drills

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...


August 17, 2017

Submit your plays, drills and schemes for money

Winning Hoops has always prided itself on being a publication for basketball coaches, by basketball coaches. What that means is you, the coach, are involved as a reader and contributor. Taking part is easy, and Winning Hoops pays cash for the dr...


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...


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...


April 4, 2017

Game-speed drills to improve your team’s 3-point shooting

Getting players to go “game-speed” and take shots during practices at a pace that is equivalent to how they will play on game days is one of the most challenging messages to get across to players. To help our players practice at a faster pace and...


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Drills to improve your defensive backs

Ohio Northern University football coach Dean Paul shows off a few of the drills he uses to improve his defensive backs. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLyUdoePWKo[/embed]...