53 drills
Warm up finishing and get reps on the correct layup footwork.
Groove soft finishes with both hands right at the rim.
Teach pivoting to protect the ball and find a passing lane.
Build a low, sliding defensive stance and change of direction.
Speed dribbling and control, with team energy.
Get bodies warm and joints moving before any hard work.
Wake up fast feet and coordination.
Change direction under control while dribbling.
Warm up the defensive stance and lateral movement.
Warm up sharp changes of direction used in games.
Raise the heart rate and warm up starting and stopping.
Attack the rim from a strong triple-threat position.
Finish strong at the rim off two feet through contact.
Make contact, seal your player, and go get the rebound.
Catch under control and pivot without travelling.
Build a strong, low defensive slide across the lane.
Navigate a crowded space while dribbling with the head up.
Time a jump and tip the ball off the backboard into the rim.
Loosen up the body and wake up the hands before harder work.
Warm up hips and lateral movement.
Wake up quick feet and reactions with a no-ball chase game.
Build quick, coordinated footwork.
Warm up defensive movement and reacting to a signal.
Warm up catching on balance and pivoting under control.
Change direction with a spin while protecting the ball.
Finish on the far side of the rim to avoid the defender.
Set and use a simple on-ball screen.
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.
Dribble through a fun course using different moves.
Use an on-ball screen to create a shot, 2-on-2 live.
Compete hard to box out and win every rebound.
Run the versatile Horns alignment (two bigs at the elbows, two players in the corners) into a ball-screen read.
Sprint-and-break-down closeouts that contest the shot and take away the drive.
String combination moves together attacking a cone like a live defender, then finish.
Create a sideways shot off the dribble to dodge a closeout.
Finish around a defender by changing direction with a two-step euro move.
Come off a screen and rise into a balanced pull-up jumper.
Keep the ball alive with no dribbling, racing to a target number of consecutive passes.
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.
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.
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.
