Basketball Drill

Type: Shooting

Description:

A stop watch is needed for this timed drill.

3, 4  or 5 balls are used depending on the number

of people doing the drill.  (A ratio of 1 ball for

every 3 people is optimum.)

Players line up in corner of gym with balls at

the front of the line (See Diagram A)

On timer’s (coach’s), “GO.”

Player one starts dribbling right handed 

down the gym at break away speed to

score her/his right hand lay-up

at the far basket.

2^nd, 3^rd players start with appropriate spacing

between themselves and the player in front of them.

Player must score at far basket or must get missed

ball and race back to start and re-start her/his

dribble break away again.

Basket scored at far end entitles player to grab

rebound and right hand dribble back down to

score at second basket near start line.  Misses at

second basket mean player starts break away

dribble all over again.  To complete drill player

every player must score two consecutive lay-ups

starting from the corner.

Ball is passed to next player in line once player

with ball successfully scores the two lay-ups. 

(See Diagram C)

Drill ends, i.e., stop watch is stopped, when last 

player gain control of ball after s/he has scored.

Variations:

1.     This drill is punishing if a person cannot sink two lay-ups in a row.  Coaches should be prepared to release a player from having to sink two lay-ups in a row if fatigue is setting in.

2.     Drill can be run based on having to score.  So it is down and score, back and score with as many shots as needed being used at each basket till ball scores.

3.     Drill can be run as one lay-up at each basket only.  Each miss adds 5 (penalty) seconds to the team’s time.

4.     Drill One becomes Drill Two on the opposite side (left side) of the court with players required to dribble and shoot left handed.  Use of right hand to dribble or shoots results in coach telling player to start over again and do it left handed.  (Note, the stop watch keeps running.)

5.     Drill One and Two may be done as a single timed consecutive drill rather than as two drills.

6.     Players also like to do these drills individually against the stop watch.  This is a good speed, body control and high performance activity.  Doing this though with the whole team present has to many people standing around doing nothing.

Points of Emphasis:

1.     Scoring on breakaways is important.

     2.  Slow down fractionally just as you go to shoot to bring body 

          and forward momentum under control.

     3.  Speed is important but not at the expense of missing.

     4.  Missing is expensive from a time point of view and very expensive 

          is it occurs in a game and the team looses two points.