Drill Survey Introduction: Below are the results of the survey I gave in March of 2012. The survey asked coaches to describe their favorite drills. The drills are divided into categories based on the type of drill. I tried to put down responses in their entirety but did combine some drills that were mentioned more than once and also added details to elaborate on a drill. I have also included some of my own drills that I have found helpful over the years.

Ball-Handling Drills 2 Ball Series *Note – there were many coaches who mentioned 2 ball so I put them together under one heading. Stationary Series The following are options for 2 ball dribbling: o Bounce Together o Bounce Alternate o Both Hands High o Both Hands Low o Right Hand High, Left Hand Low o Left Hand High, Right Hand Low o Crossover Both o Right Hand Cross, Left Hand Between the Legs (Both Legs) o Left Hand Cross, Right Hand Between the Legs (Both Legs) o Dribble around the right leg with the right hand. Pound left hand. o Dribble around the left leg with the left hand. Pound right hand. o Right hand behind the back, left hand crossover o Left hand behind the back, right hand crossover o Inside out dribble in front of the body o Push pull on the side of the body Moving Series • Down and Back Pounding Together • Down and Back Pounding Opposite • 3 Dribble Zig Zag (change direction every three dribbles) • Power Push (partner pushes on shoulders to half court and lets go) • Cone Squares (have cones set up in as square and have them do various movements while dribbling) • Cone Eights (Have 2 cones set up and they have to figure 8 dribble around the cones. • Full Court Cones (have cones set up around the court and players dribble through them or around them). • I like 2 ball dribbling drills and making players go through a variety of obstacles. You can make up any "course" you want. I might set up chairs to simulate traps, each time a player gets to a trap, they back up then go around. Then coming back down the floor then zig zag through cones, then they might dribbling around a square (lines on the floor, cones, etc) while always facing the same direction (so you end up running forward, sidelines, and backwards), then maybe finish with a chair weave. There are no limits to how you do this. I basically use my imagination to set up what I think will be a challenging course. Then I have player go as fast as they can. For added challenge you can time them and make it competitive. You can also have them go both directions (so every goes at once and has to keep their head up to not run into each other). • 2-Ball Full Court Dribbling. Lines on the baseline. Go through the following two-ball dribbling moves. Players do the same move down and back. Next time down, they do the next move: Moves: same time, alternate, two dribbles then crossover, two dribbles then between the legs, two dribbles then behind the back. • Our players get a lot out of doing the well-known 2-Ball dribbling. We do some stationary drills where we will give instructions every 30 seconds with a whistle, going from dribble high same time, high alternating, low same time, low alternating. We also do both out front with an inside out dribble (think left to right in a V shape), as well as balls on the side so they dribble front to back. One hand wraps around one leg while the other ball must be dribbled at the same time. We also do full court dribbling with 2 balls, with the same high/ low and same/alternate specifications. To add another stage, we do 2-Ball passing. Partners line up about 10 feet across from each other. One person starts dribbling the 2 balls, keeping them low with their head up. After a few seconds their partner will show a hand, and the dribbler must pass the ball with the corresponding hand while still dribbling the other ball. The partner will catch the ball and bounce pass it back and repeat showing a hand every few seconds. This teaches the players to keep their head up in order to see the hand.

Tennis Ball Series Use a tennis ball to help with players concentrating when they dribble. Singles Options When players are alone they can do the following things: • Throw the ball up and catch it while dribbling with one hand in place (right and left hands) • Stand in place, throw the ball up, switch hands when the ball is in the air (using a variety of dribble moves), and then catch the ball. • Stand in one place and execute a double move on the toss up. • Throw the ball out a ways so you have to move to catch it • Throw the ball off a wall and execute dribble moves or just dribble.

Doubles Options If you want to go in partners, you can do all of the above and add moving around while you do it (shuffling, running, just moving about, etc).

Zig Zag Full Court Players get into partners, one with a ball. The player with the ball zig zags from sideline to laneline and back while the other partner defends him. Good to work on offense and defense together.

Full Court Attack Starting at baseline/sideline corner players dribble through cones/chairs to halfcourt, spin move moving to jump circle where they do a dribble retreat crossover move. Continue to sideline and go behind the back. Attack the rim, doing a dribble move (cross over, between the legs) and finish with a lay-up

Maravich Dribbling Series Note: Note sure what this one is exactly, pulled below off line.

1. Ball Slaps Holding the ball in front of your chest, slap it as you move it from hand to hand. It is an excellent way to warm up your hands and help you get a good feel for the ball.

2. Pinches Holding the ball in your left hand, use all five fingers to pinch it toward your right. The ball will squirt back and forth from one hand to another. This is a great wrist- strengthening exercise

3. Taps Hold the ball over your head with your arms fully stretched out. Tap the ball back and forth between your fingertips. As you get better, start moving your arms up and down at a slow, steady pace.

4. Circles Circle the ball around your head, waist and each leg. Do one at a time, and then as you get better, try doing them in a row (head, waist, legs, waist, head, waist…..Etc.). Try to keep your head up while doing these because it will teach you to handle the ball by “feel.”

5. Figure 8 Dribbles Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart and dribble the ball in and out of your legs in a figure 8 pattern. 6. Straddle Flip Hold the ball between your legs, with your left hand in front and right hand in back. Without bouncing the ball, quickly switch the position of your hands, and repeat. Start slow and slowly get quicker at this drill.

