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Shooting Drills

These shooting drills present a variety of options for practising shooting, covering opposed, unopposed, team and individual drills.

In addition to our library of shooting drills you’ll find a number of games that encourage players to practice their shooting in game-situations.

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Shoot & Hustle

‘Partner Passing’ encourages shooters to hustle after their own shots as the partner sprints to a perimeter shooting spot

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10+10+10+10

Divide the court into four quadrants, require the shooter to make 10 shots from each area with a partner rebounding and passing

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‘Kansas’ Action Sets Up Open Jumper

Your shooting guard begins deep on the right side of the floor and eventually ends up almost in the same spot with an open mid-range jumper

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Make 2 In A Row Or Stay Put

The shooter must make two consecutive shots from one position to advance to the next — the goal is to finish all seven spots before 90 se...

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Bring ‘Baseball’ To The Hoops Court

Incorporating a 9-inning concept, the ‘Baseball Shooting Drill’ ramps up the competitiveness and rewards consistency

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‘7 Drill’ Tests Form As Fatigue Mounts

The shooter covers a lot of ground in 2 minutes while trying to make more shots than miss and get the score into the 5- to 7-point range

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Pick A Time & Moves — Then Compete

Players decide in advance how long to make the competition and what moves to use, then shoot head-to-head to determine a winner

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Stevens’ Set For Shooting Big Man

Grab this set from one of the best play designers in the game — Boston’s Brad Stevens — to use a decoy off a double screen in setting up ...

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‘25 Alive’ Preaches Consistency

Missing 2 in a row forces the player to reset to zero at the specified spot on the floor, so shooters are forced to get into a rhythm while ...

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‘Continuous Curl’ Creates Lots Of Shots

Teach shooters how to move from low to high while curling through the lane toward the opposite elbow while also having them follow their ...

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‘Drag’ & Drop Multiple Scoring Chances

Start with a handoff on the wing, which leads into a drag screen and allows your offense to attack the middle of the lane as the defense ...

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‘Layups & Mids’ Gets Plenty Of Game Shots

Show your post players the kinds of shots you want them to take in a game — lots of layups and mid-range jumpers to place them in a ...

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‘30-Second Post’ Gets Constant Reps

The post player keeps moving from one side of the rim to the other, completing in-close moves and scoring at the rim to sharpen forwards’ ...

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‘Double The Fun’ Requires Consistency

Players must make two consecutive shots before earning the right to move to the next spot … miss two in a row and head back to the previous ...

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‘4-Shot Drill’ Hits All Areas

Convert an in-close curl, 3-pointer, mid-range jumper and attacking layup in this fast-paced drill to work on shooting from several areas ...

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Team ‘Triple Shot’ Ups The Competition

Split your squad into two teams at opposite baskets, then have each player execute 3 shots of varying depth while keeping track of which ...

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Be The Fastest To 10

This shooting drills doubles as a conditioner as players constantly are sprinting, catching, shooting mid-range jumpers … then sprinting ...

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‘Triple Rebounding’ Teaches Toughness

There is no time to rest … only time to react as rebounders constantly are coming and going in this fast-paced drill in which players need ...

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‘Close & Board’ Creates Competition

A big part of rebounding comes on perimeter shots when defenders first need to close out on a shooter, then box out that responsibility to ...

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‘Follow’ Forces Focus, Accuracy

The ball moves quickly around the perimeter and focus is critical as 4 basketballs and 8 players are used in this drill to sharpen long-...

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No Luck – Just Skill – Needed In ‘Horseshoe’

Players curl toward the ball, catch a pass on the move, square up and shoot in this fast-moving drill designed to get players game shots in ...

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‘Elevator’ Creates Top 3

The ball handler initiates action with a pass, moves to the corner, comes off a screen into the lane and sprints up the middle toward the ...

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Bump Up The Intensity With Double Chair Drill

This competitive drill forces shooters to sprint and move after every shot, grab the ball, gain composure and take a good shot for 2 ...

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Who Makes 75 First?

Each player makes 75 shots total from 5 different spots in this drill — the competition portion comes down to who does it first

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Shooting Drills

Shoot & Hustle

10+10+10+10

‘Kansas’ Action Sets Up Open Jumper

Make 2 In A Row Or Stay Put

Bring ‘Baseball’ To The Hoops Court

‘7 Drill’ Tests Form As Fatigue Mounts

Pick A Time & Moves — Then Compete

Stevens’ Set For Shooting Big Man

‘25 Alive’ Preaches Consistency

‘Continuous Curl’ Creates Lots Of Shots

‘Drag’ & Drop Multiple Scoring Chances

‘Layups & Mids’ Gets Plenty Of Game Shots

‘30-Second Post’ Gets Constant Reps

‘Double The Fun’ Requires Consistency

‘4-Shot Drill’ Hits All Areas

Team ‘Triple Shot’ Ups The Competition

Featured Coaches

Hannah Duncan

Steph Fairbairn

Carl Wild

Samantha Snow

Be The Fastest To 10

‘Triple Rebounding’ Teaches Toughness

‘Close & Board’ Creates Competition

‘Follow’ Forces Focus, Accuracy

No Luck – Just Skill – Needed In ‘Horseshoe’

‘Elevator’ Creates Top 3

Bump Up The Intensity With Double Chair Drill

Who Makes 75 First?

Coaches' Testimonials

John Allen, AAU National Boys Basketball Commissioner

Wade Wolff, Colfax Youth Development League

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