Jumping Jacks

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Drill Type:  Conditioning Drill

Purpose: This two-step conditioning drill, while simple, is a great way to toughen your kids up a little bit, and will also show you who your best rebounders are.

Set Up: Have your players form two lines facing the baseline, each a couple of feet away from the basket.

Rebounding Drill
Execution:
1. Lines will go two at a time
2. Players will throw the ball up high off the backboard, take a step and gather themselves, and jump 
    as high as they can to secure the ball safely with two hands.
3. They should then pass the ball to the next player and go to the back of the line.
4. If you’ve got an older group, this is a good time for them to work on tip ins and put back layups as
     well.
5. Once your players are comfortable with the drill, back the line up a little bit.
6. The player at the front of the line will do the same thing, throw it off the backboard and go get it,
    but now, the 2nd player in the line is going to go over his back and attempt to steal the rebound
    from him.

Basketball Drills for Beginners

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If you’re working with younger players, it’s important to focus on basic fundamentals in the majority of your practice time.

This post will cover 12 of our favorite basketball drills for beginners, specifically designed for kids under 10 years old.

Beginner Footwork Drills

Basketball is essentially, a game of footwork. Footwork is what allows ballhandlers to slash to the bucket and finish shots around rim. Footwork is what helps defensive players stay in front of their man, deny the ball, or get into position to help their teammates. Footwork is how rebounders get into position, box out and retrieve loose balls.

In fact, if you look at some of the greatest NBA players of all time, like Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant, every one of them used nimble, precise footwork to gain an advantage on offense and defense. A lot of kids under 10 don’t naturally have the coordination or balance to do things like pivot, slide, or drop step, so don’t take it for granted. Spend at least 15-20 minutes on footwork drills every practice, especially early in the season.
   1. Triple Threat Position & Defensive Stance
   2. Quick Stop Drill
   3. Stance & Start Footwork Drill
   4. V Cut Drill

Beginner Ballhandling Drills

Ballhandling is a blanket term which includes dribbling, passing, and catching skills. All players, whether they’re guards, forwards or centers must be able to handle the ball well. This enables them to be successful in all phases of the game, whether they’re pushing the ball upcourt on a fast break, catching the ball in the post, or pulling down a rebound under the boards. Spend roughly 15 minutes on these ballhandling drills at each and every practice.

   1. Basic Principles of Ballhandling and Dribbling
   2. Passing and Catching Basics for Youth Basketball
   3. Dribble Drive Basics for Kids
   4. 4-Step Ball Handling Circuit

Beginner Shooting Drills

The third key fundamental is Shooting. The good news is – this is one skill that your players definitely will not object to practicing! However, it’s critical that you don’t spend your practice time mindlessly firing up Hail Mary shots at the basket. Instead, make sure you start by building correct form and fundamentals, then using game situation drills to help your kids get accustomed to knocking down shots with a defender in their face. Set aside 15-20 minutes of your practice plan to work on these shooting drills.

   1. Shooting Basics for Youth Basketball – B.E.E.F.
   2. Form Shooting Drill (video)
   3. Shooting Layups – The Basics
   4. Three Spot Shooting Drill

Training Drills: Effective Basketball Rebounding Drills

While not always glamorous, rebounding is truly one of the most important foundations to basketball success. Although height and jumping ability help, there is no substitute for proper technique, grit and determination under the boards.

With all those bodies in the paint, it can’t tell a push from a pull. The best way to ensure that you end up with that rebound, is to rebound strongly. And how to train your body and reaction to be fast enough to get the rebound? This drill is simple yet effective, which is the jumping jacks.

Jumping Jacks

The best is to do train with your teammates. Not saying that you can’t do it alone but you will get tired after a few jump. To start, have you and your teammates need to form two lines facing the baseline, each a couple of feet away from the basket.

Then, and you can have the lines go two at a time, tell them to throw the ball up high off the backboard, take a step and gather themselves, and jump as high as they can to secure the ball safely with two hands. They should then pass the ball to the next player and go to the back of the line.

Once you and your teammates are comfortable with the drill, back the line up a little bit. Your teammate at the front of the line will do the same thing, throw it off the backboard and go get it, but now, you act as the 2nd player in the line is going to go over his back and attempt to steal the rebound from him. While some light contact is okay, to prevent injury make sure to keep it safe.

After Rebound, Next?

After get a rebound, another important things is to ensure the ball not getting steal from your graps. You need to squeeze the ball underneath your chin as soon as you grab it, and to come down with a solid, wide base. You already had your rebound strong, then finish the jump with the stronger landing and ball graps!

