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Draw the drill, cones and all

Practice runs on the same court as your plays. Put the equipment where it stands in the gym, draw who goes where, and watch it run.

The equipment, where it stands

Cones, flat markers, chairs, agility ladders, mini hurdles, stand-up dummies and a ball rack. Ladders, hurdles and chairs turn to the angle they stand at, and a piece can carry a letter, so “sprint to cone A” means something on the diagram.

Play or Drill, one switch

The same editor in two modes, and it is always clear which one you are in. A drill takes up to 12 players a side and two coaches; a coach is a square token who passes, rebounds and holds a pad like anyone else.

Animated exactly like plays

Cuts, passes, dribbles, screens and shots in the notation you already use, phase by phase, on the same court. Scrub it, loop the phase you are teaching, watch it from the top or in isometric.

Sorted the way you plan practice

Every drill says what it trains — shooting, finishing, ball handling, passing, footwork, defense, rebounding, conditioning, basketball IQ, transition, team play or warm-up — how hard it is, from beginner to elite, and which age groups it suits, from U8 to adult.

A drill sheet, not only a diagram

Minutes in practice, how many players and balls, what to watch and say, and how to make it easier, harder or competitive, kept with the drill. A drill brought in from another collection keeps the name of its source.

97 drills, ready to open

45 of the library’s drills were researched against two or more published sources each, from federation manuals to sports-medicine studies, including injury-prevention warm-ups with balance and landing work. The rest were written for the library. Filter them by what they train, how hard they are and which ages they suit.

Straight into practice

On Coach, a drill goes into a practice plan with its own minutes, and Fill the rest picks library drills that suit your team’s age group.

Basketball drills, drawn for practice

Finishing

Mikan Drill

BeginnerU10–Adult5 min
Ball handling

Zig-Zag Cone Dribble

BeginnerU8–U148 min
Conditioning

Line Sprints (Suicides)

