F-A-S-T

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Drill Purpose:

This is a drill out of our 60 Fun Youth Drills Ebook. This fun drill is great for developing player skills such as speed dribbling and catching. You also develop some dodging skills.

Instructions

Each person is given a basketball and is in a small circle in the middle of the court. The coach is to stand in the middle.
With a soft skin ball in your hands, call the name of a player and throw the ball into the air. The player will then leave their basketball and runs to get the soft skin ball.
Every other player then dribbles as fast as they can away from the person in the middle. When the player catches the ball and yells "stop", everyone must stop immediately and set their balls down beside them.
The player in the middle with the "soft" ball may take three steps toward the nearest student and attempt to throw the ball at them. If the target is hit with the ball, that person must give their basketball to the player that got them out and go to the center of the court. If the person throwing the ball misses or the ball is caught by the target, the original person stays in the middle. Everyone then returns to the middle and the ball is thrown in the air and a new name is called.

Teaching Tips

Remind players that they must push the ball out in front of their bodies to speed dribble effectively.

Variations:

The number of steps taken to get close to the target may be changed depending on the size of the gym.
The circle in the middle can be close to the person throwing the ball or it can be moved away form the middle, depending on the gym size.

**For more fun drills, you can check out our 60 Fun Drills Ebook.

If you prefer video, you can also check out Jim Huber's The Youth Coaching System. They have plenty of youth drills as well.

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PETER MARINO says:
9/3/2008 at 9:03:03 AM

SEND ME BASKETBALL PRACTICE LECTURES
FOR 6- TO 15 YEARS OLD

Kenneth Brooks says:
9/8/2008 at 12:18:16 PM

My son is 10 years old. What are some good drills he and I can do 1 on 1? I grew up playing Foodball and Baseball and don't have the skill set to help him. He likes Basketball.

Joe Haefner says:
9/8/2008 at 12:27:29 PM

Hi Kenneth,

You can find drills for players to use on their own or with a partner at our player's drills section: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/basketball-drills-players.html

You can also learn more about teaching the fundamentals which is very critical at this age by visiting this page: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fundamentals/basketballfundamentals.html

Jeff Haefner says:
9/9/2008 at 7:49:46 AM

Kenneth,

Not sure if you saw this but for 1 on 1 drills, you might want to try this:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/CompetitiveOneonOne.html

Also, if I could only choose two skills to teach my own son about basketball, I would teach:

1. Everything about proper shooting fundamentals and technique.

2. Footwork.

To get started, check out this article with pictures showing proper shooting technique:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fundamentals/shooting-technique.html

We also devoted a chapter for youth players in our Basketball Shooting Guide here:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/pr/btshooting.html

Since your son is just 10, you''ll definitely want to teach him in different ways than a high school kid.

If you have any more questions, let us know. This is an important time. Don''t push and let him have fun!

Zigo Tesfai says:
10/27/2008 at 11:57:11 AM

I have mix players middle school students and high school students, and I need help how to coach them, our first practise will be this Sunday, and I don''t have any idea where to start, and some of them they never played basketball, so I really need help how to start teach them easy way, if you can send me step by step what to do as soon as possible I will appreciate you. Thanks

Tim Sturtevant says:
12/13/2008 at 9:42:26 AM

I really appreciate the depth of BreakthroughBasketball's library of material and your insight into what makes players tick (ie. balancing fun, technique development, work and game strategy etc.). I'm enthused by your healthy approach to sports and impressed with your in-exhaustible knowledge of B-Ball at all levels. I have a suggestion that may make your broad knowledge more accessible to beginning coaches like myself.

I'm a dedicated masters swimmer who gets my daily work outs from a website called SwimPlan.com. The site generates (5) different work-outs per day that draw from their library of the (4) strokes (Butterfly, Back, Breast & Free) with different time intervals, distances, drills and warm ups and cool downs. It's all geared to the age and fitness level that the participant inputs. There's something appealing and challenging to having works out handed to you rather than having to digest all the material and design it yourself.

I know how lazy this is going to sound but I'm going to say it anyway: The "Sample Youth Practice Schedule" is a great template to start with. If you could design and make available a program that would fill in a daily practice schedule by drawing randomly from your extensive library it would save us coaches from having to read through and evaluate the merits of each drill/situation set-up and fashion a well-rounded practice schedule. It also would encourage us to try some of your less orthodox fun drills (ie. F-A-S-T, Musical Slide etc.). I think this suggestion might give you an up-spike in coach performance.

You've done a mountain of wonderful work and are moving daily/team exercise in a new and accessible direction. Many thanks for your breakthough innovative spirit... Tim

Andy VanBebber says:
1/15/2009 at 6:08:27 AM

What are some drills that I can work on to improve my junior highs 2-3 deefense

coach julian says:
5/23/2009 at 5:41:06 AM

thanks a lot for these drills
am planning a one day basketball camp on the 13th June 2009 for 10-14years and 15-18years old but i only have one basketball to use and am expecting 50 participants.what are the drills that can make the day very memorable,educative and capture the attention of all the participants and not leaving anyone unattended to.
am a volunteer coach and currently am not in a position to afford your 60 fun drills e book from Kenya because the shipment expenses are way above my income is there away we try to make fit my budget because i really desire to have it and use these drill to my boys and keep them away from child labour [very rampant] in our community and give the very exciting basketball drills through this book.
thanks

Jeff Haefner says:
5/24/2009 at 9:24:09 AM

Julian,

It will be tough with only one ball but can be done. I would do lots of footwork drills without the ball (front pivot, inside pivot, drop step, step through, and sweep). Then take those pivots and use them in the context of the game -- moving without the ball, blocking out, defensive slides, post defense, etc.

I would do lots of "moving without the ball" drills. Have them cut off chairs, use screens, etc to get open. The movement will keep them from getting bored. Take parts of an offense and turn them into drills for moving without the ball. Try to incorporate fun games too.

Just so you know, the fun drills ebook does not require shipping fees because it's delivered through email as an e-book.

Good luck.

Reneboy G. Sala says:
11/30/2009 at 9:34:21 PM

I am former amateur basketball player, presently, I coaching Elementary & High School Teams. I like your fun drills sent to me for free, Can you send me another fun drills for Offense & Defense?
Thanks.

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