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1-2-3 and rebound

Player 1 starts the move by passing the ball to player 2. Just as the first pass is being made player 3 runs diagonally in court in preparation to receive the ball from player 2. Player 2 passes the ball to player 3 who has a shot from the edge of the key. Meanwhile player 1 should have run up court and is positioned ready to receive the rebound if player 3's shot misses.

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15 Pass Drill

Within half court only, offensive team must try to make 15 consecutive passes. The defensive team must try to intercept or deflect the passes.No dribbling.

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2 on 1 Passing Drill

Blue 1 and Blue 3 must try to exchange passes. White 1, the defender must try to intercept or deflect the pass.

2 v 1

Dribble - Exchange - Pass

Two groups of players with two balls. Players 1 and 2 dribble towards each other, in the middle they stop and exchange balls before passing to the next player in the line.

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Full court passing and dribbling

Players are stood in each corner of the court with two players stood in the center circle. On the coach's signal players 1 and 2 start dribbling before passing to players 3 and 4 respectively who return the pass. Players 1 and 2 then dribble further before passing to players 5 and 6 and moving towards the elbow of the free throw line to receive the return pass from players 5 and 6. They then immediately pass to the players 7 and 8. Players 1 and 2 should now replace players 5 and 6.

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Pairs Full Court Passing Drill

Players will pass their way up the court (chest or bounce pass), as shown.

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Pass then Pressure

Players line up opposite each other. Player 1 passes to Player 2 and then follows their pass to put pressure on the attacker. The attacker has to go around the cone on either their left or right before passing the ball back to next person waiting in the queue. The player waiting in the queue then throws the ball back to player 2 before the drill can start again.

1 v 1

Possession and Passing on the wing

Players will set up as shown in the animation. With the basketball starting in the corner line. The ball will be passed from the corner to the line at the top. Once passed that player will run towards the free-throw line and receive the ball back. When that pass has been made, the player from the top line will run around the cone and towards the basket where they will receive the ball for a shot. Players will switch lines.

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Simple passing and protect the ball

Simple passing technique. 2 Players with 1 ball 4m apart. Start with a chest pass, then bounce pass and then overhead pass. The receiver must pull the ball into their hip to protect the ball from their opponents.

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Three player rotation - Straight passing attack

Player from the left (1) runs in the direction of the basket (cuts in) to receive the passhe cone from the middle player (2 ) At the same time the player on the right (3) has time his/her run to be able to receive the pass from player 1 at the 2nd cone nearer the basket. After receiving the ball the player has to take a shot as soon as possible.

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Union Jack Passing - Basketbal...

6 Players with 2 balls. The Coach decides whether to start the practice going clockwise or anti-clockwise. If you are one of the two middle people (players 1 & 2) then you change with each other once you have passed a ball. If you are on one of the corners then once you have passed your ball you exchange places with the person on your diagonal, e.g. Player 4 exchanges with player 5.

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Lead Pass Passing - Basketball...

One player stands on each cone with a fifth player standing between two of the players, with the ball in hand. The player in front of the player in possession should set off on a lead run and receive the pass from the fifth player. After running onto the pass the next player in the square should make a lead run, looking to receive the next pass. After passing players should continue to run until they reach the unoccupied cone.

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Star Passing drill Passing - B...

Players set up about 10-15 feet apart as shown in video. Players must follow their pass to the next passing position. The final (4th) pass will to a player who complete the move by shooting a lay-up. The drill then continues in the same way, with each player having moved on one position.

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Pass then run into space Passi...

3 Players with one ball. Player 1 passes to Player 3 who runs into space. Players are continue passing to each other and then running into open space.

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pass and run Passing - Basketb...

Players set up as shown in the diagram.The player who makes the first pass, will run around the outside of the circle and back to their original spot.The rest of the players in the circle will pass the ball around.If the person running gets around the circle and back to their original spot before the ball gets there they are the winners.

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Wall Pass Drill Passing - Bask...

Stand about 10 feet away from the wall, the ball starts off in either hand. You will take a bounce then pass it with one hand off the wall and catch it with your other hand. This will be repeated back and forth.

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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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Keep ball - 4 vs 1 Passing - B...

Two grids of equal size both with 4 players inside. One team starts with the ball and passes it around inside their area, trying to keep possession. In order to steal the ball and get the ball for their team one player from the other grid is allowed to enter the opposition team's grid and chase down the ball. When they win the ball the player plays an unopposed pass into their grid, follows their pass and then the exercise starts again.

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3 on 2 Grid Passing Drill Pass...

Players play a 3 on 2 passing game within the grid area.

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Sitting chest pass Passing - B...

2 Players sit facing each other with one ball at a distance of 3m. The players must do a chest pass to each other.A progression would be to do 3 quick passes

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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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Pass and move - Cone V Cut Pas...

