Shooting Drill: Cone Shooting

Shooting Drill: Cone Shooting

With this drill you can improve shooting from the various spots on the floor and add competitiveness.

Setup:
Setup five cones in the low-post area, the free-throw line, free-throw line extended and on top of the key. Depending on the skills of your players you can add more cones. If necessary, increase (or reduce) the distance to the basket so your players can work on the proper technique without using too much strength. Two pairs of players can go to one half of the court. One player is the passer/rebounder, the other one is the shooter.

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Review: Coachdeck Basketball Drills

Review: Coachdeck Basketball Drills

This is my first review out of a series of Basketball products for coaches and players alike. During my years of coaching I have gathered a lot of useful coaching equipment I’d like to tell you about. If you’d like me to review a product or if you have a suggestions, I’d be happy if you get in touch with me!

In this review I will be looking at a Coachdeck Basketball Drills for coaches. Here’s the product description:

What is it?
Basically, it is a collection of basketball drills to use in your practices or at home with your parents or friends. The interesting part is, that all of these drills can be performed by novices and without any special equipment besides … well, a hoop and a basketball.

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Tips on Improving your Drills

Tips on Improving your Drills

There are numerous tips on improving your drills. Basketball drills are the foundation of skills which any good basketball player has to perform. There are individual drills which can be performed as well as team drills which your whole basketball team can perform with improving overall talent.

There is always room for improvement
The game of basketball is not something which people are naturally born to perform. Some people may have talent but there is always room for improvements no matter how much of a basketball star you claim to be. Work and dedication are two traits which must be contained by winners for without these two traits, you are simply not being the best basketball player you can be.

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