Basketball Drills

This drill is called Full Court Layup Drill. Some coaches call it Pinwheel.

You will need to click the play arrow to see the drill. It will run three times.

The drill has several purposes. They are not listed by priority
1) Conditioning while moving with and passing the basketball at a full sprint.
2) Improves on-court communication.
3) Practice taking the ball out of bounds properly.
4) Catching a pass and immediately making another pass.
5) Making players aware of avoiding over and back violations.
6) Making layups at full speed.
7) Meeting the pass.

Another benefit to the drill is that good ballhandlers stand out in this drill so it is a good drill to use to evaluate talent, especially when you are new to your coaching job and are getting to know your personnel.

This drill is illustrated with one basketball, but for high school teams, you can start out with a basketball going on each side of the floor. Younger teams will want to master the drill with one basketball before adding another. You will to be able to run it going both directions so that you can practice left handed layups as well. To make the drill competitive, you can put a minute on the clock and see how many you can make in that time and have goals and team records to shoot for.

Procedure to run the drill.
1. Start by taking the ball out of bounds. Each time you make a pass, you move up to the next line.
2. Every time you make a pass, call the name of the player you are passing to.
3. When you catch a pass, meet it by jumping toward the pass and landing with two feet.
4. The ball is not dribbled in the drill.
5. When you pass to a teammate who shoots a layup, follow, take the ball out of the net, then take it out of bounds and start up the floor on the other side.
6. See the animation. When you shoot a layup, you return to the line closest to where you took the ball out of bounds.