Favourite Drills for Kids

• Warm-up, Footwork, Motor skills, Passing, Dribbling, Layups, Shooting, Free throws, Rebounding, Defending, Fast break, Transition, 1 on 1, Attack/Defend, Offence, Scrimmage

See Jr. NBA, Gooroo Youth Basketball Drills, Steve Nash MVP Basketball.

Warm-up

• Jr. NBA - Warm-up
• Gooroo Warm-up
• Youth dynamic warm-up
• Dribble shoot relay, Figure 8, Obstacle course, British bulldog, Dribble tag, Star burst, Soccer, 3-man pass-follow-dribble, Agility cone game, McCormick partners, Auriemma, Long Island, Zig-zag halfcourt

Footwork

• Jr. NBA - Offence
  • Cutting
• Pivot and pass, Bigelow pivoting, 3-man pass-follow-dribble, Four-square pivot
• Changes of direction, Static pivoting and moves, 1 on 1 toughness

Motor skills (without and with a ball)

• Agility cone game, Pairs circle chase, Run rabbit run, Team chase, Speed race, Shuttle (see Physical testing), Three circles, Triangle

Passing

• Jr. NBA - Passing
  • Kick-out, Cutting, Post pass, 3-spot pass-cut-fill, Other
• Gooroo Passing
  • partner, pass and follow, pepper, 4-corner, pressure, Baker drills etc.
• Bigelow wall, Tauer partner
• Florida 4-line, Tennessee two-man, Laker
• Pass and follow, Pivot and pass, 3-man pass-follow-dribble
• 4-corner, Star, Rondo, Pass and replace, Run and support, Long Island

Dribbling

• Jr. NBA - Stationary, Games, Moving
• Gooroo Stationary Ballhandling
  • one ball, two balls
• Gooroo Dribbling
  • tag, knock-out, relay race, around the court
  • Gooroo fullcourt
• Tauer stationary, Group circle knockout, Tip-over, Tennis ball chase
• Speed race
• Circle the circles, Florida dribble series, Hurley fullcourt, Relay races, Roundabout, Run rabbit run, Team chase, Three circles

Layups

• Jr. NBA - Finishing
  • Bowling, Cutting, Jump to the ball
• Gooroo Form Layups, Layups
  • give and go, backdoor, v-cut, fullcourt (6 passers), Mikans, warm-up
• Bigelow, Form
• NBA, Teams, Two lines
• Give and go, Blast cuts, Backdoor cuts, Drive and kick, Dribble-ats
• Eastman pass and replace
• DeMatha speed, Raiders

Shooting

• Jr. NBA - Fundamentals, Games
  • Form, Jump stop, Catch and turn, Kick-out
• Gooroo Form Shooting
  • floor, partner
• Gooroo Shooting
  • Olympic (3 players), around the world, partner relocation, square-up, off the dribble etc.
• 5star shadow, Tauer form
• In the bank, King of the hill, NBA bump, Pressure
• 63, Machine-gun, Petitgoue around the world, Pirate, Teams
• Catch and shoot, Curl, Indian River 2-ball, Star group
• Dribble and shoot, 90-degree pivoting
• Hurley 5-ball

Free throws

• Yes/no, In the bank, Pairs 7s

Rebounding

• Jr. NBA - Rebounding
  • No-ball box-out
• Gooroo Defence
  • Box out, rebound outlet, rebound outlet layups
• 1 on 0 form
• Butt wars, Circle block-out, Nash 3 on 3 circle

Defending

• Jr. NBA - Defence
  • Jump to the ball
• Gooroo Defence
  • zig-zag (solo, partner), mass, close out
• Nash wave, Duke form slides, DeMatha zig-zag, Zig-zag halfcourt
• Closeouts - Jump to the ball, Closeout-slide-backpedal, Close-out lines, Nash triangle, From gap
• Face cuts, Jump to the ball
• Shell breakdowns - Izzo jump to the ball, Schepp closeouts (2 on 2), 2 on 2 shell, Husky closeouts
• Nash cup in the lane

Fast break

• Transition finishing, Pangos layups, Nash cutting, Fast break layups, Outlet series, Gooroo rebound outlet, Kelbick 2 on 0
• 3-line break, Izzo halfcourt 3 on 2 & 2 on 1

Transition

• 2 on 2 delay, 2 on 1 to 3 on 2, 5 down to 3 on 2
• 11-man fast break, 5 on 4 continuous, Cincinnati, 4 on 4 recover
• DeMatha 2 on 2, Swiss 3 on 3, 5 on 5
• Nash cup in the lane

1 on 1

• Both ends, Shemel (or Controlled), 4 corners, Reaction, Memphis
• Pasquali corner-wing cuts, dribble-defend, Grab and go
• Coach as passer, UConn stops
• Bobby Lutz roll, Numbers, Florida, Trail blazer, Around cones

Attack/Defend

• Numbers from centre, Numbers, 2 on 1 chair, 2 on 2 cones, Panther

Offence

• Jr. NBA - Offence
  • Cutting, Kick-out, 3-spot pass-cut-fill
• Gooroo Offence
• Teaching 4-out motion, 2 on 0 side, Create a lead, Motion offence build-ups
• Offensive concepts (pdf)

Scrimmage

• 4 on 4 on 4, Pistons 3 on 3 continuous
• 4 on 3 fullcourt (also 4 on 3 halfcourt)