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Basketball Warmup Drills – 175 Shots Drill

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I always do this drill before a contest or during a warming up. It is called the 175 Shots Drill.  It’s a good drill for a relaxed warm up; even before a game!

175 Shots Drill
Organization
You need a minimum of number players of 6, 1 chair and 4 balls.
You make two rows on the baseline, at the outside of the bucket.
Put the chair half way the bucket, in front of the basket.
Each side has 2 balls.

In one row the first person hasn’t a ball and he starts the drill.
This person runs to the chair and touches it.
Then he steps open, gets a pass from the other row.

After the pass he takes an inside shot. He gets his own rebound and passes to the row where the pass came from and gets back in line at the side.

After the pass the other player runs to the chair and does the same and it continues that way.

So why 175 shots drill?

You have 3 positions.
First position inside the bucket underneath the board 100 shots (chair is standing half way the bucket)
Second position half way the bucket 40 shots (chair is standing on free throw line)
Third position on the elbow of the bucket 35 shots (chair is standing on 3 point line)

That makes 175 shots!

You can use drill also for shooting practice, making the balls underneath the basket and around the bucket. Then I let them do push ups at every ball that they miss at position 1. Most of the time 10 push ups. On position 2 and 3 they can’t miss more than 5 otherwise they have to do also 10 push ups

Basketball Warmup Drills – Half Court Weave Drill

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This is a good half-court weave drill that combines the weave with mid-range jump shots, defensive closeouts, boxing out and rebounding.  We often use it for basketball warmup drills.

Half Court Weave Drill
Players line up at half court in three lines( as in traditional half court 3 man weave). Number them 1,2, and 3.(Place 1 in the middle with 2 to his right and 3 to his left.)  Two players, numbers 4 and 5, start on the baseline just outside the lane lines extended.  Each have a basketball.

For descriptive purposes:
*  1 in the middle line at half court passes ahead to 2 (right line at half court) and cuts behind as in traditional half court weave.
*  2 passes to 3 and cuts behind.
*  3 will hit 1 with a bounce pass for a layup.
*  1 rebounds his own shot.
*  3 cuts to the right elbow while 2 cuts to the left elbow.
*  Both 2 and 3 give a hand target.
*  Each receive a pass from 4 and 5 on the baseline.
*  4 and 5 close out hands high butt low on the shooters.
*  4 and 5 will box out and rebound the shots.

Players rotate so that shooters 2 and 3 become the next passers on the baseline while 1, 4, 5 go back to half court lines.

The drill features a number of fundamentals and some running, and is therefore a good pre-game drill.

Agree? Disagree? Let me know by leaving a comment in the box below! And please check out this free basketball drills article for more ideas you can use in practice.