Another secret to dominate your opponent in paint is to box-out them. I will share the topic with you in the future article.

Training Drills: 4 Minutes Layup Drill to Improve Passing, Finishing and Ball Execution

Okay, this is one of my all-time favorite drills for passing, finishing, communication and conditioning.

Setup

• Set up four passers, with one at each elbow on both sides of the court.
• The rest of your players will form two lines, at opposite ends of the court, right where the right lane line and baseline meet. (see the diagram below)
• Each line has one ball.

Execution

1. On your command, the player at the front of the line will hit the passer at the elbow, then start sprinting down court, making sure to stay wide.
2. The passer will hit them back, after which they’ll make a full court pass up to the passer at the next elbow.
3. The passer will then hit the player back just as they pass them, allowing them to finish strong with the layup.
4. The goal is for the players to score 110 points in 4 minutes. Layups are worth 2, misses and turnovers are -1, and a bad rotation is -4

Rotations

1. Every 30 seconds, we rotate the passers.
2. Designate passing spots as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, with the 4th passer joining the layup lines and the rest of the players sliding up one spot, and a new player coming into the 1st spot.
3. It’s up to the players to figure out who’s going where, but you will let them know once every 30 seconds has passed

Coaching Tips

Make sure that all players are using proper chest pass fundamentals, snapping the ball and finishing with the thumbs down and fingers pointing out.

Passers should call the name of the person they are passing too, so there should be a constant noise of names being called out throughout the drill.

Pass receivers should show a proper target, catch the ball with soft hands and step into the pass to catch it.

 Variations

• Left handed layups (simply move the line to where the left lane line and baseline meet)
• Bounce passes, baseball passes, or overhead passes instead of chest passes
• Add a token defender at the rim to put the layup shooter under some pressure

This article was written by Coach Pat in online-basketball-drills.com

Training Drills: Improve Ball Handling as Important as Creating Gameplay, Basketball Dribbling Drills

The rules is simple, if you can handle the ball well, for sure you can control your opponent's and play the game as you want it. Players always not take into accountability their ball handling practice, tend to do more shooting drills.  Keep your eyes up when dribbling the basketball, dribble the ball as hard as you can and dn’t be discouraged if you mess up. It means you’re pushing yourself!

Here's shared some of the basketball dribbling drills, that can improve your handling skills. This simple drills only takes 2 minutes per day, to be done anytime anywhere. Click on the link. Starts now!

"Two minutes of ball handling a day, keeps the turnover's away"

Never Too Late Basketball Two Minute Warmup Ball Handling

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Basketball Dribbling Drills

1. Ball Slaps: Continuously slap the basketball from one hand to the other. This is a great drill to start with to get your hands ready for the workout.

2. Straight Arm Finger Taps: While making sure to keep your elbows locked, tap the basketball quickly back and forth straight out in front of you. When you become good at this drill start moving the ball up and down.

3. Wraps – Around Ankle: Wrap the ball around your lower leg/ankles without letting the basketball touch the ground.

4. Wraps – Around Waist: Wrap the ball in a circle motion around your waist.

5. Wraps – Around Head: Wrap the ball in a circle motion around your head.

6. Wraps – Around the world: Involves combining the wraps around the ankles, waist, and head into one drill. Start by wrapping the ball around your head, then bringing it down and around your waist, and finally around your ankles. Then back up to your waist, then head, then waist again, etc.

7. Wraps – Figure 8 Around Legs: Wrap the ball in a figure 8 motion around your legs.

8. Wraps – Around Right Leg: Starting with your right leg in front and your left leg back, wrap the ball around only your right leg.

9. Wraps – Around Left Leg: Starting with your left leg in front and your right leg back, wrap the ball around only your left leg.

10. Wraps – Double Leg, Single Leg: Start with your legs together. Step your right leg forward and circle your right leg with the basketball. Then immediately step back with your right leg so that your feet are together and circle both legs. Then step out with your left leg and circle it before stepping back together and wrapping the ball around them both. Continue this process.

11. Drops: Start in a squat position with both hands and the basketball in front of you. The aim is to drop the ball between your legs (only a few inches off the ground), let it bounce once, then take both hands behind your legs before catching it. Then dropping the ball again from behind and taking both hands back to the front and catch it. Repeat.

12. Straddle Flip: Similar to drops but instead start with one hand in front and one hand behind while holding the ball between your legs. The aim is to quickly flip the ball up and inch or two, swap hand positions from front to back, and catch the ball before it hits the ground.

13. Machine Gun: Kneel down onto the ground and alternate both hands to keep the ball as low as possible to the ground. The ball should stay in the same spot.

