When I create my basketball workouts for the players that train with me, my goal is to keep them as efficient as possible. This means incorporating as many different skills as I can into the drills used in the workout. This includes the obvious skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting but also the skill of agility which is highly important yet often overlooked.
Agility Ladder One on One Drill
Eight Ways to Use the Ball Screen
I have never been able to figure out why more coaches do not use the ball screen more often in their offenses. Simply put, teams and players, especially at the high school level, do not know how to defend the ball screen well. Defending the ball screen is just not an aspect of defense is not worked on all that often…The following are eight ways in which basketball players can use the ball screen effectively and get themselves or their teamates good shots throughout the course of the game.
Circle the Cone Basketball Agility Drill
Training for speed and agility is a main part of my basketball training philosophy at Elite Basketball Training. It is so important for basketball players to be able to change directions quickly during a game and this is a skil that needs to be practiced. Below is a video of another great basketball speed and agility drill.
One on One Closeout Drills
As a coach, you see it all the time, players working on their basketball skills in a way that is not conducive to a game. You know the drill, going out on the court and immediately chucking up three point shot after three point shot from the same spots while bouncing the ball five or six times in front of you because they are frustrated that they keep missing. This type of workout usually lasts about 15 minutes and then the player goes in the house having barely broken a sweat.
Online Basketball Coaching Clinic
Learn how Rich Stoner took a high school varsity team that had 17 straight losing seasons and turned them into a state qualifier and contender year in and year out! You’ll also learn effective ways to develop strong team chemistry, loyalty, defensive techniques, drills, and much more. Coach Stoner was named 2005 Coach of the Year by the Home News Tribune and the Star Ledger and 2006 Blue Division Coach of the Year by the GMC Coaches Association. Since taking over at Metuchen High School, his teams have qualified for the state playoffs six years in a row after having only qualified once in the previous 17 seasons.