Players work in teams of 4 with 1 ball per team. Tell the players to number themselves 1 to 4 and they have to pass the ball from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 and then to 1 again and continue. Do this for a minute so the players can get used to who passes to who. Once they have established the pattern tell the player that after they pass the ball they have to run around one of the outside corner cones before they can come in and receive the ball again.

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Dribbling Circuit Passing - Ba...

6 Players on the side line2 Groups of players behind the base linePlayers 1 and 4 dribbles the ball to the free throw line and passes the ball to the person standing on the side of the court, who immediately throws the ball back. The player then dribbles to the half way line and repeat. The players on the other side are repeating the practice going the opposite direction.

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name your pass Passing - Baske...

Players form a circle and have to call out the name of the person that they are going to pass to before making the pass.

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15 Pass Drill Passing - Basket...

Within half court only, offensive team must try to make 15 consecutive passes. The defensive team must try to intercept or deflect the passes.<br /><br />No dribbling.

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Pentagon Passing - Basketball ...

5 Players with two basketballs. The players are passing the ball around the pentagon. The receiver must step towards the ball, pivot and face another player and pass the ball.

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2 Player Pass, Cut and Shoot P...

Player 1 passes across to player 2.<br /><br /> Player 1 will then cut around the cone near the baseline and back up towards the 3 point line.<br /><br /> When Player 1 gets to this position player 2 will pass to player 1.<br /><br /> Player 2 will then run around the cone and cut towards the basket where he will receive a pass from player 1 and shoot the ball.

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Line Pepper Pot Drill Passing ...

Players line up as shown. 2 Basketballs are passed between Player 1 and the other players in a rapid fashion, using either chest or bounce pass.

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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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Pass, Cut and Shoot Passing - ...

Players and cones will be set out as shown in animation.Player 1 will pass to player 2. After Player 1 passes they will cut down towards the baseline, after a few steps they will cut back across towards the ball where they will receive a pass where they will catch and shoot.Player 1 will get the rebound and pass the ball out to player 2.Player 2 will pass the ball to the player at the front of the line and will join the back.Player 1 will become the next passer

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One-two pass: Simple V Cut Sho...

Player 1 will pass the ball to player 2.Player 1 will cut around the cone and down towards the next cone where they will receive the ball from player 2. Once the ball has been received, player 1 will dribble towards the baseline and shoot.The players will then switch lines.

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Pass and follow Passing - Bask...

Player 1 passes to player 4 and follows their pass. Player 4 passes to player 5 and then follows their pass. This process is repeated until the ball reaches player 10 who on receiving the ball dribbles back to the start.

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Partner passing relay Passing ...

Players line up on two sides, with one player stood in the middle. The ball starts on the side where there are most players lined up. The first player passes to the middle player and runs to the left to receive the return pass. Players then perform a quick one-two pass before passing the ball to the player on the opposite side. The drill then starts again, with the player who made the initial pass remaining in the middle.

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Triangle Passing Drill Passing...

Setup as shown.The red team passes amongst themselves with the white team doing likewise.

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Rapid Response Passing Drill P...

This is a simple drill to improve the speed of passing of players.

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3 ON 1 AND 3 ON 1 Passing - Ba...

Red 1 shoots a free throw. Players O1, O2 and O3 rebound the ball, fill the lanes. Red 1 plays defence. 2 cones at the halfway line. The wing players must go around the cones. After finishing fast break the shooter becomes defender and 3 players goes against 1 to the opposite basket.

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Defender in the Middle Passing...

Once the player passes to the opposite line, they will follow their pass and play defense on the player with the ball. The passer will always go to defense.

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3 Man Passing Drill 2 Basketba...

The person in the middle will receive the basketball from the player on the side, once the person in the middle has the ball they will throw it straight back to the same person. They will then turn to the other side and repeat this. They will continue to repeat this until they reach the half way line. Once they get to the half way line the players on the side lines will turn and dribble back. Once they get around 20 feet away from the basket, one at a time they will perform a "give and go" or 1-2 pass for a lay-up.

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Pass and Move Passing - Basket...

Player starting with the ball has to have an empty cone to one of their sides. After passing the ball to the player on the next cone they have to run and touch the cone in the middle and run out to the empty cone. The 2nd player does the same and the exercise should be able to continue round and round.

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Simultaneous Bounce / Chest Pa...

Players line up parallel with the sidelines. Depending on the level of your players you can start with one or two basketballs. If using two balls one player should use a chest pass with the other using a bounce pass to avoid the balls hitting in mid-air. Duration of the each drill is 1 minute. 1. Start off with simple chest passing to each other whilst jogging on the spot. After a little while change the type of pass to a bounce pass. 2. Same as above, this time alternating the types of pass, throwing one chest and one bounce pass. 3. Players must move from one sideline to the other whilst maintaining the same distance between one another. Move the ball between one another by using simple chest passes whilst jogging. After about a minute repeat this stage using bounce passes. 4. Increase and decrease the distance between the players and move from sideline to sideline. Simple chest passes to each other whilst jogging. When both players are at the sideline, they might use a javelin or baseball pass to each other. After use bounce passes. After use exercises 2 and 3.

