Drills for Girls Basketball

Tara and Pamela emailed me and sent in these drills for girls basketball.  I copied and pasted them below.  These drills will work for everyone!

From Tara…
We do a little post 1 on 1 basketball drill that the girls love.  It goes like this:

The coach stands at the Foul Line with two posts, players one on each side on the elbows.  The coach shoots the ball, missing the shot, on the release both players crash in for the offensive rebound, going up strong for the put-back.  These players continue playing 1 on 1 under the basket until someone scores.

Emphasis on crashing hard, contesting the put-back, and boxing-out on the second shot in case of a miss.

From Pamela…
To make my girls quicker and faster on the ball: I make two lines of girls behind the basket, one line on each side of the same basket.

Each line of girls stands behind the in-line.  I, coach, stand under the basket with the ball.  I roll the ball, then whistle for the drill to begin. Both girls go for the ball as soon as I whistle.  The one who retrieves it first, then dribbles in for a shot.  If both get to the ball at the same time, I see who comes up with the ball and let the drill continue.  If nobody can come up with the ball, I whistle to stop the drill and start the next two girls.

The girls love this drill.  This also helps with their aggression.