Pillar
Where skill work becomes game habits. Practice-ready teaching progressions, small-sided games, shell concepts, shooting competitions, and post/perimeter development blocks, plus the coaching breakdowns behind them.
Coach’s featured drills
Six drill pages to start with. Each one has the drills drawn up on a court.
Defensive basketball drills in teaching order, from stance and defensive slide drills to closeouts, pass denial, shell and scored games, with the versions coaches split on.
Basketball shooting drills for every level, from form work and youth games to team competitions and free throws, each with a score or a consequence.
Backdoor cut basketball: the cutter's read of a denying defender, front cut or rear cut, timing, the passer's job, and the diagrams for each version.
Basketball rebounding drills from technique and box-out circles to scored small-group games, War drill and youth drills, with the goals and rules coaches attach.
Fast break basketball drills that run the floor with the ball: weaves, partner and no-dribble drills, catch-up drills, a finishing series and youth versions.
Pick and roll basketball drills that teach the action in order: a 2 on 0 screener series, chair reads, advantage drills, live coverage drills and youth steps.
Player-development breakdowns
Game shots, game speed, a score on every rep. How to structure individual shooting workouts.
Two 2-on-2 drills that fix the biggest reason teams give up easy baskets.
A competitive scrimmage where points only count when followed by a stop.
Keep exploring
Offense · Defense · Situations · Practice & Coaching · How to read our diagrams
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