Rebounding basketball drills

Like defense, rebounding takes dedication. But rebounding is easier if you understand the basics of boxing out, timing, and the importance of defensive positioning.

There are 77 individual basketball drills in this category.

3 on 2 blockout

The Coach stands under basket with ball in hand while 3 players on offense stand at wings and top of key. 2 defensive players stand facing offense on the blocks.

Coach has ball at free throw line with three players facing the bucket. Coach shoots the ball and all three players fight for the rebound. The player that secures the rebound goes up to score and the other two players fight for the rebound. The ball is always live, there is no out of bounds, there is no fouls. If the ball goes in the bucket, it is still live and whoever secures the ball goes back up to shoot the shot. These three players battle for the rebounds until one of the three players gets 3 buckets. Then you replace him with a new player and start again.

2 Man Rebounding Drill and Continuation

This is a simple drill that, with very little effort, can be used to emphasise various aspects of rebounding. While I don’t use it to initially teach the technical aspects of offensive or defensive rebounding I find it a great drill for revision and to focus on rebounding philosophy in a competitive setting.

1 on 1 Rebounding with Outlet Pass

One line is behind top of the key. Two players are in each outlet spot, free-throw line extended. One defensive player is in the lane. Player number 2 in the line takes a shot on the basket. The first player in the line tries to grab the offensive rebound while the player in the lane tries to box him out. After taking the rebound the defensive rebounder passes an outlet pass to the same side the rebound was taken. The outlet player passes the ball to the second player in the line who now takes a shot and the drill moves on. After going to offensive rebound, players rotate to the same outlet spots as the outlet pass was made to. The players from the outlet spots rotate behind the line after making the pass to the second man in the line.