| | Fundamentals - Favourite Drills Warm-up, Footwork, Passing, Dribbling, Layups, Shooting, Free throws, Post play, Rebounding, Defending, Conditioning, Fast break, Transition, Pressing, Press break, 1 on 1, Attack/defend, Scrimmage, Tactics Top-shelf drills (in bold red) are summarized in Go-To Drills. Also see Favourite Drills for Kids. Warm-up - Early time (basic running), Slide and backpedal, Slide and jog
- 5 ball, Choice is yours (6 ball)
- Pre-game, 3-man weave to centre, Halfcourt weave to 3 on 2, 4-corner layups
- Raptors, Hollins skip passes, Closeout-slide shooting, DeMatha zig-zag, Jump to the ball
- Figure-8, Obstacle course, Chicken (Commando), Zig-zag dribble Auriemma warm-up, Long Island
- Dribble shoot relay, Around the world, Zig-zag layups, Lokar Trojans transition, Calipari perfection, Fullcourt drive-kick, 31, 6-basket layups
- Pasquali reaction, Kevin O'Neill (pairs passing, layups, handoffs)
- Alternates (or partner shooting), 50 makes, Curl shooting
- Baker passing, Argentina
- Ultimate (5-on-5 or 6-on-6, fullcourt no-dribble)
Footwork - Stops & pivots, Four-square pivot, Pivot and pass, Bigelow pivoting
- Red light green light
- 5star cutting, Changes of direction, Pairs v-cuts, Triangle
- Ganon Baker layup form
- Static pivoting and moves, Dave Smart first step, Pasquali pivoting, Ganon Baker jump stop series, Jay Wright jab-swing series, Dribble starts, 1 on 1 toughness
Passing - Tennessee two-man, Kevin O'Neill pairs, DeMatha 2-line
- Auriemma 3-line
- Florida 4-line, Duke, Pau partner, Carolina, Laker, 3-man weave, Calipari weave
- Kevin O'Neill 3-man, Tennessee 3-man, Florida 3-line 2-ball, Florida Laker, Celtic, 3-man super weave, DeMatha weave
- 5-man weave
- Ganon Baker (solo, partner), Baker drills
- Pass and follow, Pangos exchange, Pasquali 4-corners, Michigan drive and kick, DeMatha pass and follow, Magic, Dawg, Showalter 4-corner
- 4-corner, Five-spot, Triangle, Star, Argentina
- Team post, Nash halfcourt
Dribbling - Dribbling series
- Hanlen stationary, Chicken, 3-cone crossover, Mike Procopio, Calipari warm-up, Fullcourt zig-zag, Figure-8
- Gooroo, Matt Doherty, Memphis, 55-second, Duke two-ball, Two-ball relay, Baker 4-square
- 5star workout, Kevin O'Neill moves, 5star triple b, Florida series, Dribble and shoot, 5star shots off the dribble, 5star in the box, Pitino series, Turn the corner, KP Series, Chair drill
- Chill drill, 5star shuffle, Wojo guard box, Altizer moves-counters, Change of pace
- DeMatha 4-corner, Hurley fullcourt, Speed course, 5star fullcourt, Jason Kidd fullcourt
- Primary-secondary moves, Transition finishing, 5star point-guard push, DeMatha transition
- Tony Watson series, Coach Rock cones, Pro Training - workout, workout #2, workout #3, workout #4, workout #5, workout #6, workout #7, workout #10, workout #11
Layups - Speed layups, One dribble, Daily dozen, 2-1 dribbles, 6-basket
- Peacock, Alternate, Pasquali power layups, Eastman intensity
- Turn the corner
- 3-corner, 4-corner, Hurley fire, Eastman pass and replace
- Ganon Baker hornet, Give and go, Huggins cutting, Backdoor cuts, Auriemma backdoor, 3-line backdoor, Auriemma fast break, Blast cuts, Kevin O'Neill, Passing, Flex cut, Olympic, Spurs 3-pass
- Kiwi cutting, Cross the lane
- Two lines, Villanova, Blackford 42, Euro-step, Jr. NBA finishing, One-hand pickup, YouTube drills
- Walberg drop, 4-out drive and kick, Drop and drag
