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A few weeks ago a number of coaches replied and wanted more details about our youth summer camp that was extremely productive for us. Maravich stationary ball handling drills these are beginner drills to help develop better hand eye coordination and a feel for the basketball.
Youth dribbling ball handling drills.
Youth basketball camp drills. Chase down layups is used to teach players to finish layups at full speed and with pressure. Since youth basketball is normally decided by which team makes more layups this is a basketball drill you must use often. The drill begins with two lines of players down each end of the floor.
One offensive line and one defensive line. Youth dribbling ball handling drills. Maravich stationary ball handling drills these are beginner drills to help develop better hand eye coordination and a feel for the basketball.
2 1 0 dribbling drills these are beginner progressions for teaching basketball moves to your players. Cone touch dribbling 12 variations this is a fun game that teaches players how to dribble. Ten years after co founding pro skills basketball and coaching kids from 2nd grade through 12th grade year round through our aau basketball teams summer camps and clinics i have a pretty good grasp on the areas most youth basketball players need to improve and the basketball drills that can really help individual youth players get better.
A few weeks ago a number of coaches replied and wanted more details about our youth summer camp that was extremely productive for us. Here s the practice plan and drills that i used for the first day of the team camp. I deviated and improvised at times but for the most part we stuck to the plan about 80 of the time.
Sorry i don t have links for all the drills. Youth basketball practices games. These are drills that can be used as games to keep practices interesting and fun.
Monkey in the middle. We all played this game as kids but it can actually be used as a great basketball drill. Designate a distance two players should be from each other and have one person in the middle.
This is a fun youth basketball drill but can be used at any age older kids will have fun because they probably played this when young. It s a fun way to end practice and also a great drill for camp situations. Place half the team inside the three point area at one end of the court and half at the other end.
Each player has a basketball. Block youth passing drills. With block drills you isolate a skill and you repeat the skill over and over for x amount of repetitions.
Block drills are good for getting high number of reps introducing skills and building confidence but should be limited or even eliminated from practice as your players progress. Pass and switch drill. Ball handling drills over 80 popular drills zone offenses for youth basketball zone defenses for youth basketball press breaking basics for youth basketball conditioning and footwork for youth basketball pressure defense full half court traps team drills for youth basketball inbounds plays for youth basketball 10.