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February 28, 2018
Footwork, conditioning drills for ball-hawking defenders
Time is always of the essence, and too often it seems as if the repetitions of footwork drills in practice lessen as the season progresses. To remedy this, our staff discovered a way to combine two benefits into one task by incorporating defensive f...
February 5, 2018
50-second shooting and conditioning drill
This is a combination shooting and conditioning drill that we use at least once a week. DIAGRAM 1 (see below): The 50-second shooting drill has two players at each basket in the gym. 1 breaks to the right sideline, cuts to the free-throw-line area a...
November 7, 2017
Competitive shooting drills to challenge players
Pushing the pace of your players during practice, or forcing them to compete against one another, properly prepares them for game-time situations. Here are two drills you can implement into your system, helping them improve shooting, rebounding, pass...
October 30, 2017
Teaching your players to get tough
The most important virtue for any basketball player is talent. But what’s talent without the competitive spirit, or toughness, that consistently motivates your team and drives it to victory? Teaching your team to play tough and battle during every...
September 25, 2017
Structuring a well-organized plan for practices
After more than 40 years of coaching high school basketball, it has become apparent to me the importance of having an organized practice plan. How a coach sets up his or her practices and how effectively they are run ultimately determines a team’s ...
July 24, 2017
Drills to teach the single-post offense
Almost all our team shooting drills will incorporate actions or concepts out of our single-post offense. Practicing the field goals you attempt in a game will only increase your shooting percentage. Furthermore, the proper execution of these breakdow...
July 6, 2017
Don Meyer’s shooting games and free-throw drills
Don Meyer, the NCAA's winningest all-time men's basketball coach, loved to keep his practices simple in nature. He shared his favorite six shooting competitions (with six free-throw-shooting games to follow) that he used at practices to help develop ...
June 23, 2017
5-out motion offense helps players read the defense
Our high school is small and our team lacks size. As a coaching staff, we felt that we needed to develop an offense that would help overcome this size differential and allow our players to do what they do best on the offensive side of the court. The ...
June 1, 2017
17-seconds drill
This is a great drill to develop trapping abilities and defensive footwork within your team. It also works on transition play and encourages passing the ball while under heavy defensive pressure. DIAGRAM 1: Position players as shown with a coach inb...
May 5, 2017
Challenging your team to get more deflections
[caption id="attachment_9390" align="alignright" width="336"] Photo: Thomas Sorenes[/caption] Every coach wonders how they can improve their defense or score more points. Getting more deflections is one way to limit your opponent, leading to easy ba...
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Installing a preseason emergency response plan
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