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To truly develop their game players need to practice outside of team training sessions, which is why we have created this folder of solo drills and videos, complete with exercises that can be done outside of the team sessions.

These individual drills and videos show your players the correct techniques so they can practice basketball speedy cuts, driving dribbling and accurate shooting on their own.

With ball handling exercises including the mikan drill, zig zag dribbling, jump shot and shooting drills this category has drills and videos you can use for personal development, warm ups and cool downs.

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Ball Handling Circuit

The most important thing is that you get your players used to handling the basketball. You should make it so the basketball feels like it an extension of your hand.

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Behind the back pass

Stand about 10 feet away from a wall. Pass the ball around your back so it bounces back on your front side. Once you catch the ball again, you wrap it around your back again and continue the drill in the same way.

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Skill Pass and Dribble - Part 1

Standing 10 feet away from the wall. Using a 1 handed pass, passing from 1 hand to the other, with one bounce between passes (younger players may bounce the ball more times to allow them to control the ball before passing again).

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Chest Pass - Common mistake

Make sure hands are behind the ball and that your elbows are not all the way out.

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Creative Dribbling

Dribbling on the spot or on the move, get creative and do every dribble move you can think of as fast as you can. Imagine there is a defender in front of you or that you have to get past.

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Dribble Right Jump Shot

Dribble forwards. Stop at an imaginary defender. Ball behind the back into the right hand to set up the jump shot.

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Mikan Drill

The player will jump off their inside leg and shoot with their outside hand. Once they have shot they will get the rebound and shoot with their other hand on the opposite side of the basket. 4 Minutes - Normal layups with backboard 4 minutes - reverse layups with backboard 4 minutes - normal no backboard 4 minutes - reverse no backboard

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Mirrow/Window Self Coaching

Use a mirror or window to look at your form and technique. Whether it is passing, shooting or dribbling.

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Skill Pass and Dribble - Part 2

Stand 10 feet away from a wall. Start the drill off by making a 1 handed pass against the wall and catching it with your other hand. Once the ball in caught with your other hand, bounce the ball through your legs twice. After this make a 1 handed pass back to the original hand.

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Step Around Pass

Step around pass is used when you are closely guarded and you need to step around the defender in the direction you want to pass the ball. As you step around you will need to protect the ball by getting the ball to the side of your body away from the defender and making the pass from your hip.

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Throw Fake Jump Shot

Throw the ball forwards with a bit of backspin so that you can catch the ball after it has bounced, to simulate a pass. Fake left. Drive back and right into space to make the jump shot.

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Throw Reverse Spin Jump Shoot

Jump to right. Spin backwards pivoting off the left foot Keep the ball in right hand and dribble the ball Having landed on your right foot make a jump shot.

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