youth basketball drills

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Here are some youth basketball drills. I hope you have a look though these youth basketball drills, and start improving your basketball skills today! You can learn a lot while practicing and working hard at these different basketball drills and you will see your game improving!

youth basketball drill #1

dribble tag: Every player has a ball and has to continue dribbling, while trying to tap the other players ball out of bounds. Second dribble is not allowed. When your ball goes out of bounds you are out of the the game. Or I have had heard of punishment like push ups and then you go back in. Plus, you can play it until you have a winner, but keep making the playing court smaller so like the last three are in the center circle.

youth basketball drill #2

freeze tag: Two different teams team that has balls, and then other teams trying to tag the players that are dribbling with the balls. The players that are tagged have to hold the ball above there heads until another player with the ball comes and dribbles through there legs. If the team that tags the dribblers tagged them all, they win. If after usually a time limit of a minute or two and players are still dribbling then they won. Punishment for the losers such has push ups.

youth basketball drill #3

green light/red light: Everyone starts at the baseline with a ball. When the coach says 'green light', the player starts to dribble and walk. When the coach says 'red light', the player stops. I have also, done this with jump stopping and pivoting. The players run until you say red light, then they have to jump stop and once they get that you can throw in a jump stop and pivot.

youth basketball drill #4

fruit salad:One person stands in the middle of the court with a ball. He calls out "a name of a fruit" (here the players with the ball has to think of a fruit or there favorite fruit). When your fruit is called out that player has to try to reach the other side of the court while dribbling and not getting tagged by the guy in the middle. Everyone who get caught by a tap on his back helps the one in the middle the next time. You can do the same game has sort of a warm up or a conditioning drill without balls, and just having them run it's a good fun game while making them run.

youth basketball drill #5

number game: Here you have two teams and each player on the team has a number. Then you put the two teams on the baseline or sideline and then you put the ball in the middle and call out a number and then the two players play full court one on one. You can also call out more then one number. And if you put the players on the sideline then you can have them make passes to there team that is standing on the sideline.

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