Basketball Drills and Plays
This is one of my favorite basketball drills and plays that I use with new teams or beginning players.
Basketball Drills for Beginners – Boxing Out Drills
I find teaching new players the fundamentals of boxing out can be challenging. Here are two basketball drills for beginners I use to teach this concept.
Basketball Practice Drills – Relay Practice Fun
Here are some basketball practice drills to liven up your practices and have some fun. We like to mix things up so to make training more fun every so often have a relay race session.
Coaching Youth Basketball – Endurance warm Up Drill
A good basketball drill to use for warm-ups when you're coaching youth basketball is an endurance drill. This drill is great for youth basketball as it gets everyone involved and you can always split the groups half court, ten on each side.
Youth Basketball Drills – Fast Break Basketball Drill
If you are looking for fresh ideas for youth basketball drills, try out this fast Break basketball drill with your kids.
Basketball Conditioning – Free Throws
My college coach would have us do basketball conditioning at the beginning of every practice (and at the end, as well). The reason he did this was because he wanted us to be tired when we shot our Free Throws. If you can hit FT's when you're tired, you can also hit them when you're not.
Basketball Rebounding Drills – Simple Practice Drill
Working with youth teams, I often focus on basketball rebounding drills. This is a simple basketball practice drill we use frequently. The kids have fun with it!
Basketball Full Court Drills – Continous 4 vs 4 vs 4
For a fast paced basketball practice, one of the basketball full court drills we like is this continuous 4 vs 4 vs 4. It is perfect for teams of 12 or more players!
Basketball Defense Drills – Defensive Intensity & No Fouls
This is one of my favorite basketball defense drills. The purpose of this basketball drill is defensive intensity with no fouls and offensive toughness with a good pass.
Girls Basketball Drills – Ground Ball Recovery
If you're searching for ideas for girls basketball drills, try these with your teams. While coaching a middle school girls basketball team, I found the girls were afraid and resistant for going after a basketball on the ground.
Free Youth Basketball Coaching Tips – Free Throw Conditioning Drill
Try these free youth basketball coaching tips with your team. As we all know they need to run a lot to get into shape and conditioned. Most of the time they do not like to run. But they love to shoot free throws.
Basketball Coaching Help – Player Coach Rapport
One of the best suggestions I can give for basketball coaching help was one my basketball coach used when I was in high school. It is excellent for building player/coach rapport as well as team building.
Simple Basketball Plays – Press Break
This is one of my favorite simple basketball plays-Press Break-that works very well with my basketball team. Timing is everything with this basketball play.
Coaching Youth Basketball – One Minute Drill and Passing Drills
If you're coaching youth basketball, try these basketball drills with your teams. These ideas livened things up quite a bit in my practices and skills improved notably.
Basketball Offensive Plays – SPREAD
One of the basketball offensive plays we like to run is a play called "Spread". We use this when we need a big basket against an aggressive half court man defense. This is the simplest basketball play to run and is often successful.
Basketball Shooting Drills – Competitive Shooting Drill
If you are searching for basketball shooting drills, try this competitive shooting drill with your team. This is a great basketball drill, not only in teaching players to shoot under pressure, but also for conditioning.
Basketball Full Court Drills – Three-Man Fast Break
This is one of our favorite basketball full court drills. Try this three man fast break drill with your team. Not only does it improve skills, it's a great conditioning basketball drill as well.
Basketball Defense Drills
Could you use some fresh ideas for basketball defense drills? Here are a couple of basketball drills we use to conditon our ball handlers as well as enhance our defense.