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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).

27 Basketball Drills and Games for Kids

Are you looking for basketball drills and games for kids? Well, you’ve come to the right place!

I frequently receive emails from coaches seeking drills because they either don’t know what to use or their kids are tired of running the same drills over and over again at practice.

It’s important for all coaches to use proven drills that will improve their players.

20 Basketball Shooting Drills for Lights-Out Shooting

If a coach uses the same basketball shooting drills over and over again at practice, there are two main things that will happen…The team will get bored.The team will stop giving 100%.No coach wants either of these things to happen. Having a variety of shooting drills to use will make you a better basketball coach and […]

Celtic Drill – Transition Drill

How the Drill Works Without the ball touching the ground, three players will sprint the length of the court four times completing a series of passes looking to complete four consecutive layups. Purpose The Celtic Drill will work on the accuracy of long transition passes, running the floor, court awareness, and will also build your […]

Defensive Drill – Big Man Perimeter Isolation

Remember all the times one of your big men got switched onto a guard and they isolated on the perimeter? The guard probably got into the lane for an easy score right? This was probably because your big man was lost and had no idea what to do. When bigs get switched onto guards, barely any […]

5 Free Throw Drills for Your Players

Close games are often decided by which teams can make the most free-throws down the stretch. To put it simply, free-throws are the most important shot in basketball. Every basketball coach knows that. But even with this knowledge, most coaches still don’t spend enough time with their team practicing their free-throw shooting. And when they […]

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