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Mikan Drill

The player will jump off their inside leg and shoot with their outside hand. Once they have shot they will get the rebound and shoot with their other hand on the opposite side of the basket. 4 Minutes - Normal layups with backboard 4 minutes - reverse layups with backboard 4 minutes - normal no backboard 4 minutes - reverse no backboard

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Illonois Lay Ups Shooting - Ba...

This is another drill that can be used for lay-ups or shooting. The players line up in two lines under the basket (one to the left and one to the right). One lane has a ball at the front and the other line has a ball with the second person. The first person (without the ball) curves around to the opposite line to receive a pass and make a lay-up, they then get their own rebound and pass back to the queue from which they received the ball. As soon as the passer has passed, they curve round and get a pass from the other side they take a shot and get their own rebound and pass back to the queue they received it from.

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Pairs Pass Bounce Layup Shooti...

In pairs pass moving down the court to the halfcourt line and back.<br>When the play with the ball reaches the 3 point line make a bounce pass into the path of the other player.<br>Receiving player shoots using a layup.

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Pairs Bounce Pass Bounce Pass ...

Pairs move down and back up the court passing to each other using a bounce pass.<br>When the player with the ball reaches the 3 point line make a bounce pass into the path of the other player.<br>Receiving player scores with a layup.

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3 Man weave turn layup 3 v 2 -...

Play out an unopposed 3 man weave to the half court line.<BR><br><BR>On the way back 3 man weave until one player is close enough to score with a layup.

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Alternate elbow lay-ups (30 Se...

<div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: #ffffff;&quot;>Working in a circuit, players take lay-ups from alternate elbows.After making the shot players should collect their own rebounds and then dribble to the other end to make their next shot.Work in this way for 30 second intervals.</div>

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3 Man Weave - Turn layup 3 v 2...

Play out a 3 man weave to the half court line. Turn and play the 3 man weave back towards the basket. When close enough the player on the ball plays a layup shot.

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Two Pass Lay Up Drill Passing ...

04 cuts to middle of court.<BR>01 makes good pass.<BR>01 cuts to basket.<BR>04 pass to 01.<BR>04 goes in for rebound.<BR>01 performs lay up.

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Pairs Overhead Pass Bounce Pas...

Pairs move down the court and back up passing the ball between themselves using overhead passes.<br>When the player with the ball reaches the 3 point line pass to the other player using a bounce pass.<br>Receiving player scores with a bounce pass.

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Mikan Drill Individual - Baske...

The player will jump off their inside leg and shoot with their outside hand. Once they have shot they will get the rebound and shoot with their other hand on the opposite side of the basket. 4 Minutes - Normal layups with backboard 4 minutes - reverse layups with backboard 4 minutes - normal no backboard 4 minutes - reverse no backboard

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Lay up Drill Shooting - Basket...

Players start in two lines: either at the half way line or behind the 3 point line. For a right hand lay up: The 1st two players in the right hand line start with basketballs. The first player dribbles to the basket and makes a lay up and leaves their shot and joins the back of the left hand queue. The 1st person in the left hand queue moves to collect the rebound and passes to the next person without a ball in the right hand queue and joins the back of the right hand queue.

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Star Passing Passing - Basketb...

5 Players with 2 basketballs.Players in a star formation.Player 1 passes to player 3 who then passes to player 5. Player 5 then passes to player 2, who in turn passes to player 4 and the pattern keeps repeating.

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Bulldog Games - Basketball Dri...

Select between 2 to 6 people to be in the middle (depending on the size of the group). The rest of the group each have a ball and on the command they have to dribble from one end of the court to the other. They have to make sure that they avoid the catchers in the middle who are trying to knock their ball away.If one of the dribblers is caught they join the other catchers in the middle.

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Pass and Lay-Up Drill Dribblin...

Set players up as shown in diagram.One player on each side will dribble/run to half court.Once they get to half court, the players will turn and face the basket.The player with the ball will pass across to the other player. That player will then pass back to the original ball handler. Where that player will dribble to the basket and shoot a lay-up.

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8 man passing drill Passing - ...

For this drill the minimum number is 8 players but more players can participate by joining to form a queue behind number 2, 3, or 4 on either side. Although only shown on the left side of the court, this drill is run simultaneously on both sides. The aim of this drill is to look at good passing to a moving player and the ability to send a good pass for a player to perform a lay-up without needing to put the ball on the floor or travel.

