172 drills
Coordinate a simultaneous pass and catch while keeping two ball paths separate.
Get everyone dribbling, moving and laughing within 30 seconds of practice starting.
Warm up finishing and get reps on the correct layup footwork.
Teach control and stopping under control while dribbling.
Build hand strength and a confident, low, controlled dribble.
Groove soft finishes with both hands right at the rim.
Build a repeatable shooting form up close before backing up.
Teach pivoting to protect the ball and find a passing lane.
Clean chest and bounce passes with a proper target.
Build a low, sliding defensive stance and change of direction.
Teach how to sprint out and stop under control on a shooter.
Fast, competitive shooting under a bit of pressure — the all-time favourite.
Dribble under pressure while protecting the ball — disguised as a chase game.
Control dribbling with sudden stops — for the youngest players.
Speed dribbling and control, with team energy.
Score as many baskets as possible from marked spots in a time limit.
Put the day's skills into a real, game-like situation.
Force passing, cutting and spacing by removing the dribble.
Team-based dribbling chase that builds control and cooperation.
Wake up the hands and get a feel for the ball in the first minute of practice.
Improve hand quickness and ball control without a dribble.
Build both hands at once and force real ball control.
Get bodies warm and joints moving before any hard work.
Wake up fast feet and coordination.
Dribble with the head up and react to a signal.
Change direction under control while dribbling.
Warm up the defensive stance and lateral movement.
Push the ball at speed, then stop under control.
Warm up sharp changes of direction used in games.
Warm up hands and the idea of giving a target.
Raise the heart rate and warm up starting and stopping.
Groove a straight, one-hand shooting motion close to the rim.
Build a repeatable free-throw routine you can trust under pressure.
Shoot quickly and on balance off a pass.
Attack the rim from a strong triple-threat position.
Sharpen a low, quick crossover with a change of speed.
Add a between-the-legs dribble to change direction and protect the ball.
Finish strong at the rim off two feet through contact.
Learn the most basic two-player play: pass and cut to the basket.
Make contact, seal your player, and go get the rebound.
Catch under control and pivot without travelling.
Secure a rebound and start the break with a sharp outlet pass.
Build a strong, low defensive slide across the lane.
Shoot on balance off the dribble.
Make your way around a set of shooting spots before your opponents.
Score exactly 21 with free throws and put-backs.
React fast and compete for a loose ball, then score.
Dribble across a space while protecting the ball from a 'bulldog'.
Dribble low and under control — literally.
Pass quickly and accurately under time pressure.
Navigate a crowded space while dribbling with the head up.
Make shots under team pressure and race the other team.
Win your 1-on-1 (or small-sided) battle to stay on the court.
Protect your dribble while collecting 'treasure'.
Pass fast and work as a team in a frantic, fun race.
Time a jump and tip the ball off the backboard into the rim.
Shoot from rotating spots in a musical-chairs twist.
Compete straight up — create a shot, or get a stop.
Make the right decision with a numbers advantage.
Attack a numbers advantage and then transition to defence.
Play with a partner — screen, cut, and help on defence.
Play team basketball with spacing, movement, and help defence.
Put it all together in a game with coaching stops.
Sprint the floor and play both ends.
Learn team defence: help, recover, and talk as the ball moves.
Keep the court by getting stops and scoring — three teams rotating.
Pass on the move and finish a lay-in as a group of three.
Keep possession and move as a team — no dribbling.
Hit a team make-total before the clock runs out.
Teach spacing and constant movement with one simple rule: pass, cut to the basket, then replace the open spot.
Loosen up the body and wake up the hands before harder work.
Sharpen quick, controlled taps with both hands.
Warm up hand control moving the ball around the body.
Wake up the fingertips and hand strength.
Dribble with the head up by copying a partner.
Warm up passing and catching while jogging.
Warm up hips and lateral movement.
Wake up quick feet and reactions with a no-ball chase game.
Groove passing technique with instant repetition.
Build quick, coordinated footwork.
Warm up defensive movement and reacting to a signal.
Warm up catching on balance and pivoting under control.
Add a behind-the-back move to change direction and protect the ball.
Change direction with a spin while protecting the ball.
Finish on the far side of the rim to avoid the defender.
Score over a taller defender with a soft one-foot floater.
Learn to use the backboard from both wings, where the bank angle actually works.
Extend range with legs and a clean, repeatable motion.
Deliver accurate bounce passes past a defender.
Deny a pass to your player one pass away from the ball.
Help a beaten teammate, then recover to your own player.
Set and use a simple on-ball screen.
Beat an over-playing defender with a backdoor cut to the rim.
Get open on the wing with a sharp V-cut.
Use a jab step from triple threat to freeze the defender and create space.
Close out under control, then recover across to close out the other wing.
Make creative shots and match your opponents — or collect letters.
