Basketball: Change direction shooting

Sprint shooting session! Get your players to practice shooting accurately at game speed to improve their shooting percentage!

Basketball conditioning with a twist. It?s not all running and boring exercises, condition your players whilst putting a smile on their faces with sharp, intense drills to test their legs and their hands.

Teach players to make the right decisions when breaking up court and make the opposition's defenders scramble. Session focuses on: Attacking dribbling, spacing and timing.

Start as you mean to go on! Get everyone to work hard and build up a sweat with this basketball skills, fitness and team-work session.

Players start out in the corner on either side of the court.

Set up 2 cones in front of the players. The 1st cone 15 ft away. The 2nd cone 30 ft away. There will also be a chair 18-20 ft away from the basket.

Players dribble to the 1st cone and perform a change of direction dribble.

Player then dribbles around the 2nd cone and then dribbles at speed towards the chair.

When they reach the chair they should quickly change direction, move and attack the basket where they will finish with a lay-up.

Players start out in the corner on either side of the court.

Set up 2 cones in front of the players. The 1st cone 15 ft away. The 2nd cone 30 ft away. There will also be a chair 18-20 ft away from the basket.

Players dribble to the 1st cone and perform a change of direction dribble.

Player then dribbles around the 2nd cone and then dribbles at speed towards the chair.

When they reach the chair they should quickly change direction, move and attack the basket where they will finish with a lay-up.

2 players work with 1 basketball. Players must catch and shoot on the move.

Once a player has shot they should catch their own rebound and pass to the other players.

Once the player has passed the ball, they should make a run/cut and then get ready to shoot the ball.

Players set up as shown in video clip. The line of players under the basket will each have a basketball.

1. A pass will be made from the line on the baseline to the line at the top.
   
   
2. Once the pass has been received that player will take a shot. The passer of the ball will run out and do a close out with their hand up to contest the shot.
   
   
3. After the shot has been released they will turn and box out to get the rebound.