2 Minute Basketball Shooting Drills by Mark Chapman

Written by Coach Peterman

I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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August 1, 2014

2 Minute Basketball Shooting Drills by Mark Chapman

I had the opportunity to work the Aaron Craft Pro Camp in Columbus Ohio this past weekend and saw some great coaches running stations and basketball shooting drills. While Aaron was known for his outstanding defense during his four years at The Ohio State University he demonstrated several basketball shooting drills that almost any coach will like to add to their drill notebook.

It’s similar to other basketball shooting drills in that there are seven spots around the three point arc starting from the corner. The seven spots are the two corners, two wing spots on each side and the top of the key.

The drill time starts when the player takes his/her first shot from the 3pt line. After the three, they have to shot fake one dribble from outside the 3pt line for a pull up fifteen footer, then shot fake outside the 3pt line and attack the basket for a layup. A player scores 3pts for a made 3, 2pts for a made pull up jumper, and 1pt for a layup. The key to this drill is that the shooter must rebound every shot for him/herself. After the two minutes is up the shooter must make two free throws.

I really like this drill because it teaches players to hustle after the ball, builds conditioning, and works on footwork. Aaron spoke to the camp and said that the biggest difference between college and pro level was the conditioning. In the four to five times I’ve run this with my players they’ve definitely felt the conditioning aspect!

We have a new basketball coaching contributor in Mark Chapman who is the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio. Coach Mark Chapman always has great basketball plays and basketball coaching clinic notes to share with the basketball coaching world. Make sure that you check out his basketball X’s and O’s material.