Get around a course of shooting spots in the fewest shots.
Protect your own dribble while knocking others' out of the circle.
Move the ball quickly as a team to beat one defender guarding a target.
Dribble and dodge while a tagger tries to tag you with a soft ball.
Dribble through a fun course using different moves.
Make as many team layups as possible in a set time.
Make as many shots as possible in a minute with a feeder.
Race an imaginary 'pro' to a target score.
Dribble into the other team's half, steal their pinnie and get back safe.
Keep dribbling while dodging soft throws.
Dribble and tag — but every tag 'injures' you.
Race another team to a target number of makes.
Attack and defend a real catch-and-go from the wing.
Use an on-ball screen to create a shot, 2-on-2 live.
Move the ball to beat a defence that's a player short.
Exploit (and defend) a numbers advantage with real spacing.
Run a clean 3-lane fast break and finish.
Beat full-court pressure with spacing and quick passes.
Run a simple designed play to a good shot.
Flow offence with four out, one in — pass, cut, replace.
Move the ball and fill gaps to beat a zone defence.
Compete hard to box out and win every rebound.
Drive the gap and kick to the open shooter.
Practise real game situations in a controlled scrimmage.
Run the versatile Horns alignment (two bigs at the elbows, two players in the corners) into a ball-screen read.
Screen for the ball, then pop out for an open shot instead of rolling.
Run the flex action — a baseline screen into a layup, with a continuous, hard-to-guard pattern.
Free a shooter off a choice of screens near the baseline.
Execute a dribble hand-off — a moving screen-and-hand-off between two players.
Flow a ball screen into the offence early, during transition.
Add a back-screen on the roller's defender — the advanced 'Spain' ball screen.
Punish help defence with a baseline drive and a cross-court skip to a corner three off a back-screen.
Defend a side ball screen by 'icing' it — forcing the ball-handler away from the screen toward the baseline.
Defend a ball screen by hard-hedging with the big, then recovering to the roller.
Defend the ball screen by dropping the big to protect the rim while the guard chases over.
Cover for a defender who helped by rotating and 'X-ing out' to the open man.
Fix a mismatch after a switch — a guard and big trade the post player back (a 'scram' switch).
Apply organised full-court pressure to trap and speed up the opponent.
Sprint-and-break-down closeouts that contest the shot and take away the drive.
Build elite hand control and weak-hand strength with two-ball combination dribbling.
String combination moves together attacking a cone like a live defender, then finish.
Create separation for a jump shot with a controlled step-back.
Create a sideways shot off the dribble to dodge a closeout.
Finish around a defender by changing direction with a two-step euro move.
Master soft one-foot runners going both directions in the lane.
Come off a screen and rise into a balanced pull-up jumper.
Make the right read against a closing-out defender: shoot, drive, or pass.
Run a full five-player fast break with proper lanes and spacing.
Run a continuous conditioning-and-transition drill: 3-on-2 one way, 2-on-1 back.
Sprint back, stop the ball, and match up when outnumbered.
Finish a 2-on-1, then instantly transition to defending the other way.
Compete in live 1-on-1 from a set start to sharpen scoring and on-ball defence.
Play competitive 3-on-3 with a rule that forces screening actions.
Score at game speed against a live closeout, racing to a target.
Keep the ball alive with no dribbling, racing to a target number of consecutive passes.
Beat a corner double-team and get the ball safely over half court, scored as a race.
Build the habit of talking on offence — every pass has to be called for and called out.
Move the ball the full length of the floor by passing only, through a corridor of deflectors.
Play a scrimmage where only the defence scores, so effort on that end finally shows up on a scoreboard.
Get three consecutive stops to win the right to attack — defence becomes the prize, not the punishment.
Take one scorer the length of the floor against three fresh defenders, one per third.
A tag game that builds the defensive slide and the habit of protecting the paint.
Drill the four core footwork shapes as a reaction game so they become automatic.
Turn a coin-flip into a live one-on-one where nobody knows which end they are on until the last second.
Chase game where the only safe place is a balanced jump stop on a marker.
Catch, jump stop and survive five seconds of pressure using pivots and the ball alone.
A scrimmage where a basket only counts if every player on the team touched the ball first.
A scrimmage where a randomly swapped-in marked ball makes every basket worth triple.
Scrimmage where baskets are worth five points in the first minute and one in the fifth, so early urgency actually pays.
Transition game where nobody knows the advantage until the coach shouts a number.
No dribbling and no shooting — a point for every catch made with both feet inside the key.
Defenders deny every pass, so the only way to score is to cut behind them.
Every possession starts with a missed shot, and the offence can only score from the putback.
The coach rolls a loose ball onto the floor; whoever wins it attacks and the other team has to recover.
Every player has a ball and each pair exchanges two at once — one on the bounce, one over the top — racing a two-minute clock.
