Pre-game Drills - Basketball Forum

This is one of my favorites - includes a lot of different skills.

- 3-Man Half-Court Weave and Shooting/Close-Out Drill

This is a good half-court weave drill that combines the weave with mid-range jump shots, defensive close-outs, boxing-out and rebounding. This drill could also be used as a pre-game warm-up drill.

See the diagrams below. Diagram A... players line up at the half-court line in three lines (1, 2, and 3). Two players (4 and 5) start on the endline, just outside the lane lines. 2 starts the weave, passing to 3, and then cuts back behind 3 (wide), and to the hoop. 3 passes to 1 and cuts wide behind 1 to the left side. 1 passes (bounce-pass) to 2, and 2 completes the lay-up, and retrieves the ball.

1 cuts to the right elbow or free-throw line-extended area, while 3 cuts to the left side. 1 and 3 give a hand target, and 4 and 5 pass to 3 and 1 respectively (diagram B). 1 and 3 shoot the mid-range jump-shots. 4 and 5 close-out on the ball (yelling "ball, ball, ball" and "shot"), and then box-out and rebound.

Diagram C... players rotate so that the shooters 1 and 3 become the passers on the endline, while 2, 4, and 5 go back to the half-court lines. This drill features a number of fundamentals and some running, and is therefore a good pre-game drill.

My drill is on Coaches Clipboard (sorry Jeff/Joe) Drill #4

http://www.coachesclipboard.net/WeavePassingDrills.html