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Rebound Outlet Drill Rebound -...

2 lines of players, one in front of the basket. The other by the sideline.Basketballs will be in the line in front of the basket. Players in this line will throw the ball up at the backboard, jump as high as they can to rebound the ball.Once they land, they will do a forward pivot and throw a overhead pass to the outlet line on the side.

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Lay up drill with pass Shootin...

Set up the same as the original lay up drill. Players in the right line pass to a player in the left line, they then receive the ball back to make a lay up. The left lane gets the lay up and passes to next player without ball in the right lane and joins the back of the right lane. The shooter leaves their shot and joins the back of the left lane. This can be done on the left of right hand sides

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Lay up step 2 - One step lay u...

This is the 2nd step to teaching a lay up. From the right side (as in the example) player takes one step forward with their left foot and then drives the right knee up (as if their elbow and knee were attached with a piece of string) to finish the lay up they aim for the little black square on the backboard, as in step one.

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Cone Dribbling with move Advan...

Have the cones set up in a straight line, Dribble at the cone and stop right in front of it and dribble all the way around the cone with controlled fingertip dribbles. Once a full rotation has been completed then you move on to the next cone.

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Pass and follow Warmup - Baske...

Players stand in a circle with one ball per group. The first player with the ball starts off by passing the ball to another player and then follows their own pass.

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Continuous Rebound Rebound - B...

Players line up on 3 point line.Throw ball against the backboard and roll away. Next player jumps to take the rebound and throws it against the backboard again for the next player. Players must jump then catch and release the ball before they hit the ground.

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Square Passing drill Passing -...

Players in 4 corners, with one of the lines have a basketball, you will pass to the next corner using a bounce pass to a player who is on the move.

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Two pass lay up drill with pre...

a.04 cuts to middle of court.<br />b 01 makes good pass.<br />c 01 cuts to basket.<br />d 04 pass to 01.<br />e 04 goes in for rebound.<br />f 04 goes in and puts some defensive pressure on 01 as 01 tries to lay the ball up.

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Mirror Drill Footwork and Move...

Have players and cones set up as shown in the video. The player with the ball will hold it in the middle of their chest. Going for 30 seconds the defensive player must keep their head in line with the ball by staying low and using a defensive slide. The player with the ball can move how they like side to side between the cones.

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Cat and Mouse Games - Basketba...

Set up two wide cones with 2 teams facing each other. Both teams are going in the same direction around the cones. The goal is to catch up with the other team to tag or over take them. The team that does this is the winner. Each player will complete a full circle around both cones before passing to the next player.

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Hand Off Pass - Full Court Bre...

Player 1 dribbles diagonally while player 2 cuts behind them. Player 1 gives a hand off pass and player 2 dribbles away, change the direction and then go for another hand off pass and continue all the way down the floor and finish with a lay up shot.

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Simple lay up and rebound dril...

Hand off: <br />Partner holds the ball out to partner, so they are able to run up and take, leading into two steps and shot. Players rebound their own pass and become the next hand off player

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V Cut Drill Shooting - Basketb...

Players make good V cuts, receive pass from player with ball, assume triple threat position. Everyone rotate one spot clockwise.

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UCLA Rebound Drill Rebound - B...

Player 1 will toss ball onto the backboard – get a defensive rebound using all good fundamentals<BR><BR>Player 4 will signal and call for ‘outlet pass’.<BR>Player 1 pivots and makes a good chest or overhead pass, then following their pass and joining ‘outlet’ line.<BR><BR>Player 4 passes to Player 2 and follows their pass to join the rebounding line.

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Hello all, Great site... Have a question. We are playing every Sunday games against other companies, 5 on 5 full court. can somebody recommend some prepared actions for attacing and some sefense strategics which we could use? Thanks a lot, Emir

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Rebounding for youth players

Hi, I'm on the basketball team at my school and I want to know some tips on how to get better at reverse layups. If any coaches or players know a thing or two, please let me know!

Safwaan Coach, United Kingdom

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Hi, I'm on the basketball team at my school and I want to know some tips on how to get better at reverse layups. If any coaches or players know a thing or two, please let me know!

Safwaan Coach, United Kingdom

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