Proven basketball drills with court diagrams, coaching tips, and printable resources to help your players master the fundamentals and play smarter basketball.
Weak-hand development, change of pace, crossovers, and keeping eyes up under defensive pressure.
Balanced footwork, a consistent release, catch-and-shoot rhythm, and free throws under fatigue.
Chest, bounce, and outlet passes, passing off the dribble, and moving the ball to beat the defense.
Stance and slides, closeouts, help-side rotations, man-to-man principles, and zone defense.
Footwork off either foot, finishing through contact, reverse layups, and attacking the rim.
Boxing out, pursuing the ball off the rim, outlet passes, and offensive putbacks.
Track points, rebounds, assists, and fouls on game day, and sketch plays and drills on a blank full-court diagram.
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This drill works on a multitude of offensive basketball skills. Quick accurate passing, good movement, footwork and cuts, and finishing at the rim. It encourages players to make good, hard cuts to the basket and then finish.
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This team layup competition will focus on full-speed layups, and staying calm during break aways.
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This basketball drill focuses on the pick and roll move in basketball. The pick and roll is an offensive play in basketball in which a player of the attacking team creats a pick for the ball handler to slip by, the pick player then rolls out towards the ball handler who then receives a pass and attempts to get the shot off.
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This basketball drill is a great basketball shooting drill that focuses on shooting under pressure with no opponent.
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This basketball fast footwork warm-up drill is a great agility warm-up drill that focuses on basketball footwork and movements.
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The Two Bounce 21 Game is a fun and challenging basketball game that will improve a players shooting and free throws. The key to improving a player's basketball shooting abilities is repetition and the Two Bounce 21 Game offers repetition in a fun and competitive environment.
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This basketball passing drill focuses on improving young basketball players passing ability. This basketball passing drill will also help improve hand-eye coordination along with movement before and after the pass. This passing drill requires players to stay alert as they are receiving the ball and think quickly to make the next pass.
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This 1 on 1 basketball rebounding drill will focus on rebounding, closing down a shooter, and boxing out the rebound.
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This basketball rebounding drill will focus on close-outs, boxing out, and winning the rebound after a shot.
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This 1v1 basketball drill (1-on-1 basketball drill) is great for working on players defensive and offensive game in basketball.Since the 1v1 basketball game is the most basic form of basketball, it allows basketball coaches the ability to focus on specific areas of the game.
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Team Dribble Tag is a fun basketball dribbling drill that works primarily on a basketball player's dribbling skills, but will also improve speed, quickness and awareness on the dribble as well.
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This basketball rebounding drill will focus on shooting immediately after winning a rebound.
At BasketballXpert, our drills are written by experienced basketball coaches to get the most out of every minute of gym time.
Players improve through touches and shots. Our drills use multiple baskets, small groups, and quick rotations so every player gets more dribbles, passes, and shots per practice.
Start with a live scrimmage, isolate a specific breakdown (e.g. closeouts or ball screen defense), then return to competitive 5-on-5 play so the skill carries into games.
Rather than overloading players with internal body mechanics, our drills provide concise, external cues (e.g. "shoot up and through the rim", "see ball, see man", "chin the rebound") that speed up learning.
Every drill on BasketballXpert includes a court diagram, a step-by-step setup, variations, and concise coaching points. The drills favor high repetition and game-like decisions over standing in lines.
Drills are grouped into four levels: Beginner for ball handling, footwork, and basic shooting form; Middle School / Jr High for passing, layups off the dribble, and team defense basics; High School for offensive sets, help defense, and transition; and College for high-tempo, game-speed execution.
A balanced 90-minute practice might include 10–15 minutes of dynamic warm-up and ball handling, 20–25 minutes of individual skill stations (shooting, finishing, footwork), 25 minutes of small-sided and team concepts (2-on-2, 3-on-3, shell defense), and 25 minutes of competitive scrimmage or situational play.
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