7. One-Hand Dribbles Dribble the ball around your right foot with your right hand. Then use your left-hand and go around your left foot. As you get better, try using your right hand as you go around your left foot. And vice-versa. And work on keeping your head up and your eyes off the ball.

8. Figure 8 Hold the ball at knee level. Stand with your legs apart. Pass the ball in and out of your legs in a figure-8 pattern.

9. Spider Dribble Stand with your legs apart. Bounce the ball in front of your legs once with your left hand, and once with your right hand. Reach your left hand behind and through your legs to bounce the ball, and then do the same thing with your right hand. Repeat quickly. Chair Drill Series This is a collection of a couple of drills. The premise of the drill is that you put a chair at the line (or top of the ). Players dribble up, make a move, and finish at the rim (you can vary the finishes as well). Work on dribble moves, staying low, making it an actual move, and finishing your .

4 Corners Warm Up I use this as the first part of our daily practice warm-up. Each player has a ball and we start in all 4 corners of the court and follow the endlines and sidelines the whole time. For each line you choose a specific dribble and have them execute a spin move at each corner. The first few times around is a jog and we move up to speed as we progress. Ex: Right hand in-out on baseline, between legs on side line, cross over on baseline, and stop- go on the sideline with a spin move in the corners.

1 on 1 • 1 on 1 inside the half court circle with dribble • 1 on 1 Full court We rarely do a drill with only ball handling. We give the players half a court to work with until they enter the three line. We play until someone scores 3 times, then switch directions. Ball-Handling/Ball Security Drill You play five on five inside of half the court and the offense has to complete twenty passes without a deflection. No shooting, so there is a lot of ball pressure and I give them one dribble to set up a pass. Once they complete 20 passes they get one point and they keep the ball and start again. Any deflection/ becomes a sideline inbound. 2 Ball Cross-Court Series Player starts on the sideline with the ball takes 2 dribbles right then crosses over to their left hand and repeats with a further 2 dribbles then back to their right. You go to the sideline and back with the same crossover. Order is: Normal crossover, between the legs, behind the back, spin, retreat dribble. With the retreat dribble you take the two forward like previous crossovers then take two strong retreat dribbles crossover in front of the body and repeat.

Badger Dribbling Full court zig-zag dribbling. Start with a line of players in the corner of the court with balls. Dribble to the elbow, crossover, dribble to the intersection of the half line and sideline, crossover, dribble to the next elbow, then to the corner of the court. Dribble straight across the baseline to do the same thing coming back. Observe the quality of the crossovers and, on younger levels, whether the correct hand is used.

Avoidance Drill Break the team into two groups on either side of half-court. Each player in line has a ball. The first two in each line dribble hard into the center circle and execute a change of direction drill without running into each other and then continue dribbling to the end of the other line. The coach will call out the dribble moves to be used - (right-hand to crossover, right-hand to in-and-out, right-hand to through the legs, etc). As the team progresses, add combined moves - (right-hand to through-the-legs, spin dribble, etc.).

Hurley Drill Player makes many moves as he moves around half court. Inside out, spin, crossover, hesitation, behind back, between legs and finish with or pull up.

2 Ball Chair Attack Two lines above the volleyball line on the court. Put chairs on each elbow and each wing area, somewhere close to it. Players have two balls, they dribble and set the first ball on the wing chair, while placing the ball they keep dribbling the other ball. Then they go and place the other ball on the other chair. Next go back to the other chair and pick ball up and shoot. Treat it like coming off a and catching, facing up and shooting. Then grab other ball and do the same. Works on ball handling, but also on facing up and shooting. Have seen lots of improvement in this drill throughout the year.

Attack Drill Line up a row of defenders who can be anything from pylons to live (depending on your purpose and the load kids can handle). Ball carrier must attack up and back down the whole line in a confined area making contact with each "defender".

Attacking and 1 on 1 Drills Iowa 1 on 1 Groups of 2 to 4. Player on offense at the free throw line and the defender (and rest of the players) is under the basket with the ball. The defender passes the ball out, sprints out and they play 1 on 1. The lane lines are out of bounds and you can limit the number of dribbles. This forces players to go by body to body instead of a banana and forces players to put their shoulder on the defender’s hip. Also, emphasize the use of our shotfakes and jab fakes. Many times we do this right after practicing our shot and jab fakes against a chair to take it into game action. Variations: • Use reverse pivot to square up or front pivot to square up • Do it from different spots (corner and wing, top and wing, etc) • Limit dribbles • Make it take it • Can use it as a defensive drill where if you get a stop you stay • Emphasize closeouts and defensive footwork. • Play to a certain score and losers run.

Villanova 1 on 1 Groups of 3-4. One passer, one offensive player, and one defensive player. Offense starts right under the rim, defense guarding him, and the passer at the top of the key. Offense works to V or L cut to get open, receives the ball and plays 1 on 1 from there. In Villanova 1 on 1 really look to attack right away off the catch while the defender is out of position. Play to a score and have losers run. You can limit the number of dribbles.

