Conditioning basketball drills

Basketball requires all around conditioning; stamina, strength, speed, jumping ability and more. These drills show you how to improve in all those areas.

There are 159 individual basketball drills in this category.

Venture Drill

This is an outstanding drill for player’s who want to work on speed, agility, and conditioning. This is a drill which coaches and players can implement all year.

Vegas

Start at one side on the out-of-bounds line. Set clock for one minute or 30 seconds. Set number of times to go up and back. Example 1 minute=17, 30 seconds=9.

Two minute post passing

This is a full Court lay-up drill. Set four players on the court one on each of the elbows. Have the two one the right side of the court face one basket and have the two on the left side of the court face the other basket. Have the remaining players split up into two groups under each basket.

Two ball drill

Place three players at each basket. One player is the shooter and stands in front of and facing the basket. The other two players are his rebounders and one stands on each side of the basket as if rebounding a foul shot..

Each rebounder has a ball and places the ball on the floor in front of him. This is a one minute drill. On the coaches signal, the shooter picks up a ball and shoots a layup. The player on that side rebounds and places the ball back on the floor as the shooter picks up the ball on the other side and shoots a layup from that side. The shooter continues for the full minute keeping count of shots made.

Turn About

This drill is used to build up conditioning for a game while making the players practice different fundamentals.

Three Down Shooting

This drill can be used anytime during practice. We use it at the end of a practice as a shooting and conditioning drill.
The drill begins with 3 players on each baseline and three players at the half court line. The players on the end lines each have a basketball. On the coach’s whistle the players at half court sprint toward one baseline. When they reach the three point arc they call for the ball. The player on the endline makes a good chest or bounce pass to the player opposite her. The player receiving the ball can pull up for a three point shot or move to the basket for a layup or a fifteen foot jump shot.
The player who passes the ball sprints down court and receives a pass at the opposite three point arc. The drill continues for one minute. The object is to score a certain number of points which are predetermined by the coach. If enough points are scored then the drill can end.

Scoring is determined by the following:
3 points if basket is made from outside the 3 point arc.
2 points if made from three point line in to the broken circle area.
1 point if made from broken circle to backboard (lay-up)

Our goal is usually 60+ points in a minute.

The players will like this drill because it is competitive. they don’t mind the running because they are concentrating on the pass and shot.

Note: The shooter must rebound her own shot and then get to the baseline and be ready to pass to the next shooter who will be coming down the court.

The Birch

This drill really works on the player’s endurance and speed and helps to show you the players that really are willing to work and the ones who are not.