Your goal for the competitive basketball workout is a 40 minute workout at a highly intense pace and with correct technique. If you don’t go hard the entire workout you are wasting a valuable opportunity to improve and your own time. Make the workout fundamentally correct and quick moving. Move from one drill to the next. The only time you stop is to record your scores.
Rather than just doing basketball drills, each workout is designed to be a 20 game season to add a competitive side to the basketball workouts.You play 20 games against yourself and keep track of your win/loss record. Before you start, You will set a written goal for yourself for each game. If you fail to reach your goal, or tie your goal, you lose that game. Use our suggested goals for your games or set your own. You can start at whatever level you want, but once you win 18 games or more at one level, you move to the next higher level.
The five scoring levels are Middle School, Junior Varsity, Varsity, Championship Varsity, and D1. For example, if the player wins 18 of the 20 games at the Junior Varsity level, s/he must increase the level the next workout to reflect the new level.
The names of the levels are merely that, names. If someone achieves a level, that does not indicate that he or she is ready for competition at that level. There are many other factors that determine whether or not a player can compete at a given level.
Prior to starting the first of your twenty game workout, Warm up and stretch your mind and body. You also need to warm up your hands and improve your dribbling skills with One Basketball Stationary Ball Drills or Two Basketball Stationary Ball Drills.
After you complete each numbered stage, shoot a One and One Free Throw--just like a game--you make the first shot, you earn the second shot--while you are tired. To win the one and one free throw game, you must make both free throws.
- Rim Flips emphasis on proper shooting technique
- Technique Shooting Game (Click on the tab above for a description)
- Different Technique Game
- Dribbling and Driving Game
- Different Dribbling and Driving Game
- Game Pace Shooting Game
- Different Game Pace Shooting Game
- Third game pace shooting drill (may repeat one of the two previous game pace games only if you lost that game--cannot repeat one that you won)
- Toughness Shooting Game
- Different Toughness Shooting Game
The final part of each workout is the evaluation. Measure and evaluate how you did against your previous performances. Write down what you can improve on tomorrow and how you are going to do it. Have a plan and a purpose
click on the names of the drills with red links below for a more detailed explanation of each one.
Technique shooting games are the repetition shot stage (stage #2) of the competitive individual development workout. Each drill is done without defensive or time pressure. The goal for this phase is to develop a rhythm with proper technique. Shooting a basketball takes a lot of correct practice and in several stages. This section of the workout involves basketball shooting drills with an emphasis on correct technique and fundamentals of shooting a basketball. The following sections have drills that work with an emphasis of moving at game speed and then overloading the difficulty level so that you are pushed to develop toughness and the ability to shoot when you are physically tired. Since we encourage you to do your workouts daily, we offer several different drills to provide variety in your basketball workouts.
The Ladder is one of our basketball shooting drills that involves 30 shots from various distances and spots on the floor with the objective of working on your fundamentals
5 shots 5 spots is a drill to get a rhythm and feel for shooting from the same spot five times in a row before moving on.
45 spot up shots inside arc are slow no pressure shots taken from 18-20 feet just inside the three point arc. This drill is best done if you have a rebounder. Make sure that you get your feet set and shoot these at about the same pace as you would when you shoot your rim flips.
Two to one shooting game You play against an imaginary opponent by shooting shots from a specific spot on the floor.
50 point game involves 29 shots with the distance of the shot determining how much each shot is worth--click on the red name at the beginning of this line to see a diagram of where the shots come from.
Shooting on the line is a way to practice getting your shot straight. Great basketball shooters are able to keep the ball straight. This drill is a good drill for summer camps, practices with a low number of baskets, or a large number of players, or just to evaluate how well you are able to shoot the ball and keep it straight.
Game Pace Basketball Drills Dribbling and Driving
Dribbling is one of the skills in basketball that can be used too frequently and can hurt the team's chance for success. In an individual workout, dribbling skills must be improved along with shooting skills. The driving games will help you with the habit of using your dribbles to go to the basket.
Click on the red links below for more information and a video demonstration of that drill.
One minute halfcourt dribbling one basketball is one of the best basketall drilsl to improve your dribbling. It involves using both hands, seeing the whole floor, spacing the whole floor, using a variety of dribble moves, and moving at game speed while doing all of those things.
One minute halfcourt dribbling two basketballs has the same purpose and execution as with one basketball, but has the added pressure of dribbling two basketballs.
25 reps of push/pull crossover
18 2 ball crossovers
10 straight line drives
(Your School Mascot) Dribbling 2 trip
Game Pace Basketball Shooting Drills
Working on your technique is an important part of becoming a great shooter. When the pressure is on and fatigue sets in, technique is what allows you to be consistent and come through in those tough situations. But, this stage of our competitive basketball workout is the most critical to success in games. If you can't make shots in basketball practice or in your individual workouts, at game pace, you will not be able to make them in games when it counts. It is a long process that takes time, so be patient with yourself and be persistent!
Click on the red letter drill names below to see more information and video demonstrations of the drills.
2 Minute Drill is one of our favorite basketball drills. It combines game pace shooting, pressure free throws, and several types of shots.
Beat the Pro allows you to imagine you competing in a shooting drill against your favorite player.
Spin Out Shots is a good basketball shooting drill to do if you are working out by yourself and you have to rebound your own shots. It provides for a variety of shots, dribbles, and drives.
Hop Back Shots dribbling left (10 shots)
Hop Back Shots dribbling right (10 shots)
One Minute Rapid Fire
4 Minute Drill
1-6 Moves for time
Continuous 1-1 to 10
Make 20 3s rebound own while being timed
Florida Screen and Roll Drill (for post players). The link will take you to a demonstration of the drill with Florida Assistant Coach Larry Shyatt on the Championship Productions web site. Additionally, you can read reviews of the DVD. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video of the drill.
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