- Primary-secondary moves, Carolina, Celtic, Pangos, Fast break, Outlet, Pau, Tennessee, Two minutes of hell, DeMatha speed, Jacobson 2-minute, And twos, Pass and cut, Fullcourt passing
Shooting - Fundamentals
- Keys to shooting, 5star shadow, Tauer form, Nash block, Form, Frankston step-up, 90s, Pasquali reaction, Dave Love, Chris Oliver BDT
- Hubie Brown spot, movement, off the dribble
- Partner conditioning
- 2-man conditioning, JJ Redick, Memphis sideline, Tauer on the move, Triano 7-spot, Tony Watson series
- Other conditioning
- 5star on the move, 3-man, 4-man, 5star fullcourt, Noah basketball (e.g. sprint-pivot-slide), Closeout-slide, Guard drills (e.g. Taylor Allan kills and pulls)
- Other partner
- 5star pairs spot, Billy Donovan, Nash 2 in a row, Triangle elbows, 32, 50, Eastman 3 and done, Eastman Celtic 40, Streak, Duke around the horn, Villanova 20, Bill Self partner, Tony Watson series, Partner reaction, Rick Carlisle
- 3 players
- 2-minute, Alternates, Hubie Brown movement, Eastman 35 in 3, Florida, Quick release, 5star 3's, Ball reversal, 3-man conditioning, Walberg 5-spot, Australian, 3 in a row, Hanlen NBA challenges, String 3s (part b), Curry challenge, NMH
- Teams
- Eagle, Moneyball, Partner 1-2-3, 50 in pairs, 7-up
- 2-line make 7, 4 corner, Alternates, UBC, Catch and shoot, Dribble and shoot, Geneva Devils, Sevens, Walberg 5-spot, Teams, 5 players 3 balls, Team pop-out, Lee Rose guards, 63, Hurley, Plus three, Move, Pirate, 4-team pull-ups, Fast-break, Lawley one-more
- Spot
- Shell, Hubie Brown, 5star close-outs, Circle, Bulldog, 80 hoops, Indian River 2-ball, Beat the closeout, Blackford 5-spot
- Triple threat
- 5star in the box, Nash game shots, FIBA, Mike Procopio, Tauer, Procopio wing, 5star jab series, Beat the closeout
- Ballscreens
- Jenkins, Sidescreens, Mike MacKay, Dave Smart, Procopio series, Calipari two-man, Hanlen, Schepp, Sackmann
- Getting open
- Huggins cutting, 5star cutting, Pitt sweep series, Mike Procopio wing, 5star foul-line flash, Villanova jab-swing series, Blast cuts, Pop-out, Create a lead
- Off-ball screens
- 5star rotation, Bauer two-ball screening, Downscreens, Kevin O'Neill, Lee Rose guards, Bill Self perimeter, DeMatha flex, 2-shot flex, Wide pin-downs, Tom Crean, Oakland choice 2-ball, Jr. NBA screens
- On the move - around the world
- Duke around the horn, Billy Donovan partner (shots on the move), Triano 7-spot workout (option g), NMH
- On the move - back and forth
- Hubie Brown, Duke windshield wiper, Florida 3 players, Australian (elbow to elbow), Donovan partner (square-up), Donovan workouts (5c), Hanlen NBA challenges (championship shooting)
- On the move - away from the basket
- Jenkins, Lee Rose guards, Lee Rose pre-game, Pull-thru, Borg, Blasone, 5star foul-line flash
- Transition
- Kevin O'Neill on the move, Duke, 5star, Lee Rose pre-game, 6-shot series, Billy Donovan workouts, Fast-break, Tony Watson series
- On the move - other
- Tom Crean fill cuts, Curl, Tauer, 5star, Procopio game shots, Catch and shoot, Continuous, Maryland, Flare-wing, Cut-cut, Tony Watson series, Procopio warm-up, Jr. NBA catch and turn, Give and go, Noah basketball
- Off the dribble (halfcourt)
- Hubie Brown, Donovan solo (off the dribble), Donovan partner (dribble series), Florida dribble series, Dribble and shoot, 5star shuffle, 5star workout, 5star triple b, 5star shots, Lee Rose, Change of pace, Tony Watson series (e.g. diamond, drag pullbacks), Coach Rock cones (point-guard series), 4-team pull-ups, Noah basketball, Jr. NBA jump stop, Snake pull-ups, Multi-stop challenge, Angled pull-up, Drop series, Sackmann pull-ups, Behind-the-back pull-ups
