Youth Basketball Offenses

Looking for drills for youth basketball offenses?“  You’ve come to the right place!“  Try out this idea below from Jimmy and let me know how it goes for you.

From Jimmy…
In middle school basketball, it has been my experience that one of the keys to success is fast break lay-ups. We play an aggressive man defense and get a lot of fast break opportunities. I used to be frustrated that we would miss as many as 60% of those opportunities.

My high school basketball coach gave me a drill that I like. You start with two lines at both ends of the court on the baseline, no closer than 5 feet apart. The basketball drill can start at either end. The first two in line start the drill by sprinting down the court passing the ball to each other. I do not let them dribble, they must pass all the way down. Once they get to the goal the player on the right must make a right-hand lay-up. The first two in the next lines take the rebound and go the other way.

At the start of the season I give them 2 minutes to make 20 lay-ups. First we do right hand lay-ups only then left only.  I adjust the amount of lay-ups throughout the season.

Almost instantly the percentage of missed fast break points went up. It is one of my favorite basketball drills.