St. Joe’s 1 on 1 Groups of 3-5 are idea but can go with groups of 2. Start with a line of defensive players 2 steps off the laneline on the baseline. Also have a line of offensive players three or four steps toward the sideline from the defense. Two chairs, cones, garbage cans are at half court – one directly in front of each line. The next person in the offensive line says “go”. On “go” the offensive player has to dribble around the outside chair (the one across from him) and the defender has to sprint around the inside chair and they play 1 on 1 from here. Great conditioning as well.

Xavier 30 second must ball handle with man on you, must face rim, must stay on "weak" side of floor (left side for right hander). After 30 seconds, no more than 3 dribble attack rim.

Corner Attack Start in corner ( then wings and top off key) player receives a pass, catch and face and executes either jabs step / shot fake and attack, or 1 dribble pull up, or step back and shoot. We have a defender close out, but play dummy defense

Positional 1 on 1 Pt. guard one on one, wing one on one, baseline one on one, High post one one one and low post one on one. At the lower levels we give one bale out pass and re-set. We allow more dribbles early in the season fewer later on.

Second Defender Start with a line of players on one side of half court. One defender below free throw line on defense. First player makes a dribble move on imaginary defender (cone) and attacks defender one-on-one. Offense to defense. First player to score 4 baskets wins.

Alley 1 on 1 A defender outside the 3 point line pass the ball to an attacker in the half court. He has 4 seconds to play 1x1 limit the space to play in three alley (side line to , block to block and block to alley)

Kings Court I like Kings Court which is a simple one-on-one tournament with a few twists. The only baskets that count are lay-ups or other finishes around the rim. We use 6 baskets with 1 hoop being the kings court, 1 hoop being the losers court, and the other 4 courts are in between. To begin randomly assign players to a court, shoot for 1st possession and play to 1 score. If there are additional players have them wait at the losers court for their turn. The winners move up a court and the losers move down. If you win on the kings court you stay there, and if you lose on the losers court you stay there and take on the next person. Set the clock for the desired amount of time and whoever is the winner at the kings court is the champ.

1 on 1 Basket to Wing

This drill simulates a game-like action where the player cuts from the basket area to the wing. This could be done via a l-cut, a v-cut, or a down screen. During this drill, you will see the players typically utilize a reverse pivot or drop step. Some players who prefer the front pivot will also do that.

On go, both players sprint to the cone under the basket and must touch it. The first player to approach the wing is on offense. The second player to approach the wing is on defense.

Offense looks to score. Only 1 shot is attempted and next group goes.

3 Stops Drill 3 Stops. Defender has to get 3 stops in order to get out of the drill. Every person on team takes turn and plays offense.

Layup Drill We start with a defender in the middle of the lane and a line on each of the wings outside the three point line. Coach stands at the top of the key with the ball and on the slap both wings take off toward the basket. The coach passes to one of the two and they have to take it in for a lay-up against the defender.

Pressure Layups This is 1 on 1, with the offense starting slightly closer to the rim than the defense at mid- court. We play with both players starting at mid-court, the offense starting a few feet in front and the defense starting in the paint.

Dematha Finishing Drill Coach stands with the ball on the free throw line. Two players stand one on each block. Coach passes to one of the players who goes straight up to finish without a fake, the other player plays defense and tries to block the shot. After working from the block, the lines come up just outside the elbow and then when the coach says go, both players cut to the basket, coach bounce passes to one, whoever catches the pass goes straight into their 2 count for a layup/dunk the other plays defense and tries to block the ball.

Beating 2 Drill We use the following drill with our perimeter players. We tell them that it is one thing to make one move to beat your initial defender, but you also must be able to make a move- on-the-move to beat the help defender. We give the offensive player the ball at half-court and have a defensive player match-up with them. We place another defender in the paint. The first defender covers the ball-handler until they cross the three-point line. When the ball-handler enters the lane, the second defender picks up the ball. The offensive player's goal is to beat both defenders. We place the line at half-court and the rotation going: offense to second defender, second defender to first defender, first defender to the back of the offensive line. Defender Out Drill One player with ball under basket, N players around the 3-pt line. Player under basket throws ball to player on 3-pt line, closes out, then goes 1-on-1. If scores, defender stays. If no score, offensive player goes to defense and process continues with pass to next player around 3-pt line.

Face Up 1 on 1 From the wing, wing has to cut to get open, defense overplays and holds the offensive player. After catching the ball, must swing through and face up to the basket, defense tries to swipe ball but then lets them attack the rim. I put a defender inside the block that they then have to finish over. I don't let the block defender be very aggressive, just get kids used to finishing through contact.

Gator 1 on 1 Offense Start in 1 line on sideline at half court, Defense starts on the other. Offense must dribble outside the court with non-dominant hand all the way around the lines until the jump circle. Defense must sprint inside but following the lines until the get the opposite sideline. Defense may then go challenge the ball. offense can attack the rim once its touched the jump circle.

Blood 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 Drills for Vance Walberg’s DDM.

Passing Drills Partner Passing Passing the ball between two players going over the passes(chest pass,bounce,baseball,behind the back, air pass, etc..). Can also use the wall if the player works on it alone. Weave to Break 3,4,5 man weave down the court, back 2 on 1' 2 on 2 or 3 on 2

Perfect Passing 4 out like 4 on 4 shell. Pass and cut. All passes must be to outside hand of fill guy, no ball is ever swung through your waist, either ripped through low or high. On 15th pass, must hit cutter for layup. If any of these are not done before 15th pass, 4 guys do a down and back and next group is in. 4 Corners Drill We do the four corner pass return pass hand-off drill. You pass the ball, get it back, dribble jump stop, reverse pivot to hand off.