- Off the dribble (fullcourt)
- Florida series, Donovan workouts (fullcourt moves), Lee Rose fullcourt, Danny Hurley fullcourt, 5star, Dribble shoot relay, Primary-secondary moves, Choice is yours, Lokar Trojans transition, DeMatha speed, DeMatha transition, 5star fullcourt conditioning, 31
- Other fullcourt
- 5 ball, 5star outlet pass, Tennessee 4-man break, DeMatha 4-corner jumpers, Florida 5-ball, Lokar transition, 3-man conditioning, 4-man conditioning, Choice is yours (6 ball), Florida wave, DeMatha transition, 80 hoops, Machine-gun, Pressure, Noah basketball
- Finishing
- O'Neill moves, Dave Smart, Basketball BC, 5star triple b, Chair drill, Pasquali reaction, Kiwi, 5star finishing, Lee Rose, Villanova, Cross the lane, Daily dozen
- Drive & kick
- Penetration, 3-on-0 kick-out, Kick-out close-out, Duke 3-man, Billy Donovan, 3 drives 3 shots, Pivot kick, 4-out 1-in drive and kick, 3-line drive and kick, Fullcourt drive-kick, Drive-and-kick, String 3s, Partner reaction, Advantage, Penetration reaction, Jr. NBA kick-out, Noah drive and kick, Spurs 3-pass, Ouse drive and kick chaos
- Dribble-drive
- Calipari one-ball, Calipari two-ball, Dribble-drive, Pre-game, 3-line drive and kick, Oakland dribble-drive 3-ball
- Zone
- 5star rotation, Zone, Zone high-low, Auriemma, Noah skip-relocate
- Handoffs, handbacks
- Dribble handoffs, Handbacks, Tom Crean elbow catches, Kevin O'Neill handoffs, Procopio game shots, Jr. NBA post pass, Sackmann DHO
- Workouts (see Off-season workouts)
- Solo
- 5star - shooting, dribbling, defending, Score 24, 5star circus, Nash 20-minute, Billy Donovan solo, Procopio wing, Guard, Group, Pro Training solo, Altizer challenge, Hanlen ballscreens, Behind-the-back pull-ups, Snake pull-ups, Drop series
- Partner
- 2-man conditioning, JJ Redick, Memphis sideline, Tauer on the move,
- 5star pairs spot, Triangle elbows, Pistons bust-up, Pistons cutting, Pivot kick
- Billy Donovan (partner, screens, drive & kick, workouts), Triano 7-spot, 5-spot series, Lebron James, Varidel, Dave Love, Tony Watson series, Noah drive and kick, Noah skip-relocate, Rick Carlisle, Thrive3 footwork, 4th-quarter workout, Multi-stop challenge, Angled pull-up, Drop series, Sackmann pull-ups
- Using chairs
- Chair drills, Iowa movement, Kevin Eastman (elbow pickups, four chairs), Pro Training solo (mid-range jumpers), Altizer challenge (chair curls), Tony Watson series (intense 2-ball)
- DJ Sackmann
- Multi-stop challenge, Angled pull-up, Ballscreens, Pull-ups, DHO
- Other workouts
- Florida 3 players, Procopio, Australian, Tauer on the move, Downscreens, Lee Rose pre-game, One bounce, Borg, 4-team pull-ups, Fast-break, Curry challenge, Noah basketball, NMH
Free throws Post play - Bill Self, 5star post flash, Procopio game shots, UCLA shooting, Hanlen
- Pasquali moves and shots, power layups, agility, reaction
- Pitt Malone, Power pick-ups, Solo workout
- Mikans, Tipping, Rim touching, Power-ups, Power-slams, Rebound ricochet
- Mikan then move, Calipari rim runs, Mike Procopio rim runs, Post sprint, Fullcourt tip and finish, Triano first big, Deep-seal finishes
- Oakland pick and roll
- Calipari dribble-drive
- High-low passing, Sherri Coale post feeds, Duck-in
- Procopio post workout, Billy Donovan workouts, Ganon Baker big fella drills
- 1 on 1 - Florida, Pitt, Memphis, Wichita, Inside, Circle, Baker two-ball
Rebounding - 5star quick bounce, Kevin O'Neill tip drill
- Partner, Continuous