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Scoring on the fast break - Aggressive Running, Attacking Passing

Attacking at pace is all about decision making. Develop your players decisiveness and start cutting through the opponents defences at ease!

Mid-Season Team Practice: Speed and Decision-Making

Speed, Speed, Speed! This week's mid season session is an intense team session designed to improve the speed and decision-making ability of your team

Mastering the Fast Break - 10 Top Tips

10 top tips to exploit your opponents defence on the fast break! Expand your players knowledge with this fast break guide

Fast Break - Speed Offence!

A great speedy session for getting your to players to push the ball, make good decisions at speed and progress up the court with confidence!

Stop Travelling! Improve Footwork Skills - Pivoting, Passing and Cutting.

Stop Travelling - Get your players to master the pivot. A simple technical session which focuses on your players pivoting, cutting and passing. No dribbling allowed!

Fast Break Passing - Accuracy and Power

Fast breaking, fast passing and fast all round play! Increase the intensity for your next game and blow your future opponents away.

Improve Assists - Speed Passing

Teamwork makes the dream work. This plan will have your players passing the ball intuitively to each other enabling them to move the ball quicker across court, especially in those fast break situations

Teaching Out of Bounds Plays to Young Players

Composure on the basketball court is a lethal weapon. Develop your players decision making skills in tight areas so that when it comes to it, they make composed, effective plays.

Pre Season Skills: Ball Handling, Passing and Scoring

"Teams are made in the season, players are made in the off season" - Use this session to develop your players ahead of the new season.

Create the Extra Man With the Give and Go

This fun passing session works on the pass and go - getting your players to pass and then follow the ball up the court to continue the attack.

Fun Basketball Session

Get your young players enjoying basketball in this fun session that will keep them interested and improve their skills.

Pre Season Conditioning: Skills and Stamina Session

Basketball conditioning with a twist. It?s not all running and boring exercises, condition your players whilst putting a smile on their faces with sharp, intense drills to test their legs and their hands.

Introducing Players to the Pivot

This session has been designed to get all your players involved, improving their passing, receiving and pivoting to achieve a higher passing completion with fewer turnovers

Practice Makes Perfect Passing

Teach your players the principles of chest and bounce passing with this beginners session - Lay the foundations so your players can continue to develop and improve!
passing ANSWERS
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how to get pass by your defender?

how to get pass by your defender?

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What are Zone drills for 8 & 9 year olds?

What are some defensive drills for zone to 8 and 9 year olds? What are some good drills for teaching players to play offense against a zone? Thanks, John

John Murphy Coach, United States of America

How can I outwit opponents?

I'm doing a lesson where pupils have to explore themselves how to outwit an opponent by putting them in a 2v1 and 2v2 situation. When we discuss this, what answers should I look for exactly? Just in preparation for what could arise?

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How do you get out of a shooting slump?

what do you do when you have a bad game of shooting how do you get out of the shooting slump ?

Archived User Coach

Please give some drills for 13 years.

I want to train hard, please send me drills or plans.

Archived User Coach

Question regarding the 1-5 Post Passing Drill

Hi, I was reviewing the 1-5 Post Passing Drill and I am a bit confused. After the pass is made to the player running down the court, how do the players rotate through the drill? Where does the dribbler go and how do new players come into the drill? The animation does not show the rotation. Please let me know. Thx.

Rob Shone Coach, United States of America

Offence workout for 18 year old team

I would like to know few tips for offence workouts?

Santhosh Kumar Coach, India

chest passing skills in basketball

how to teach chest passing skills in basketball to primary pupils

MELODY Coach, Zimbabwe

Looking for drills vs double teams

I need some drills for my guards bringing the ball up the floor vs. double teams man to man. Also looking for offensive set when guard brings ball up floor and once she crosses the floor she is double teamed

Mike Hassett Coach, United States of America

Adding Drills to My Folder

Hi, how do I add a practice from the Drills section to My Folders - e.g. a hockey passing drill into a Hockey folder in My Folders? Thank you.

Andy Kenward Coach, England

Creating animated drills

How do I create an animated passing sequence between muntiple players. I have tried and it only enables me to add more balls for a passing sequence when I only want one ball

darren Zoldan Coach, England

triangle defense

how do you defend properly against triangle passing .. any drill suggestions

Brittany angelica Coach, United Arab Emirates

Creating Animated Passing Drills

How can I create animated drills that pass back and forth between players?

Jesus Arriaza-Lopez Coach, United States of America

explain the three men weav pass in positioning a, b , c

pass in positioning a, b , c

Bhawi Rawat Coach, United Kingdom

post passing

may I ask about the objective of this drill?

Rachellesyn Robles Coach, United Kingdom

post passing drill

what are the steps in post passing

Rachellesyn Robles Coach, United Kingdom
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