Passing Emphasis 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 5 on 5 Pass/Cut to 5. Basket can only be scored on pass and cut or fill up with defensive over play with resulting backcut. is worth 2 points basket is worth 1.

Sooner Passing Player in each slot position, each wing and each low post position. Ball starts in one slot position with remaining players in line at this spot. Start with a chest pass to wing, wing makes post entry pass to low post, low post skips to opposite slot, slot passes to wing, wing post entry pass to low post, low post skips to opposite slot. Ball should be back at original position. Players take the position of the player he/she passes to.

4 on 3 Close Quarters Passing 4 vs 3 in the key to accomplish 7 passes. Any deflection, any steal or fumble is point to defense.

Pig in the Middle In groups of 3 have two people be passers and 1 person be the monkey. Before you pass the ball you must protect it against pressure for a count of 3, and then use pivots and space to pass to your partner who waits for the defence to close out and repeats the process.

3 Man Weave Concentration 3 Man Weave. Make 10 in a row. Chest pass and Bounce pass separately.

50 Passes Got this one from Jim Larranaga when he was at Bowling Green. Divide team up evenly based on matchups (have best guard best, etc.) Drill is run in the half court, We have 12 players, so all participate. Players must make 50 successful passes to their teammates, with no dribbling or screening allowed. Any pass that is deflected out of bounds or stolen results in the defense becoming the offense. Players must learn to cut to get open, catch strong, and triple threat to get balance. Team must count their own passes, and first team to 50 wins (does not have to be consecutive 50, they roll over after turnovers). Out of bounds, , 5 seconds, and fouls enforced. We also do the same drill with few players in smaller areas, such as the volleyball lines, etc. Good conditioner too.

Argentina Passing Drill You are set up in one half of the court. There are eight players in the drill, with each one having a partner directly across from them. You start with two balls with one set of partners. They pass the ball to the right and replace their partner, who is directly across from them. You keep passing to the right and it gets a lot of movement, concentration especially early in practice.

Small Sided Games We rarely do a drill where passing is the only thing happening. We do play small sided games requiring a certain number of passes or limiting dribbles often.

6 Spots Drill 6 spots, x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 ball starts with x1 and x6, follow your pass. x1 passes down to x4 and x6 to x3 then joins those lines. the next pass goes on the diagional to the middle two players who the pass on the diagonal to the opposite outside line to the one they started in. Ball will eventually complete a bow like shape on one full completion.

Read and React Drill All read and react movements, 3 player drills. Could break down any part of any offense and make it into a passing drill.

V Cut/Layup Drill This is a full-court passing and lay-up drill. Four players are located underneath one of the hoops each with . The other players are in four lines on each side of the floor at the "hash-marks". The player underneath with the ball will throw the ball off the , , and turn to outlet to one of the designated lines. The first player in the outlet line will v-cut to half-court and then back to receive the outlet pass, timing their cut. As this is occurring, the player in the front of the other backcourt line will also v-cut to half-court and then back to the ball to receive the pass from the outlet line. As this is occurring, the first person in line in the opposite front-court line will v-cut away to free- throw line extended and then back to the ball to receive the pass. Finally, the first person in the front of the last line will v-cut to half-court and then cut hard to the basket to receive a bounce-pass for a lay-up. Each of the passers will go to the line that they passed to. The shooter will run the ball up the sideline to underneath the opposite basket to run the drill again. The drill should continue with the second person with a ball to put the ball off the board, rebound, and outlet after the second pass is made by the previous group. This is a continous and fast moving drill.

3 on 3 Full Court Passing 3 Straight lines * 3 offense and 3 defense * Court is divided into 3 zones and each offensive player must stay in his zone * Defense denies the ball, and the offensive players need to advance the ball up the floor with out dribbling. * Emphasizes spacing, cutting, pass/receive Two Man Simultaneous Passing Two players 6-8 ft apart, each with a ball; Pass to other player at the same time - right- handed chest, left-handed chest, right-handed bounce, left-handed bounce, one overhead, one center bounce pass. Ultimate Basketball I go 7 on 5, 5 offensive players and 7 defensive players. Offense starts on one baseline and has to get to the other baseline with no dribbles, only passing and screening. I give them 13 seconds to get to the other side. I will change it to 5 on 5, or get 1 dribble.

Diagonal Passing Two lines at half. Balls for everyone except player at the front of one line. Player takes off down the sideline ball handler takes two attack dribbles to pass. Offensive player must call rim, three or middle then cut to receive the ball there. Passer must then make the pass on time at speed, cross court. Receiver then catches lands properly and attacks the rim. Passer now sprints opposite way back up their sideline and becomes the next receiver. 2v2 10 Pass Drill Get into groups of 4 or 6 with two per team. One team on offense, one on defense, offense must make 10 passes in a row with no dribbles. Use either half or ¼ of the court. No shooting. Losers have 15 pushups.

