Drill Begins with 4 Players Aligned in the Box of the Lane, a Post at Each Block and a Guard at Each Elbow

Drill begins with 4 players aligned in the box of the lane, a post at each block and a guard at each elbow. A coach throws the ball off of the glass, the player on the right block (4) jumps to grap the rebound at its highest point and turns over his outside shoulder to throw an outlet ot the right elbow guard (1) who has sprinted to outside the three point line. At the same time, the guard on the left elbow (2) is making a sharp diagonal cut to the middle of the floor to receive a pass. This guard dribbles to half court and turns around. 1 makes a V cut and comes back to the wing to receive a pass from 2. 1 catches and enters the ball into the post (4), who turns and throws it off the glass, over to the other big (5). 5 will be turning over his shoulder to throw to a new guard stepping on (guard lines are placed on the sideline at foul line extended). While 1 now will be playing the role that 2 played, flashing to the middle on diagonal cut. Divide the team into three teams (A,B , and C) and have them line up as shown. The first player in line steps up and A has the ball. ‘A’ shoots a three. The ball is “live”, regardless of whether or not the shot is missed or made. (On a make the three doesn’t count). The game then becomes 1 on 1 on 1. With the player who grabbed the rebound being the one on offense. The team of the player who scores receives a point and then that team moves to the point arc to take the next shot and resume the game. The next player in each line steps into play and the previous players rotate to the end of the line. PLUS 2 TRANSITION: An advantage/disadvantage drill those progresses from 2-on-1 to 3-on-2 to 4-on-3 to 5-on- 4 to 5-on-5. Drill begins with a line of skins in each corner along one baseline and line of shirts in each corner on the opposite baseline. A player from skins attempts a free throw while two shirts are on bottom blocks (like a regular free throw) Once the free throw is made or missed, the shirts are transitioning in a 2-on-1 break against the skins player that has now dropped back to defend the disadvantage situation. At the completion of the possession (only 1 shot on each possession, no offensive rebounds) and the skin defender has secured the ball, 2 new skins join him on the court and skins transition 3-on-2 to the other end against the 2 shirts. The same sequence occurs on the other end with 2 new shirts hopping on to go 4-on-3 and so on, until you have 5 on 5. OKLAHOMA REBOUNDING: The drill begins with 4 offensive players on the perimeter and 3 defenders in the paint. The coach throws the ball to one of the corners and the defense must cover the 3 most dangerous people on the floor (the ball and both wings –leaving the opposite corner open), the corner offensive player swing the ball to the nearest wing who swings it one more to the opposite wing and then passes it the corner. At any time the coach can blow the whistle and the offensive player with the ball shoots. The players scramble to box out all the offensive players except the shooter. 5 ON 5 HURLEY DRILL: In this drill, offense is playing dummy until the coaches call, they then play live. DRIVE: On coaches calling “Drive” the on ball defender must run to touch the nearest boundary (If covering the wing, defensive player touches sideline, if in slot, defensive player touches half court) while the offensive player is looking to drive the opening. After touching the sideline the defensive player sprint s back into play. TRAP: On coach calling “trap” the nearest defenders runs to trap the ball. SWITCH: On coaches “Switch” call, the offense drops the ball and the defense picks the ball up to attempt to score at the same basket the offense was previously trying to score at (staying on the same side of half court). The newly turned defensive team is not allowed to guard the player that was covering them. CHANGE ENDS: On coach yelling “Change” the offense drops the ball and picks up a player other than the one that was guarding them while the defense gains possession and transitions to score the other way. 4 CORNER DRIBBLING In this drill we have the player line up in the 4 corners on 1 half of the court. We have 1 ball in each line. The players will be dribbling straight at each other, in the middle of the halfcourt, executing a designated dribble move. The moves that we prefer to work on are stutter, in and out, and crossover. We might combo the in & out with the crossover. It is important that the players execute the move right as they approach each other. We also want to see a low explosion step after the move. Once they reach the opposite line they jump stop and hand the ball to the next person in line. COMMERCE CORNER PASSING In this drill we have the players split into groups of three. We move them to the corners of the gym. The boundaries in each corner are the baseline, sideline, side of the lane and a line from the top of the key to the sideline. This last line needs to marked by a coach standing in that area or a cone. The objective is simple and straight forward. The offense must complete 20 passes before turning it over. The defense must not let this happen. If the offense completes 20 passes, the defense does 20 pushups. If the offense doesn’t they have 20 pushups. You can change the number of pushups or punishment to whatever you want. The offense must communicate and make good screens and hard cuts. They must be able to pass with tough pressure being applied. Likewise the defense must communicate on screens and have active hands with tough pressure. If the ball gets knocked out of bounds by the defense, we reenter it at the point of interruption. LOCKE DRILLS This drill is a complete footwork drill. It was designed by Coach Tates Locke. The drill begins with the player passing the ball from the baseline to the coach at the freethrow line extended behind the three point line. The coach passes back to the player and he cateches with his back to the basket on jumpstop. (this jumpstop facing the coach is a big point of emphasis in setting up the pivots). We have the players alternate sides. We will perform each move, on either side, at least twice I. Catch, drop step outside foot, layup II. Catch, fake drop step, front inside pivot, jumpshot III. Catch, fake drop step, front inside pivot, shot fake, crossover, drive for power layup IV. Catch, fake drop step, front inside pivot, shot fake, crossover, 45 degree angle bank shot. V. Catch, reverse pivot on outside foot, jump shot VI. Catch, reverse pivot on outside foot, rip through for a power layup VII. Catch, reverse pivot on outside foot, shot fake, cross over, drive across lane for reverse layup VIII. Catch, front pivot on outside foot, shot fake, cross over, drive pull back jumper BOXELL DRILLS These drills start with 3 lines at halfcourt and begin with a 3 man weave pattern, ending with a player at the wing with a ball, a player at the basket and and the final passer between the other two players. We will work a variety of things at the conclusion of the weave. We will have the players pass to the right for a designated time and then make then pass to the left for a designated time. Allowing us to work both sides of halfcourt. Close out to 1 on 1 with helpside: 3 will close out on 1 and play one on one. 2 is backside help on Def. We will work on help and recover and trap on baseline drives. We also work our fly by technique. We tell the defender to protect the elbow and block, pinning offensive player on the sideline. Blockout on Weakside: 3 passes to 1 for an uncontested shot. 3 then works on backside blockout vs #2. Deny the Flash to the block : #2 now looks to flash across the lane for the ball. # 3 denies the flash and forces #2 high. Once # 2 catches its one on one with limited dribbles. The variations are only limited by your imagination. Great drill. Flows well with a lot of our 3 line drills. 7 ON 7 BASKETBALL Teams cannot go past ½ court. X’s versus the #’s play to a designated score or time. This is a great way to get your advantage drills in a full court setting, while still have 14 players involved in the drill. Defense can press until the ball crosses halfcourt .

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