Example Practice Plan: 2nd & 3rd Grade Practice

Practice Plan #1

• Catching and squaring up to basket

• Pivot to Pass

• Talk about getting to the 5 spots to start our offense

• “Did you have fun at the games last week?”...they all say yes.  Explain how basketball is a sport you can play your whole life.  It only gets more fun when you can dribble and shoot the basketball.  Got to practice the skills to be good.  

7:45 5min Talk (above items)

7:50 10min Dribbling

Left & Right hand

Cross overs

Jump stops and pivots at designated lines

8:00 10min Panther Tail Tag

8:10 15min Passing 

2 vs 1 

• “Pivot to pass”

• “Ears and Armpits”

3 vs 2 passing

8:25 10min Shooting 

• left  then right, shoot-stepping into shot (don’t worry if travel)

• Shoot to a partner 

• Shoot to the basket

• First line to 10 makes 

8:35 10min 5 vs 4 scrimmage

• start with the 5 spots

• Cut to basket

• Corner spot cutter is open

• Defense only has 4 players

• Offensive players only have 3 dribbles

• Must find the open person without throwing over the top 

• Ears and Armpits is what terminology we use for passing

Practice Plan #2

• Catching and squaring up to basket

• Pivot to Pass

• Talk about getting to the 5 spots to start our offense

• What are you thankful for? 

7:45 5min Talk (above items)

7:50 10min Panther Tail Tag

8:00 10min Passing

• Partner Passing on the move

• Come get and pivot to pass drill (use cones to get kids to attack the basketball meet the pass, jump stop and pivot to pass behind them to next player)

• Halo Passing

8:10 10min Lay-up Build Ups

• One Step

• Two Steps

• 2 dribbles, 2 steps

8:20 10min Shooting 

• left  then right, shoot-stepping into shot (don’t worry if travel)

• Shoot to a partner 

• Shoot to the basket

• First line to 10 makes 

8:30 5min 2 vs 1 

8:35 10min 3 defense vs 4 offense Scrimmage

• start with the 5 spots

• Cut to basket

• Corner spot cutter is open

• Defense only has 3 players

• Offensive players only have 3 dribbles

• Must find the open person without throwing over the top 

• Ears and Armpits is what terminology we use for passing

Practice Plan #3

• Catching and squaring up to basket

• Pivot to Pass

• Talk about getting to the 5 spots to start our offense

• What are you thankful for? 

7:45 5min Talk (above items)

7:50 10min Box Dribbling and Pivoting

8:00 10min Passing

• Partner Passing on the move

• Come get and pivot to pass drill (use cones to get kids to attack the basketball meet the pass, jump stop and pivot to pass behind them to next player)

• Halo Passing

8:10 10min Shooting 

• left  then right, shoot-stepping into shot (don’t worry if travel)

• Shoot to a partner 

• Shoot to the basket

• First line to 10 makes 

8:20 15min 3 defense vs 4 offense Scrimmage

• start with the 5 spots

• Cut to basket

• Corner spot cutter is open

• Defense only has 3 players

• Offensive players only have 3 dribbles

• Must find the open person without throwing over the top 

• Ears and Armpits is what terminology we use for passing

8:35 10min Dribbling

• Panther Tail Tag

• Full court Dribbling

FRIENDS

Example Practice Plan: 4th & 5th Grade Practice

Practice #1

5:45 10min Names, introductions, Flips, full court dribbling, starting practice

5:55 5min Mikan Drill

6:00 10min Lay-ups Build Up

One foot

Two Steps

Dribbling 2 steps

Dribbling in and shoot

6:10 15min Starting offense:  

(getting open on wing and point face cutting)

(Quick Reversals and cutting from top)

Getting open on the wing, pivoting and passing to the point guard

Coming from weak key spot, catching and reversing and cutting to 

the basket

(work into 2 on 2)

6:25 10min Full court dribbling with pivots

Steve Nash

Quick cross

Between legs

Work forward back, side to side and jump stop with coach pointing

6:35 15min M2M ½ court

6:50 10min K-State ½ court

Score with reversals and getting the basketball to 4 or 5

7:00 5min OB Under

7:05 10min Pressing

7:15 5min Shooting

Practice #3

5:45 10min Mikan Drill

Dribbling-FRIENDS Routine

5:55 5min Form running

6:00 10min Lay-ups Build Up

One foot

Two Steps

Dribbling 2 steps

Dribbling in and shoot

6:10 10min 1 on 1 defense (strong side and weak side defense)

6:20 15min Starting offense:  

(getting open on wing and point face cutting)

(Quick Reversals and cutting from top)

Getting open on the wing, pivoting and passing to the point guard

Coming from weak key spot, catching and reversing and cutting to 

the basket

(work into 2 on 2)

6:35 10min Full court dribbling with pivots

Steve Nash

Quick cross

Between legs

Work forward back, side to side and jump stop with coach pointing

6:45 8min K-State passing

6:53 7min Rebounding weak side

7:00 10min 2 on 1 and 3 on 2 

7:10 5min OB under