The Sideline Pick and Roll Shooting Drills is a series of 6 drills you can use to break down the pick and roll play. These 6 drills will help develop and teach players how to score off of the pick and roll regardless of how it is defended. If you use the pick and roll in your offense, you should incorporate these shooting drills into your practice sessions. The 6 drills include: Attack The Hedge Floater Attack The Hedge Jump Shot Pull Turn Back On The Hedge String Out And Shoot The … [Read more...]
College Point Guard Shooting Workout
This basketball shooting and scoring workout contains 6 different drills that emulate the types of shots and scoring opportunities point guards will get in games. One of the drills included is also useful as a passing/warmup drill. The other 5 drills include the following types of scoring moves: Tennis ball catch and shoot Floater series Pass & move & shoot off the dribble Pick and roll series Triple threat and attack the help Get these drills now by opening and/or saving … [Read more...]
Kevin Durant Off-the-Ball Scoring Drills
This basketball workout contains 6 drills broken down from the types of shots Kevin Durant takes during games. These are the types of moves and shots that Kevin Durant takes during games. The 6 drills include: Down Screen Step Back High Post Handoff Near Pin Down Each move above has 2 different drills coinciding with it. Incorporate these moves into your basketball shooting workout and you will greatly improve your ability to score in a variety of ways. Kevin Durant Off … [Read more...]
1-4 Low Post Dive Play
The purpose of this basketball play from the 1-4 high set is to get the ball into the low post for a scoring opportunity. This play can be run to either side and can be used to target your best low post scorer. To begin, the players are in a 1-4 high set. O3 starts by setting a screen at the elbow area for O4 who pops out to the wing. O1 makes the pass to O4. O3 continues across the lane and sets a screen for O5. O5 uses the screen and then dives to the low post. O4 will pass to O5 … [Read more...]
Middle Screen and Drive Play
The Middle Screen and Drive Play is a simple basketball set play that can be run at any level ... from youth to professional! The offense is well-spaced for this play, which has the post player set an on-ball screen to allow the point guard to attack the basket. With a good screen, a solid point guard will be able to create a layup opportunity for himself or his low post teammate. If it is well-defended in the lane, the option to kick the ball out to the perimeter for a 3-point shot is there as … [Read more...]
Fullcourt Weave to 2-on-1 Drill
This drill is a bit of variation on the normal 3-man weave to 2-on-1 drill. In the normal weave to 2-on-1, it is usually a 3-man weave up the court and a 2-on-1 coming back ... with the shooter sprinting back as the defender. This variation speeds things up a little bit more, making it more challenging for the defender to get in position and to defend the offense from scoring. Purpose: To work on transition defense from a disadvantage situation. Also helps develop offensive transition … [Read more...]
Baseline Upscreen Cross Screen Play
This is a simple but quite effective baseline out of bounds play you can run against a man-to-man defense. By utilizing a couple of simple screens, you create 2 possible shot opportunities -- a corner/short corner jump shot or a layup. When the official hands the basketball to O1, O3 sets an upscreen for O2 and O5 sets a cross screen for O4. O1looks first to O4, then to O2. O5 is also a potential option should his defender overhelp on O4. O5 should just seal and step to the ball for … [Read more...]
Box Entry Play into the Flex Offense
Article courtesy of Breakthrough Basketball http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/ Here's how you can initiate the flex offense from the box set. It is a simple play that will get you started with the flex -- and can also open up the floor for the players to an easy shot. The play entry starts from a box set. 5 comes up to set a ball screen for 1. At the same time, 2 sets a diagonal screen for 4. 4 cuts to the block (Note: You could delay the diagonal screen and get a clear … [Read more...]
Golden State Warriors Quick Hitter Basketball Play
Article courtesy of Breakthrough Basketball http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/ The Golden State Warriors had a fantastic playoff run due to their tremendous outside shooting ability. The Warriors ran this set play to get star point guard Stephen Curry an open jump shot during Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs. Curry was the shooting guard in this play. This can also be used as a quick hitter for your motion offense. The initial set is a … [Read more...]
Basketball Coaches Academy Video Series :: Tim Grosz on the Motion Offense Toughness Drill
In this 6-part video series, I will be sharing video clips from each of the coaches who spoke at our inaugural Hoops U. Basketball Coaches Academy that was held on April 26-27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. Own the entire 6 1/2 hours of fantastic basketball coaching information on our 2-DVD set or Digital Download! Click for more information and to order yours today! In this 5th installment, watch as Coach Tim Grosz shares his favorite drill, the motion offense toughness … [Read more...]