- Izzo rebound-outlet, Izzo 1 on 0, Rebound-outlet
- Butt wars, Circle block-out, Weave to block-out, Calipari pads, No-ball box-out
- 5star toughness, Monster, Three-player scramble, Tom Crean 3-12, Hanlen war, Tag and pursue
- 2 on 2 - Michigan State, Pitt war, Low post box-out, Oakland Knight
- Triangle screening, Illinois 4 on 3, Oakland closeout
- Illinois war, Florida circle the wagons, Tar Heels 5 on 5, 4 on 4 closeout, Hanlen 4 on 4 on 4
Defending - On-ball
- Nash wave, Memphis stance, Footfire, Zig-zag, 1 on 1 wing, UConn 1 on 1 stops, Duke form slides, Duke reaction, Slide and run, Nash triangle slides, Zig-zag closeout, DeMatha perfect slides, DeMatha zig-zag, Eastman dog
- Close-outs
- Nash triangle, Continuous, From gap, Weakside, Izzo jump to the ball, Philly, Vegas, Team, Close-out lines, Dick Bennett, Pasquali, Petitgoue, X closeouts, Pack-line Vegas
- Larmand, Calipari box, Close-out reach step, Close-out and slide, Fratello 4-player, DeMatha, DeMatha star, Australian, Superman, Raptors, Schepp, Woodley, Rudez, Jump to the ball, 4-corner, Rana
- Jump to the ball
- Face cuts, Nash, Villanova, 1 on 1 with passers, Blackhawk, Skip pass 2 on 2, Hollins skip passes, Jump to the ball
- Contest passes
- Denial, Denial both sides, Huggins sprint to help, Pasquali, Weakside cuts, Weakside
- 1 on 1
- Wing, Isley halfcourt
- DeMatha zig-zag, Primary-secondary
- UConn stops, Duke, Stops, Coach as passer
- Miami, Machine-gun, Weakside
- Villanova, With passers, Blackhawk
- Denial, Blast cuts, Pasquali denial, Pistons, Weakside cuts
- Pasquali closeouts, Fratello close-outs, Swiss, Boone, Rudez
- Woodley 1 on 1 from ballscreen
- Combination
- Shell breakdowns, 3 on 1, PGC 5-point, Izzo jump to the ball, Woodley 2 on 2, Schepp closeouts, 2 on 2 shell, Villanova 2 on 2, 4 on 2, Husky closeouts, Procopio 3 on 3 shrink, Spurs shift & close, Oakland stunt-recover, 4 on 4 shell
- Off-ball screens
- Nash 2 on 2, Pangos, Greenvale, 4 on 4 diamond, Oakland downscreens, Oakland 4 on 4 down-cross, Woodley cross-down, Woodley single-double
- Back-down-UCLA screens, Cross-screen downscreen, Downscreen cross-screen, UCLA-ballscreen, Flex screens, Flex, Downscreens backscreens
- Ballscreens
- Bill Self, 4 on 4, Greenvale, UCLA-ballscreen, Messina, Woodley 1 on 1 from ballscreen, Woodley 2 on 2 ballscreens, Utah Jazz hands drill, Celtics ballscreens, Celtics hedging, Spurs 4 on 4 ballscreens
- Dribble penetration
- 3 on 3 kick-out, Forcing left shell, Pitt 4 on 4 penetration, DeMatha shell, Calipari 4 on 4 shell, Woodley 4 on 4, Paint touches, 4 on 4 help rotations
- 3 on 3 close-out
- Dick Bennett, Jack Bennett, Izzo, Woodley, Spurs shift & close
- Post
- 4 on 1 post, Dick Bennett, Shell double-down, Jack Bennett, Pistons, Pasquali, Green shell, Danny Manning, DeMatha shell, Oakland 4 on 1 post, Oakland pressure, Raptors 5 on 5 post entry, Woodley post, Celtics jump to the ball
- Transition
- DeMatha perfect slides, Duke rush to 2 on 1, Transition build-up, Showalter transition
- Footwork (also see conditioning)
- Lane slides, Slide and run, Nash triangle, Calipari box, Close-out reach step, Wootten triangle, Larmand closeouts, X closeouts, 5star workout, Duke agility, Duke reaction, Duke mirror
- Other
- Pistons 4 on 3, Memphis shell, DeMatha wildcat
Conditioning - Run and slide, Slide and run, 5star acceleration, Duke agility, Duke speed skate, Triangle, 5star defensive workout, Line jumps, Line drills for quick feet (pdf), Jumping, X closeouts, X closeouts with ball toss, Baller Boot Camp agility, Human 2.0 agility