On Ball Defensive Drills

Full Court 1 on 1 Many coaches loved this drill and rightfully so – great way to work on defending. Play full court 1 on 1 using defensive emphasis. The defender turns the offense until half court then keeps him on a side (preferred weak hand side). Losers have a punishment. You can add doing the zig zag drill to full court and then progressing to 1 on 1 half court. Emphasize sprinting when beat on the turn and then sliding.

Close Out and Contain Start at three point line. Coach has ball with player A on offense and Player B on def. We start in weak side both feet in paint, on pass player B closes out on ball and we check positioning. after a couple of passes we go live with player B trying to get a stop. If offense scores D stays on to they get a stop

Celtics Closeouts Start with 4 coaches or players in offensive shell positions with ball. 4 defensive players on elbows and blocks. On whistle defense comes together in lane and closes out with high hands and choppy feet into proper defensive positioning. Continue and go through tracing ball, defending 2 dribbles, 2 dribbles and shot, post entry digs or doubles, etc. Coach should teach his techniques for tracing, forcing ball one way or other, blocking out, communicating, contesting shot, etc.

Perfect 24 I don't really use any specific on ball defense drills, I just incorporate it into the Perfect 24 (see below). One of the things we stress is to not allow your man to get a dribble penetration paint touch, whenever we do the perfect 24 it is always stressed so the players have gotten use to stopping the ball without any specific drills. The Kings Court 1-on-1 also helps with the defense because if you do not start with the ball you have to get a stop to have a chance of winning.

Zig Zag Variation Variation of full court zig-zag drills. Partners line up on baseline. Offense will dribble down full court, picking the ball up every 10 to 15 feet. The defense tries to turn the offense as much as possible. When the offense picks the ball up, the defense must learn to react and call “stick” (or dead, etc.) When they do this, we stress getting up on the man and pressuring. The offense then puts the ball in triple threat, teaching our defense they must back off and play for dribble, hands out. The offense learns to keep their head up, triple threat, and work on a quick first step to beat defender.

Three Turns Drill Starts out at halfcourt on the sideline with an offensive player with the ball and a defender who will be the defender through the whole rep. The defender has to turn the offensive player three times as they move toward the baseline. After three turns a coach rolls a ball toward center court that the defender has to dive on the ground for. Then they must sprint down to the block to take a charge from an offensive player coming from the corner. The they must close out on an offensive player who is at the opposite wing and they play one-on-one until a score or defensive rebound/steal to finish the drill.

2 Dribble Contain Drill Start with a line just inside the 3pt line player at the front of the line plays defense, the second player in the line has the ball. On the whistle the player with the ball rips through and takes 2 dribbles to the basket. After the 2 dribbles picks the ball up and pivots under pressure for 5 seconds. Defender is working on containing the ball.

Help and Close Drill We place one coach at the top of the key and one player on the wing. An offensive player is on the opposite wing with a defensive player matched up with the offensive player. The defender jumps to the ball as it is passed between the coaches. When the ball is skipped from wing-to-wing, the defender must close-out from helpside and the two play one-on- one from the wing. We are a "packline" defensive team. Our goal is to contain, funnel middle, and NEVER allow baseline. We allow the offensive player only two dribbles.

Nova 2 on 2 Close Out Offense on the wings, defense in the lane. Each defender takes a wing. Coach throws the ball to the wing and that defender closes out. The defender guarding the other wing stays in the help. The offense catches and rips. Defender mirrors him. Other defender stays in help calling help. The wing skips to the opposite wing. The defender that was in help closes out and the defender that was on the ball sprints to the help. Skip again and repeat. On the second skip players go 2 on 2 with the wings having to stay on the wing to catch the pass. Offense tries to score on the drive or the catch and shoot. Once they pass they have to fill back to their wing and stay on their side. Works on helping, recovering out, closeouts, etc.

On Ball Defensive Drills Transition off Shot 3 groups (4 on 4 or 5 on 5). Coach shoots ball make or miss, designated team get ball and fast breaks to opposite side (working on transition D) if offense scores fast breaks to original side against new defense. If defense gets a rebound reverse roles and keep playing (FB and attacking). new team only comes on after a score. Perfect 24 Perfect 24 is a variation of Walbergs perfect 35. You can play it 3-on-3, 4-on-4, or 5-on- 5. It is played in the 1/2 court with the goal of the defense playing perfect defense for 24 seconds (we use a 24 second ). Each time you focus on a few things defensively, ex: no paint touches, no offensive boards, no post touches, no straight line passes, no uncontested shots, etc. Try to limit it to 2-3 things per day for purposes of the drill. You start with 24 seconds on the clock and the offense has the ball above 3 point line. The clock only stops when the ball goes out of bounds or when the offense scores. Every time the defense does something bad (paint touch, offensive board) you yell out what they did wrong. When the clock stops you add 5 seconds to the clock for each of the defenses mistakes, and if the offense scored it is an additional 5 seconds. Ex: offense passes into post, who makes a move and scores. This whole process takes 8 seconds leaving 16 seconds on the clock. You would add 5 seconds for the post touch, 5 for the paint touch, and 5 for the basket. Meaning the defense would now have to play defense for 31 seconds. Half Court with Emphasis 3on3, 4on4, or 5on5 half court -- no paint, no 3s, no fouls. The only way to score is get the ball in the paint, shoot a 3 and hit the rim, or get fouled. First to 4 points wins. This gets players working really hard and playing good help and on ball defense.

