Examples

Make drill choices and adjustments based on the number and ages of players, and available courts, baskets, and time (60-90-120 minutes). Drills can be re-used, and unused drills rolled forward. I typically do not use pinnies for a first tryout (no 5 on 5).

Tryout #1

• Warm-up
  • Slide and backpedal (Fratello)
• MacKay speed test
  • running
  • dribbling
• Passing
  • Florida 4-line
• Layups
  • Teams (no rebounding line) or Cross the lane
• Shooting
  • Teams or Fill cut
• Fast break
  • Outlet series or Pangos layups
• 1 on 1
  • At each basket
  • Shemel (youth)
• 3 on 3 at side baskets
  • Cut-throat (I like Quinn Snyder)
    • Kick-out
• Transition
  • 11-man fast break
  • 2 on 1 to 3 on 2 (youth)
• Fullcourt scrimmage
  • Pistons 3 on 3 continuous

Tryout #2

• Warm-up
  • Dynamic
• Shuttle
  • shuttle run
  • shuttle dribble
• Passing
  • 76ers
• Dribbling
  • Hurley fullcourt
    • pull-up jumpers
• Shooting
  • Close-out lines
  • Catch and shoot, Dribble and shoot
• 1 on 1
  • Wolf or Double-continuity
• Transition
  • 76ers (see Passing)
  • 2 on 2 delay (youth)
• Fullcourt scrimmage
  • 4 on 4 on 4 (5 on 5 on 5)
  • 5 on 5 (mini-games)
    • 5 on 5 transition