Basketball Drills That Work

There are many basketball drills that work and a multitude that do not. Many of the do not work in a game drills can be found on advanced drills dvds sold on the Internet. Fools will fall for them thinking that they will be able to take these seemingly advanced moves into a game. You can put the ball between your legs all you want but if you can't put it in the hole or stop it from going in the hole, you won't make a difference on the court. That's the bottom line.

The basic fundamentals that the late Pete "The Pistol" Maravich detailed in his vhs tapes work. They are the ground level skills that any player needs to know in order to then implement his own style on top of it. Many players are fooled simply because they allow themselves to be fooled. In order to learn how to play basketball, research basketball. Many of the old time greats from the 1950's played a lot of basketball, did drills that work and also perfected bodyweight exercises to acheive greatness on the court. My Basketball STRENGTH training program upped the ante on what the guys from 1950's did. I followed suit with what works and added a new dimension this perfecting physical preparation for the basketball player.

A few drills that work are the full court layup drill and the block to block drop step drill. The full court layup drill is exhausting and is best used via the tabata method. For the full court layup drill dribble the ball right handed on the right side and left handed on the left side for starters. Start at one baseline, choose your side then dribble until you hit halfcourt then choose a change of direction, hesistation dribble, or crossover dribble and simultaneously explode to the three point line and then take an angle at the basketball hoop finishing with a reverse layup. If you start on the right side of the court, you will finish on the left side. If you start on the left side, you will finish on the right side. Reverse layups work in a game they protect a shot from being altered, deflected or blocked. This should be done tabata style, meaning an average of two minute intervals of activity followed by two minutes of rest then back to two minutes of action/rest.

The block to block drop step drill is also exhausting. Simply drop step from one low block, finish strong, grab the ball out of the net and throw a self-pass to yourself to the opposite low block. Work on drop step layups turning in both left and right directions. Work on drop steps into hop steps in both directions. Work on drop step hook shots. Work on drop step up and under moves. Work on drop step layups with head fakes. Continue this drill for another tabata style two minute interval. These are drills that work and ones that will benefit you in a game.

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