4 on 4 Cutthroat Three teams of four. The group that is off is doing a plank/push-ups/sit-ups depending on your mood. The two teams on play to one point. I always put something else on like, no talking you go off, or if you don't blitz a ball-screen, you go off, allow an offensive rebound, you go off, ect. Everytime your team stays on you get one point. We play anywhere from 5-10 minutes and the two losing teams have an additional punishment. Great drill to get kids to compete and easy to modify to emphasize whatever you want offensively or defensively. Defending Situations 2 v. 2 to defend pick and rolls 3 v. 3 and 4 v. 4 to defend screens, dribble penetration and cuts Closeout Progression Closeout progression * Start 2-2 on closeouts and progress to 4-4 * Defensive players are on the baseline, offensive players are on the perimeter * Coach calls out a defenders name, and rolls the ball out to an offensive player. The player whose name is called has to closeout on the ball, the other defensive players have to match up and close out to their help positions.

Duke 5 Point Drill Line of players under basket behind baseline (with ball). Coach at top of key, coach at wing; Baseline player passes ball to coach at top of key and closes out; Coach passes to wing and then moves to block where defender denies to the post. Coach then drifts to weak side and defender gets into help defense, ready to help if coach on wing decides to drive; Lastly, weak-side coach flashes to top of key and defender must deny the ball.

No Shots Set a shortened shot clock. 7-10-14 sec etc. They then play live. Offense gets to keep it if they can get a shot that that hits the rim. 5 Stops 3 Hoops We divide the team into equal units and have them play half-court man / motion possessions. The defensive team must get 5-stops before the offensive unit scores 3 times to be able to go on offense. If not, the score resets and they continue playing defense until they get 5-stops before the offense gets 3-hoops.

Shell Drill On the survey 15 of us listed the shell drill as an important drill!! I am pretty sure we all get the basic idea of the shell drill. Put the offense in a set (3 out 2 in, 4 out 1 in, 5 out, 1- 3-1, etc.) and the offense passes the ball while the defense rotates properly. We emphasize positioning, jumping to the ball, ball pressure, moving on air time, talking, help, etc. Below are some other things we can add to the shell drill to make it different: • Defend certain actions (cutters, driving, etc) • Build it into 5 on 5 live by doing it with no movement, and then adding movements as we go. • Cutthroat – Stops stay, three in a row wins. If they screw something up (not talking, not helping, etc) they are out and don’t get three stops. • Scramble Shell – more offense than defense

Shooting Drills V Cut Shooting Going elbow to elbow one shooter and one passer. Then short corner to elbow both sides. also having player catch in triple threat at the top of the key and ripping though going both left and right.

Shooting Within Offense All of our shooting drills are just different segments of our offense, or off our set plays.

Shoot and Follow You can do this in any number of ways. We do competitive shoot and follow with layups (4 finishes must start outside 3 arc) 15 footers 3 pointers, one dribble jumpers (start outside arc) etc.

7 Spots We do 7 spots (top of key, wings and corners and posts) executes moves without and defense. must make X number in certain amount of time. ie. 25 made drop steps in 2 minute - player A passes to wing , gets into position , receives pass and executes move

Larry Brown Shooting Full court 3 man weave with layup and 2 elbow jumpers. Need 5 balls and lines in each corner of the floor. Continuous drill.

Read and React Shooting Any 2 man or 3 man breakdown for my plays with 2 (or 3) balls

Plus 3s Have 2 teams competing against each other from a pre-determined spot on the floor. You would have 1 team shooting from that spot on the left side and 1 from the right side. You have 1 ball per team and start shooting at the same time on the same rim. The shooter has to get their own rebound and pass to the next person in line. The goal is to get 3 shots ahead of your competition, to win you have to make 3 more shots that your competition. Ex: Your competition had made 7 shots, to win your team must make 10 shots before they make their 8th.

Ray Allen 5 Spot Shooting 5 spot shooting (like Ray Allen used to do). Start close take 10 shots, move back 4 feet (if you make at least 6 out of 10). Work your way back (you get 5 tries). Then work your way around the court. You end up with 250 shots if you do the whole thing.

Cut Out Shooting We create a line at the top of the key and the first player is without a ball. he sprints under the basket fakes one side and comes out from the other. 2nd player passes the ball to him for a shoot. then he becomes the shooter. the player who shoots the ball gets his own rebound and goes to the end of the line. Variation: start bellow the basket and sprint until the freethrow fake and turn or go to the 3point land

Two Line Shooting Two lines, a passing line and a shooting line set at a variety of designated spots. Pass to the shooter for catch-and-shoot, for shot fake and go, for one dribble and shoot. Shooter and passer exchange lines. Everybody gets 3 to 5 shots per spot and then all move to a new shooting spot.

Walberg 5 Spot Shooting (Also Princeton Shooting) 5 Spots – corner, wing, top, wing corner. 5 minutes. Make 5 to move on to the next spot. After making 5 at corner, go to the top of the key and shoot until the end. Each shot is worth 1 point. Keep score with all teams starting with a score of -25. Set goals for total points and increase them as time goes on.

