21 (with a coach) Player Development Drill
This is one of my favorite non-contact drills to do with my players during the season. It not only is a great conditioner but it also forces creativity and allows them to work on shots THEY want to wo...
Basketball Drills
Make/Miss & Move 3-Point Shooting Drill
I am currently in the process of helping one of our players overhaul their shooting form. On week three, we moved back to the 3-point line and started pieces together the form at range. As a test to m...
Continuous Curls and Fades Shooting Drill
A simple pin-down drill is one of my favorites that I use all of the time. As the season is inching closer conditioning starts slowly progressing to higher levels in the workouts. One great way I do ...
Team Player Development On-Court Workout 7/28/2015
Going into today’s workout I was expecting about 6-8 guys, I was pleasantly surprised to have 12 guys show up for the workout so I had to quickly change my plan to keep the guys engaged througho...
Team Player Development On-Court Workout 7/24/2015
Today’s workout consisted of 10 players and took about 1:20 to complete. I prefer to stay under and hour but if guys are not making shots the workouts go a bit over. Dynamic Ball-Handling Warm...
Team Player Development On-Court Workout 7/22/2015
Typically I like to work with smaller groups but when you have a group of guys that want to get in the gym I will never say no. Today’s workout consisted of 10 players so it went a little past ...
Jab & Sweep Drill
This drill is great to teach players how to effectively sweep the ball opposite of the defender’s hands and attacking with a low and quick first step. Having the coach extend only one arm high o...
Single-Double Ball Handing Drill
I have recently grown away from using a lot of cones on the court with player development. However, I do think they’re good to break out now and then to get players moving in tight spaces and ma...
Transition Outlet Drill
I recently came across this drill from Bob Hoffman, head men’s basketball coach at Mercer. This is a great drill to incorporate into the beginning of practice or even pre-game warm ups. It is ex...
1-on-1 Continuous Closeouts
Playing 1-on-1 is one of the best drills to use for player development. I helps emphasize individual defense and teach players how to create scoring opportunities with limited dribbles. What I love ab...