Drills

Rush Drill - 4 on 4

• Great drill to teach communication and transition defense

• Defense must sprint back, communicate and point at who they're guarding, and rotate

• Full court drill, transition down and back

3 on 4 Contest Drill

• Communication and contest drill

• Offense must get a shot, we do within 5 passes at the high school level

3 on 0 Dribble-At & Cutting

• Basic building block of motion offense drill

• Teaching points - catch and look at the hoop, make good strong passes, hard cuts

Motion Shooting

• All of our motion cuts/screens are incorporated into this drill

• Emphasize good passes, take pride in your passing

• The traffic in the lane is good game-like prep

Wide 2 on 1

• Decision making drill in the full court

• Good warm-up drill

11 Man Drill

• Continuous 3 on 2 

• Rebounder stays in the drill

• Play for a set amount of time (5-7 minutes)

Guard Workouts - Scoring & Shooting

• Scoring

  • 100 trips

  • Kentucky Lines

    • One line of players on each wing. Everyone except one person has a basketball

    • Cut to the top of the key and get a pass from opposite wing

      • Finishing moves: 

        • "Strong-side" - attack the side you got the pass from

        • "Weak-side" - Rip and go back towards your line you came from

        • "Shot-fake; two foot finish" - make the shot fake believable, sell it with your eyes and the ball, jump-stop at hoop, air the defender and finish

        • "Air-dribble" - Simulate help defender trying to swipe at the ball. Ball comes up over the hands while landing on two feet and then finishing

      • Get your own rebound and get in the back of the next line

    • Can vary locations of the drill - Wing/Wing, Top Corner, etc..

  • NC State Drive and Kick

    • Passing and scoring/finishing drill

    • Drive and kick a good pass to opposite line

      • Shoot the catch or drive the close-out

      • Finish against contact

  • Dribble moves

    • Tight Cones vs. Spread Cones

    • Half-court dribble finishes

      • 2 cones - one at the three point line, one around the block area.

      • Vary up dribble moves - urge to use combo moves and vary finishes

      • "Eyes make layups" - see the ball all the way through the net

• Shooting

  • Warm-up

    • Line Hits

      • Focus on form

        • Drop the ball, catch, one-eye, release, finger

        • Hold the finger until the ball bounces

      • Hit the line perfectly 10 times

    • Form shooting

      • Close, focus on form and bend in the legs

      • See the ball through the net

      • 5 shots from each spot

        • Short corner, block, mid-lane, block, short corner

        • Try to go ⅘ at each spot

    • Range shooting

      • Start at 2 ft. from rim

      • Must make 2 in a row from that spot to back up

      • Go for about 2 minutes, see how far back you can go

  • 5 Point

    • Player has 5 points to begin the drill

    • 3 ways to do the drill

      • Alternate shots between baseline and wing on the right side of the floor

      • Alternate shots elbow to elbow

      • Alternate shots between the baseline and wing on the left side of the floor

    • Subtract one point on a made basket, add one point on a miss

    • If the shooter reaches 0 points, he or she wins.

    • If the score reaches 10 points, the shooter loses.

  • 10 Point

    • Shooter’s score starts at 0

    • The shooter loses if their score falls below 0

    • Shooter must make a 3 point shot to start the drill. Do not subtract 3 points for misses until after the first 3 is made.

    • Then, alternate shooting 2 and 3 point shots

    • Subtract 3 points if shooter misses a 3 point shot (except for the first 3 point shot needed to start the game)

    • Subtract 2 points if the shooter misses a 2 pointer

    • Need to reach 10 points to win the game.

  • 21 Point

    • Start with 21 points

    • Shoot all 3 point shots

    • Made basket-subtract 3 points

    • Missed shot–add 1 point

    • If the shooter gets to 0 points he or she wins

    • If the shooter reaches 30 points, he loses

BIGS Workouts - Finishing & Footwork