage on offense and how to fight through it on defense.We call the first drill "Traffic". The next drill, a muscle memory drill, works on ball-handling skills.
When coaching youth basketball your focus is on the fundamentals. The first basketball drill introduces them to footwork. The second one emphasizes dribbling.
These fun drills for youth basketball seem to help the younger players quickly grasp the concept of a basketball about to go out of bounds,i.e.- when and when NOT to swat it back into play.
Here is one of our favorite basketball passing drills; it is an offensive basketball drill.
One of our biggest problems was transition defense. So here is one of the basketball defense drills that we do called four man touch the line. This is a great drill for offensive transition, and defensive transition.
In principle, the eight headings below represent my basketball coaching guide. To gain the utmost from any training session a coach must plan his program carefully.
One of the basketball training drills I use is a high intensity transition shooting drill. When I set up the drill I specify that the players must go at top
One of the basketball plays I like to use is the Dog Pound. It is a basic 1 v 1, full court dribble with spin moves against a mirrored defender.
One of the things I've found in almost 20 years of teaching and coaching youth basketball is that shooting the basketball often gets in the way of teaching inexperienced youth players the other fine points to the game.
These are two great basketball dribbling drills that are sure to liven up your basketball practices. They are a great competitive way for the players to get a good workout, dribble under pressure, and have fun competing against each other.
Spacing is“ the single most important concept of any good offense. If you've got good spacing you've got a chance to have a good offense. If you've got poor spacing,
Of all the basketball drills and practice plans I use this is a great drill to get everyone involved in practice. We call it 5 on 5 on 5. Kids really go hard in this drill--great for pressure situations.
One of the big things that I find with young teams is that they struggle to multitask. I like these basketball practice drills because it forces them to think about timing, passing, and approach.
I have a few tips I'd like to share on basketball shooting drills. You might know them but there are a few subtle things I’ve seen go unnoticed when a player is training, and when corrected there was a significant improvement after a few practices.
I often use basketball practice games instead of drills. One of the favorites I have my team play is a 3 on 3 pivot/pass drill game.
I like to save my fun basketball drills for the end of practice. This drill is a 3pt shooting competition that we do once a week, and has become a favorite of the players as well.
Give these basketball youth drills a try with your teams. The first drill is a good one to use at the beginning of practice. The second drill is for boxing out. It is teaching the defense to hold a box out.