Basketball: Cat and Mouse

Get your young players enjoying basketball in this fun session that will keep them interested and improve their skills.

7 Drills to improve Ball Handling and reduce Turnovers - Review the basics of ball handling and dribbling basics with your players and cut down on needless turnovers

Player 1 dribbles the ball with their right hand, change to the left and then go for a lay up shot. Player 2 starts with the left hand, then changes to the right before attempting a lay up.

Split into 2 lines and have a line on either side of the court.

One player in the middle with a basketball.

The player in the middle will pass to the 1st player in one of the lines. After the pass is made that player will go and defender the receiver of the pass.

They will play 1v1. Only 1 shot is allowed.

Once a shot has been taken the ball will be passed to the opposite line where the offensive player will become the defender.

Set up two lines, one for the for the defending players (red) and the other for the attacking players (blue) who have one ball.

When the coach blows their whistle both players run around their respective cones (shown in diagram).

After the blue player has made their way around the cone another player in the offensive players' line passes the ball to them.

After they've run round the cones players play out the 1 vs 1.

On the signal the players must move backwards and forwards over the line whilst maintaing the ball dribbling on the line.