14. Spider Dribble: Start with your knees shoulder width apart and bent. The ball should stay underneath you the entire time of the drill. Dribble the ball with your right hand, then your left hand, then reach your right hand around behind your knee for a dribble, and then your left hand behind your knee for a dribble, and then back to your right hand in front. Continue this.

15. Pound Dribble – Ankle Height – Right Hand: Dribbling the basketball a couple of inches off the ground with your right hand.

16. Pound Dribble – Ankle Height – Left Hand: Dribbling the basketball a couple of inches off the ground with your left hand.

17. Pound Dribble – Waist High – Right Hand: Making sure to be in stance, pound the ball as hard as you can into the ground at around waist hight with only your right hand.

18. Pound Dribble – Waist High – Left Hand: Making sure to be in stance, pound the ball as hard as you can into the ground at around waist hight with only your left hand.

19. Pound Dribble – Shoulder Height – Right Hand: This is used to get the player out of their comfort zone. Pound the ball as hard as you can while dribbling at around shoulder height with only your right hand.

20. Pound Dribble – Shoulder Height – Left Hand: This is used to get the player out of their comfort zone. Pound the ball as hard as you can while dribbling at around shoulder height with only your left hand.

21. Dribble around Right Leg – Right Hand: Start in a wide stance. Keeping the ball low to the ground, dribble the ball in a circle around your right leg with only your right hand.

22. Dribble around Left Leg – Left Hand: Start in a wide stance. Keeping the ball low to the ground, dribble the ball in a circle around your left leg with only your left hand.

23. Dribble Figure Eight: Again starting in a wide stance. Dribble the ball in a figure 8 motion around both legs using both hands.

24. Kills – Right Hand: This drill involves dribbling from ankle to shoulder height. Start by dribbling the ball at your ankles and gradually dribbling the ball higher on each bounce. When you get to as high as you can ‘kill’ the basketball by stopping it a few inches off the ground and dribbling back up to your shoulder.

25. Kills – Left Hand: This drill involves dribbling from ankle to shoulder height. Start by dribbling the ball at your ankles and gradually dribbling the ball higher on each bounce. When you get to as high as you can ‘kill’ the basketball by stopping it a few inches off the ground and dribbling back up to your shoulder.

26. Crossover Dribble: Cross the ball continuously in front of your body. Make sure you’re crossing over wide.

27. Behind the Back Dribble: Cross the ball continuously in behind your body. Make sure you’re crossing over wide.

28. Scissors – Alternating Between the Legs: Start with your right foot forward and left foot back. Cross the ball between your legs and jump to switch the positioning of your feet so you can immediately cross the ball back to the other side. Every time you go through the legs you should be switching feet.

29. 3-Dribble Crossover: Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it over in front of your body. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

30. 3-Dribble Through the Legs: Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it over through your legs. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

31. 3-Dribble Behind the Back: Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it behind your back. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

32. Triples – Crossover, Through the Legs, Behind the Back: The drill must be performed in this sequence: crossover, between the legs, behind the back, through the legs. Continue this sequence.

33. Front V-Dribble – Right Hand: Using only your right hand, dribble the ball from side to side in the shape of a ‘v’ in front of your body.

34. Front V-Dribble – Left Hand: Using only your left hand, dribble the ball from side to side in the shape of a ‘v’ in front of your body.

35. Side V-Dribble – Right Hand: Using only your right hand, dribble the ball backwards and forwards beside your body in the shape of a ‘v’.

36. Side V-Dribble – Left Hand: Using only your left hand, dribble the ball backwards and forwards beside your body in the shape of a ‘v’.

37. Freestyle: Using all the moves in your arsenal, while staying in a stationary position, combine as many moves together as you can. Be creative and work on your handle!

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Training Drills: Nike Basketball Pro Training Camp

Some of the pro player in basketball still finding their way to improve their skills, how technology helps. Its really cool!

Nike Basketball Pro Training Camp: Part 1 Assessment
Nike Basketball Pro Training Camp Part 2: Physical Training
Nike Basketball Pro Training Camp Part 3: Skills Training
ike Basketball Pro Training Camp Part 4: Basketball Never Stops

Video from Youtube Nike Basketball

Training Drills: Basketball Shooting Drill Training by JR Smith

Try to improve your pull up shooting? You might want to check out the training drill by JR Smith. It really works on me and my shooting improved! Click on following link;

Nike Pro Training Drills, JR Smith, Shooting: Elbow Drill
Nike Pro Training Drills, JR Smith, Shooting: Star Drill