Fast break - Transition finishing, 5star point-guard push, DeMatha transition
- Pangos layups, Outlet, Outlet and go, Chaser layups, Fast break layups, Continuous flow, Outlet series, Running outside
- Nash cutting, Kevin O'Neill 3-man, Auriemma long and short
- Tennessee point-guard push, Tennessee 3-man
- 5star outlet pass, Tennessee 3-man break, Tennessee 4-man break, 3-line 3-shots
- Post sprint, Two minutes of hell, Triano first big, Fuller bigs
- Procopio 4 on 0 ballscreens, UConn 3 on 0, 2 (secondary), 3 on 0
- 3-man breakout, 5 on 0 trips, Florida five cycles, Grinnell run the floor, Six cycles, Tar heels 5 on 0, Tennessee 4 on 0, 5 on 0, Enfield 5 on 0, Dribble-drive 5-on-0, Two trips
- Spurs 4-out, Spurs 5-out
- 5 on 5 - Circle break, Tar heels, Syracuse outlet, Enfield
Transition - 11-man fast break, 3 on 3 delay
- 2 on 1 to 3 on 2, 3 on 2 to 2 on 1, Moose 3 on 2 on 1, Tar Heels box-out 3 on 2 on 1
- Duke rush to 2 on 1, 3-man weave to 2 on 1, 4-man weave to 2 on 2, 5-man weave to 1 on 1, 5 down 3-on-2 back
- 2 on 2 delay, 3 on 2 outlet, Gordie 3 on 2, 76ers
- 2 on 1 outlet 3 on 2 outlet, 3 on 3 delay (teams)
- 5 on 4 continuous, Whistle, Cincinnati, Winnipeg, Florida 4-44, Florida 5 on 4 scramble,
- 4 on 4 recover, Woodley, Schepp, Oakland 5 on 4, 5 on 3
- Lemanis 1-on-1 2-on-2, DeMatha 2 on 2, Hanlen 2 on 2 trailer, Lemanis 3 on 3 (or 3 on 3 fullcourt), Swiss 3 on 3 converting, Lemanis 4 on 4 on 4, Lemanis 5 on 5, 5 on 5
- Recovery, Nash cup in the lane, 5 on 0 defensive transition, 5 on 0 transition
- Disadvantage, Oakland 5 on 0 to 5 on 5,
- Vance Walberg blood, scramble, Texas, Carolina 32, Cardinal, Oakland blood series
- Calipari 11, Calipari 22, Calipari 32
Pressing - DeMatha zig-zag, Billy Tubbs, White & black, 3 on 3 Black, Florida backtips, Duke rush to 2 on 1, Florida circle trap, Pasquali, Porter 1 on 2, Rugby, Trail trap breakdowns
- 444 pressing, Hurley 4 on 4 on 4, Dead-ball, Florida 5 on 5, Free throw, Spurs stops, 5 on 6 continuous, 5 on 5 chase, Oakland 5 on 5
Press break 1 on 1 - Double continuity, Both ends, Spurs fullcourt, Calipari 11, Zig-zag to transition, Primary-secondary moves, DeMatha zig-zag, Wolf
- Lemanis 1-on-1, Isley fullcourt
- Shemel, Reaction, 4-corners, Memphis, Texas containment
- Florida finishing, Pasquali corner-wing cuts, Lutz roll, Coach as passer, Tom Crean 3-minute, UConn stops
- Machine-gun, Continuous, Wing
- At each basket, King's court, DeMatha wildcat
- Villanova, Blast cuts, Fill cuts, Dave Malowski
Attack/Defend - 1 on 2 whistle, 2 on 1 chair, 3 on 2 panther, Tom Crean 4 on 3
- 2 on 2 - Closeouts, Cones, Roll-outs, Ontario
- MacKay ballscreens, 3 on 3 kick-out, Serbia, Pasquali 3 on 3 advantage, DeMatha wildcat, Oakland pitch-out, Schepp 3 on 3 ballscreens, Spurs 3 on 3 recover
- Back-down-UCLA screens, Cross-screen downscreen, Downscreen cross-screen, UCLA-ballscreen, Flex screens, Ballscreens, Downscreens backscreens
- Fast-break ballscreens, Pistol action, Motion breakdowns
Scrimmage - halfcourt - To 7, Stops, 3 and out, Huggins, Cutters, Cut-throat, Spurs, Dribble-drive motion, Pasquali stunt-recover, Nash zone gap, 5 possessions
- Pistons, Stop and break, Spurs stops, Spurs one-way, Enfield, 3 on 3 no-dribble, Whistle, Karl 45-54-45
- 4 on 4 on 4, Hurley 4 on 4 on 4, 4 on 3 fullcourt, Bauer 5 on 5 on 5, 4 teams, Pistons 3 on 3 continuous, 6 on 6 Basquette
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