BeginnerU10–Adult5 min
Rebounding

Box Out and Pursue

BeginnerU10–U188 min
Defense

Closeout and Contest

BeginnerU10–Adult8 min
Shooting

Chair Curl Shooting

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Footwork

Ladder to Finish

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Passing

Three-Man Weave

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Defense

Shell Drill 4-on-4

IntermediateU14–Adult12 min
Transition

Continuous 3-on-2, 2-on-1

AdvancedU14–Adult15 min
Shooting

Around the World

BeginnerU8–U148 min
Shooting

Form Shooting

BeginnerU8–Adult6 min
Shooting

Knockout

BeginnerU8–Adult10 min
Shooting

Partner Shooting

BeginnerU10–Adult10 min
Shooting

Shooting Stars

BeginnerU8–U1410 min
Shooting

Cutter Shooting

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Shooting

Elbow-to-Elbow Shooting

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Shooting

Hand-Off Shooting

IntermediateU14–Adult8 min
Shooting

Free Throws Under Pressure

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Shooting

3-2-1 Shooting

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Shooting

One-Dribble Pull-Up

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Shooting

Two in a Row

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Finishing

Layup Progression

BeginnerU8–U1210 min
Finishing

Power Layup

BeginnerU10–Adult6 min
Finishing

Two-Man Full-Court Layups

BeginnerU10–Adult8 min
Finishing

Chase-Down Layups

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Finishing

Drop Step Power Finish

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Finishing

Jump Hook

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Finishing

Reverse Layup Series

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Finishing

Up-and-Under

IntermediateU14–Adult6 min
Finishing

Euro Step Finish

AdvancedU14–Adult8 min
Finishing

Floater Drill

AdvancedU14–Adult6 min
Finishing

Inside-Hand Layup

AdvancedU14–Adult6 min
Ball handling

Called-Move Dribble Lines

BeginnerU10–Adult10 min
Ball handling

Speed Dribble Layups

BeginnerU8–U146 min
Ball handling

Attack and Retreat Dribble

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Ball handling

Dribble Gauntlet

IntermediateU10–U1610 min
Passing

Bull in the Ring

BeginnerU10–U168 min
Passing

Partner Passing

BeginnerU8–U146 min
Passing

Star Passing

BeginnerU8–U166 min
Passing

Ten Passes

BeginnerU10–Adult10 min
Passing

Two-on-One Keep-Away

BeginnerU8–U126 min
Passing

Four-Corner Passing

IntermediateU10–Adult6 min
Passing

Post Entry Passing

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Passing

Three-Lane Passing

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Footwork

Jump Stop, Pivot, Pass

BeginnerU8–U126 min
Footwork

Red Light, Green Light

BeginnerU8–U125 min
Footwork

Triple Threat Jab Series

BeginnerU10–U168 min
Footwork

Four-Corner Pivot

IntermediateU10–U166 min
Footwork

T-Drill Agility

IntermediateU12–Adult6 min
Defense

Closeout 1-on-1

BeginnerU10–Adult8 min
Defense

Defensive Mirror

BeginnerU8–U125 min
Defense

Lane Slides

BeginnerU10–Adult5 min
Defense

Mass Defensive Slides

BeginnerU8–U145 min
Defense

Circle Trap

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Defense

Defensive Cutthroat

IntermediateU12–Adult12 min
Defense

Post Defense Positions

IntermediateU14–Adult10 min
Defense

Take the Charge

IntermediateU14–Adult8 min
Defense

2-3 Zone Slides

IntermediateU12–Adult12 min
Defense

Wing Denial

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Defense

Zig-Zag Defense

IntermediateU10–Adult8 min
Defense

Help and Recover 2-on-2

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Defense

4-on-3 Rotation

EliteU16–Adult10 min
Defense

Hedge and Recover

EliteU16–Adult12 min
Rebounding

Circle Box-Out

BeginnerU10–U166 min
Rebounding

Crash and Putback

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Rebounding

4-on-4 Close Out and Block Out

IntermediateU14–Adult10 min
Rebounding

Superman Rebounding

IntermediateU12–Adult4 min
Rebounding

Tip Drill

IntermediateU12–Adult5 min
Rebounding

Weak-Side Box Out

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Rebounding

Rebounding War

AdvancedU16–Adult10 min
Conditioning

Lane Agility

BeginnerU12–Adult8 min
Conditioning

Loose Ball Scramble

BeginnerU10–Adult8 min
Conditioning

Sprint, Slide, Backpedal

BeginnerU10–Adult5 min
Conditioning

Sideline 17s

IntermediateU14–Adult5 min
Basketball IQ

Backdoor Read

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Basketball IQ

Down Screen Reads

IntermediateU14–Adult10 min
Basketball IQ

2-on-1 Reads

IntermediateU10–Adult8 min
Basketball IQ

Drive, Help, Dump-Off

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Transition

4-on-4 Touch and Recover

IntermediateU14–Adult12 min
Transition

Outlet and Fill the Lanes

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Transition

2-on-2 Continuous

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Transition

11-Man Break

AdvancedU14–Adult12 min
Transition

5-on-0 Numbered Break

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Team play

Give and Go

BeginnerU8–U148 min
Team play

Pass, Cut and Replace

BeginnerU8–U148 min
Team play

Drive and Kick Spacing

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Team play

Pass and Screen Away

IntermediateU12–Adult10 min
Team play

Pick-and-Roll 2-on-0

IntermediateU14–Adult10 min
Team play

UCLA Cut

IntermediateU12–Adult8 min
Team play

Post Entry and Split

AdvancedU14–Adult10 min
Warm-up

Dynamic Warm-Up Lines

BeginnerU8–Adult8 min
Warm-up

Hop and Stick Balance

BeginnerU8–Adult5 min
Warm-up

Injury-Prevention Warm-Up

BeginnerU12–Adult12 min
Warm-up

Jump and Land

BeginnerU8–Adult6 min
Warm-up

Two-Line Layups

BeginnerU8–Adult6 min
Warm-up

Plant, Cut and Bound

IntermediateU10–Adult6 min

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