Skip Shooting Team divided up evenly, spaced on the 2 top slots and baseline wings/corners. Balls in top 2 spots. Wing will skip pass to opposite corner for shot. Passer follows pass to shooting line. Shooter gets own rebound and goes up to slot line on same side.

Bird Drill One guy shoots the whole time, partner rebounds. They have to make two in a row from the corner, wing, top of the key, other wing, and other corner. Once they get all the way around they have to come back, ie two in a row twice from the opposite corner. They go for two minutes with a goal of getting back to the top of the key. If they get all the way back to the top of the key they shoot from there until time runs out.

Competitive Partner Shooting We shoot in pairs competitively. Shoot, get your own rebound, pass to your partner, spot up. Count your makes, make more than your partner. We record the winners and losers and rotate partners each day.

Curl Shooting Start with two lines on the baseline level with the edge of the key. Ball goes to the first person in line 1 and the second in line 2. First person in line 2 curls to 1 pace away catches and finishes rebound and joins the line opposite to the one he came from. After the pass to the curling player, the player who passes the ball curls the opposite way and receives the ball from line 1. Repeated for jump shots from the block and the elbow. After that the lines go to the corners and players flash to the free throw line before sliding down and posting up. The the lines go level with the free throw line and the same principles are implied but you curl and receive a pass from the opposite line on the elbow, rip through and finish at the rim.

100 Shots We divide the team on either side of the court on free-throw line extended. Each line has two balls. The first person in one of the lines does not have a ball. Five minutes are placed on the clock. The drill starts with the player without the ball cutting hard to the middle of the free-throw line, receiving the ball from the other line, and shooting. The passer then goes the same way in the opposite direction. The shooters rebound their own shots and take the ball and themselves to the opposite line that they came from. The drill continues for the full 5 minutes. The initial goal is to make 100 hoops in the 5 minutes. As the season progresses, your team should be making well passed that number. Currently, my team makes 140 to 150 shots in 5 minutes.

UConn Shooting 12 players in 6 lines, 3 on each end of court. 5 balls. Center passes to wing to opposite wing for layup. Two who passed ball spot up for jumpers. Middle player in next group gets ball and starts over. See how many hoops team can score in 2 mins.

Form Shooting layer stands 6" in front of the rim, uses proper shooting technique to shoot ball slightly over the rim and swish 4 Spot Shooting Lines at elbows and short corners. 4 lines shooting get a TON of shots up. You can go 15 footers or 3-pointers whatever. Also, focus on being ready to shoot each time. After you shoot, you get own rebound and rotate clockwise so pass to the next line. Like this also because it makes my kids communicate because it is a little chaotic.

Nash Shooting PIck 10 spots or shots. For two minutes at a time. Player gets up as many of that shot from both sides of the floor as they can. We pump music and track makes in 20 minutes.

Celtic 40 Divide the court into quarters. Players pair up and take 10 shots from each quarter. Keep track of how many you made out of 40. Can make it competitive against self or team. Can also keep track of the shooting throughout the season.

Celtic 5 Spot Shooting In this drill we use the five basic offensive spots – corner, wing, top, wing, corner. Partner up and shoot from the first corner spot, you have 4 shots to make your first and then you stay there until you miss. Continue to the next stop on the miss. Keep track of your score.

Other Great Drills 4 on 3 Rebounding 4 guys in shell on offense, 3 guys in paint, close out on pass, no open shot for minimum of 3 passes, on open shot, defense boxes with added guy coming in from baseline. If defense gets rebound, break to other end in 5 seconds. If offense gets rebound, defense runs NBA sprint and new defense in.

Special Cutthroat BLOB and SLOB cut throat, and set play cut throat

5 on 0 to 5 on 5 Transition 5 on 0 down the court, execute a play and come back 5 on 5 live defense.

Pressure FT Player A shoots if make stays if miss, half court and back (7 sec). Now if player B shoots and misses it full court and back (20 sec). If player C misses its a half court and back, FC and back. If player D makes it its back to normal, if they miss it we add and additional HC and back / FC and back (must be run in 20 sec. or run again) We go until everyone has shot, but must end on a make.

Special Finishes Cones, both elbows, both low/mid post, center free throw line. Angle lay-ups right hand and left hand. Once good enough you can finish with opposite hand on opposite side. Starting under the basket you dribble out right hand around 1st cone and back for right hand lay-up. You go back around 1st and 2nd cone and back for your 2nd right handed lay-up. It ends up being 5 different angled lay-ups. Then the same is done going left with left hand. As stated before once you can do drill this way you can do opposite hand on opposite side same drill. Angle Drill really helps finishing skills. 2 more cones could be added under basket to get a Sikma type finish from underneath basket.

Speed Layups Competitive layup drill (number of makes in specific time). Line under each basket and 3 balls. Full court layup and next player in line without ball gets it out of net and goes. Continuous time and score drill.

Denver Drill One guy shoot a free throw with 2 rebounders. the rest of the team fill the corners of the court. After the free throw they play 2x1 then 3x2 (with the guys in the corners) then 4 on 3 and 5 on 4. Finish the drill with 5 on 5 a set play

11 Man We use the 3-on-2 continues or 11 man full court drill daily. We run it for 6 minutes and keep track of mistakes by the offense. We emphasize width, speed, and no more than 2 passes before a shot (stress the quickest best shot). To do it correctly everyone must focus on their details; good passes, good catches, filling the proper lanes, and finishing. At the end we either run down and backs equal to the number of mistakes or shoot elimination free throws to cover them up.

