A Must Know About

Basketball Drills

For a beginner, the basketball game is little confusing at first.

But the coach always teaches some basic drills

to make the player familiar with the game.

The player learns different types of drills afterwards to win the match like

offensive and

defensive drills..

Practicing the regular and basic drills can

enhance your performance and help you to

perfectly apply your technique on the court.

Types

Passing

Shooting

Ball handling

Ball Handling :-

A beginner of basketball should learn first the skill of

handling and dribbling the ball.

Every coach teaches some dribbling drills & that helps to hone the players’ ball handling skill.

Like :

Dribbling the ball in a circle around each leg

Dribbling the ball in different heights etc..

The dribbling drill will improve the handling technique that players already know…

Some other dribbling movements :- Right hand up, left hand back

Crossovers Behind-the-back Through-the-legs Dribble low

Dribbling backwards etc..

Passing :-

The coach teaches different types of passing

skills and helps the player to learn the

technique properly.

Passing skill is the most important drill that helps

the player to pass the ball to intended teammate

who can make a shot.

The players should learn the basic passing styles like Bounce pass Chest Pass Overhead pass etc.

The importance of passing drill is to teach the players about

the space difference in court for passing and

the quick decision-making for passing the ball.

The passing drill helps them to learn how easily they can keep the ball away from the opposite team.

Shooting :-

Shooting the ball gives points in basketball and as a basketball player, you should

practice more technical shots to help your team for winning.

Coaches teach the players about the perfect form of shooting

and help them to learn about how to make a perfect shot in

pressurize condition.

The players should learn different types of shooting drills to

enhance their skills. Like

Pivot shooting

21 cones shooting

Chase down layups shooting etc.

Some points to remember while playing basketball :- Make sure you should be moving spot to spot

around the court to keep the ball away from defenders.