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7 Basketball Conditioning Drills to Improve Fitness and Skills

Running basketball conditioning drills is the answer to ensuring your team is in shape to give 100% effort throughout entire games.

The basketball drills you use at practice should incorporate conditioning so that your players are improving their fitness and working on their skills at the same time.

This also makes sure your practices are game-like because players are practicing executing their skills while fatigued.

5 Basketball Ball Handling Drills to Break Down Any Opponent

Dribbling on the basketball court is a difficult skill.

Not because dribbling is a tough skill to improve necessarily, but because it’s difficult to teach players when, where, and why to use their dribble.

As the famous Australian basketball coach, Lindsay Gaze, once said…

“You dribble to score, not to explore.”

5 Basketball Defense Drills to Lock Down Any Opponent

Here’s a difficult truth:Being willing to hustle and play hard on defense isn’t enough…To develop a great defensive team, players must learn correct defensive technique and understand where they should be on the court depending on who they’re guarding and the position of the basketball.And the best way to accomplish this is by using proven […]

5 Basketball Passing Drills for Great Ball Movement

There is nothing better than watching an unselfish team who are able to move the basketball around the court quickly and efficiently.

Breaking down the defense with smart passing and getting each other free for open jump shots and layups.

Wish your team could do this?

The basketball passing drills on this page can help you achieve it.

7 Rebounding Drills (Dominate the Rebounding Battle)

Do you want to coach a team competing for championships every season?

Then your team must be able to rebound at a championship-level.

On the defensive end of the court, allowing your opponent to secure offensive rebounds will hurt your team’s confidence, ruin momentum, and will lead to easy baskets for the opposing team.

On the offensive end of the court, being able to secure offensive rebounds will lead to extra points (potentially a lot of them), increase confidence, and improve your team’s energy and hustle.

Sharks and Minnows – Dribbling Drill

Sharks and Minnows is one of my favorite drills for youth basketball.

The aim of the game is for the minnows (dribblers) to dribble from baseline to baseline without getting tagged by the sharks (taggers).

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