No Dribble Games 3 on 3 no dribble - both full court and half court. Love this drill because it improves passes, reduces turnovers, teaches spacing, and gets players looking before they pass!

Almost every day we play 5 on 5 without drible and also every day we run fastbreaks 3 on 2 and the 2 defenders go 2 on 1 against the shooter

3 on 3 on 3 Full Court Very demanding in that after a score or turnover, the offense transitions quickly into defending. The new offense has to get through what is essentially a man press in their back court and then face another team in the front court. Half court traps can also be encouraged.

Animal Charge Drill This drill involves the player in the drill, a driver in the left corner (or short corner) with a ball, a driver on the right corner (or short corner) with no ball, a player under the basket with the ball, two players at the elbows with pads, and a player at the laneline. Step 1: Driver on the left side drives and the player in the drill steps up and stops the drive. The driver skips the ball to the driver on the right side. Step 2: The driver on the right side drives and the player in the drill takes a charge. Step 3: The player under the basket rolls the ball out to half court, the player in the drill has to sprint after it, dive, and save it to the player on the laneline. Step 4: Player in the drill gets up after saving the ball, starts to cut to the rim and gets a pass at the free throw line area. Step 5: Players with the pads knock the player in the drill around and he has to get to the rim and score to end the drill.

Help and Recover Drill 2 lines in the slot position, offense and defense up in both. Defense is pressuring ball and other is in denial. Offense tries to drive middle, other defender must drop below the ball to stop drive. Kick out to other offense, defense closes out while offense tries to drive middle again. Each pair goes twice. Offense goes to defense, defense out.

4 on 4 on 4 Team 1 on one end, Team 2 in the middle and Team 3 on the other end. Team 2 decides which way they would like to go, say they choose Team 1, they will play against Team 1 until a score of defensive rebound/steal. Then Team 1 will push to the other side to play Team 3 until the possession is over then Team 3 brings it back against Team 2. We go for a set amount of time or to a set amount of points, switching directions at the halfway mark. I let a team press if they score.

2 on 2 Rebounding Start with a shot and box out. Offense scores a point for a make, a point for an offensive rebound and a point for a put back.

Spanish Layups Start with a player on the baseline with a ball. The 3 lines along the sideline (free throw line extended both ends and the halfway line) The player with the ball passes to the first spot (closest of the two free throw lines extended) then sprints the length of the floor. The first receiver the passes to the player at the halfway line and then sprints to his diagonal opposite (free throw line extended on the opposite side of the court) 2nd receiver passes to last line and sprints to the opposite side of the floor at the halfway line. 3rd receiver passes the ball to the player who sprinted the floor for a layup and sprints to his diagonal opposite which is the other free throw line extended on the opposite side of the floor. Player who started with the ball takes his layup, rebounds his own shot and repeats the same down the other side of the floor. Player who passes the ball for the final layup rebounds and becomes the layup line. The player who took the layup becomes the first receiver. First receiver last time comes to the halfway receiver and then the halfway becomes the last receiver who will pass the ball to the cutting player for both the layups.

4 In the Paint Rebounding This is a rebounding drill. We divide the team into two units - (for example: white and red). We place 4 white players on the perimeter on the wings and in the corners and 4 red players matched up with them at the elbows and boxes with one-foot in the paint. The coach stands underneath the basket and will throw the ball out to one of the players on the perimeter while he calls out the name of one of the players in the paint. The player who catches the ball must shoot immediately. The player's whose name was called needs to close-out on the shooter and box them out. The player who was originally guarding the shooter must located the player not now guarded and box them out. The offensive players attempt to rebound the shot while the defensive players box-out and attempt to rebound. One point is awarded for a made shot, one point is awarded for a defensive rebound, and two points are awarded for an offensive rebound.

Progressive Transition - B = Blue Team - W = White Team - Drill starts with White shooting a FT - Progresses to a 2-on-1 Scoring - FT = 1 - 2 pointer = 2 - 3 pointer = 3 - On a score, must take the ball out - 2 new players for the blue team enter and blue now has a 3-on-2 fast break against white - White takes the ball out of bounds on a make and progress into a 4- on-3 fast break against blue - Blue takes the ball out on a make and progress into a 5-on-4 fast break - Keep track of point throughout the duration of the drill - The other team starts the drill over by shooting a free throw to start off a new cycle - Each player shoots 1 FT

Scramble Transition N-on-N full court; one coach at each mid-line/sideline intersection; upon turnover, ball must be thrown to a coach, who can choose to throw to team that gave him the ball (either ahead on the break or behind for half-court possession), throw to the other team, or throw up for grabs. Is fun and tremendous conditioner.

War Rebounding 4 on 4 rebounding. Have to box out and get a rebound on defense. If you get the rebound we are going the other way and the offense is now working on transition defense. Offense has one guy getting back on defense on the shot each time. We also stress after the defense gets a rebound to push and wings run wide.

Countdown We set our 24 second shot clock. We then toss the ball of the backboard for a group 5 on 0. They must fastbreak the length of the floor 5 times for layups in under 24 getting each player on the floor 1 layup.