Xavier Basketball Practice Drills Part 2 by Mark Chapman

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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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July 14, 2014

Xavier Basketball Practice Drills Part 2 by Mark Chapman

Two-Athlete Offensive Drills:
Part 2

The following basketball practice drills were shared through the Xavier email news letter. Coach Mack does a great job of sharing what they do and some of their best basketball practice drills.

4) Sunny Drill:
-You have a shooter and a rebounder / passer
-Shooter starts at the elbow – slides to the sideline and sprints to the elbow to receive a pass for a shot; then the shooter backpedals to the center line and sprints to the elbow for a shot; then they slide to the opposite sideline and sprint to the elbow for a shot; then they backpedal to center and sprint to the elbow for a fourth shot; the shot completes one rotation or cycle in the drill
-Repeat the cycle for one minute and then they exchange positions

5) Put Two Basketballs on a Person:
-A passing drill where both athletes have a ball and they stand about 15 feet apart
-The two athletes throw push passes to each other
-Each athlete will catch the pass and quickly make a proper pass back to the partner
-The goal is to have one athlete end up with both balls at the same time.

6) Aggression Lay-ups | Basketball Practice Drills
-Two lines along the baseline area with a third athlete or coach standing under the basket with a ball
-The coach will roll the ball out on the ground; the two athletes must sprint to a predetermined spot on the court and turn to pursue the basketball; whoever gets the ball is on offense and the other athlete is on defense
-Play 1 on 1 until the offense scores or the defense rebounds the ball

7) Pressure Pair Lay-ups | Basketball Practice Drills
-Start at centerline; one athlete has the basketball while the other person who will be defender lines up with her front foot against the back foot of the offensive player
-When offense breaks contact to try to score, the defender must chase the dribbler and attempt to stop her from scoring.

8) 2 on 2 Continuous:
-You will need eight players organized into teams of two athletes
-One team plays 2 on 2 against another team; after a score/miss/turnover, the defense will make an outlet pass to another team standing at opposite ends of the foul line near the sideline; the team receiving the pass will attack the opposite end of the court
-The team which started on offense must run back in transition to play defense against the next team coming on the court just like they would have to do in a game
-The rotation is offense to defense to out of the drill
-You can add pressing to the drill and you can emphasize all your defensive concepts as the defenders are easily exposed if they make mistakes.

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.