57 drills
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.
Learn the most basic two-player play: pass and cut to the basket.
React fast and compete for a loose ball, then score.
Win your 1-on-1 (or small-sided) battle to stay on the court.
Pass fast and work as a team in a frantic, fun race.
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.
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.
Defend a target (the 'castle') as a team.
Make as many team layups as possible in a set time.
Dribble into the other team's half to grab their ball and get back safe.
Race another team to a target number of makes.
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.
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 jump 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.
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.
Play competitive 3-on-3 with a rule that forces screening actions.