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Basketball Dribbling Drills
Basketball dribbling and ball handling drills are important for all levels of basketball.
Basketball dribbling and ball handling drills are important for all levels of basketball.
When coaching youth basketball, the first aspect of the game to focus on with beginners is dribbling and ball handling. It is important to teach proper dribbling and ball control techniques early.
When teaching dribbling you should focus on:
This basketball drill is a great basketball shooting drill that focuses on shooting under pressure with no opponent.
This basketball fast footwork warm-up drill is a great agility warm-up drill that focuses on basketball footwork and movements.
This drill works on a multitude of offensive basketball skills. Quick accurate passing, good movement, footwork and cuts, and finishing at the rim. It encourages players to make good, hard cuts to the basket and then finish.
This basketball drill focuses on the pick and roll move in basketball. The pick and roll is an offensive play in basketball in which a player of the attacking team creats a pick for the ball handler to slip by, the pick player then rolls out towards the ball handler who then receives a pass and attempts to get the shot off.
Team Dribble Tag is a fun basketball dribbling drill that works primarily on a basketball player's dribbling skills, but will also improve speed, quickness and awareness on the dribble as well.
This basketball passing drill is wonderful for developing all aspects of passing the basketball. Hand-eye coordination, soft hands, accuracy as well as footwork. Pepper should be used as a warmup drill or used as a core drill in a basketball practice focused on passing.
This is a very good basketball warmup drill your team can do at the beginning of practice or in your pregame warmups before the basketball game. The drill involves lots of movement and passing that ends in a shot.
The objective of this drill is to work on basketball agility ending the progression with a jumpshot or layup. This drill allows the basketball coach to work on agility and fitness while the finishing jumpshot will make the drill fun for the basketball player so it does not feel as only a basketball agility drill.
A fun series of basketball drills to improve the player's ball handling skills. This is a good basketball drill for the opening part of your basketball practice.
This drill is great for teaching younger basketball players good passing technique as well as good basketball footwork. For older players it is also a good basketball fitness drill.
The objective of this drill is to develop a comfortable basketball move that will allow a jump shooter to create space and get away from a defender to get a good jump shot away. It's not difficult to drain that wide open jumper, but the real offensive basketball stud is the player that can create space and score when being covered. It becomes more and more important the older the player gets.
The Basketball Star Shooter will work on improving passing, shooting as well as communication between players.
4v4 Round Robin is a game the kids love. This takes the place of an end of practice scrimmage or can be played on a free day. The 4v4 will give more space on the court allowing the players to be more creative and attacking in the offense. It will also encourage better 1v1 defense as there is less defensive help available.
To improve shooting skills and accuracy in a competetive environment. Forcing the player to make shots from different areas of the court in a timely manner.
The objective of the basketball weave drill is to improve passing, dribbling skills, and to improve communication between teammates.
The objective of Dribbling to Own the Circle is to become a better basketball dribbler. This drill will work on all the major basketball dribbling moves as well as the art of protecting the ball from an opponent.
The object of the Basketball Dribbling with Chairs drill is to focus on keeping the ball in the hand away from the defender, keeping players head up, as well as dribbling with both hands.
The object of this Basketball Defensive Channeling drill is to allow the defensive player to learn techniques to force a ball handler to go where the defender wants them to to go.
This individual basketball dribbling drill will help you improve hand speed, ball control, and your ability to dribble with both hands.
The objective of the spider dribble is to improve players dribbling skills with both hands around all parts of the body.
Basketball Dribbling Drills
Basketball dribbling and ball handling drills are important for all levels of basketball.
Browse our fun and free youth basketball drills for kids to get ideas for your next basketball practice.