Basketball Drills for Elementary Kids

Special thanks to Willard for sending this in.  If you’re searching for basketball drills for elementary kids, you should try this out!

I coach the “litte guys” – ages 7-8.  One of our favorite basketball drills to teach aggression, dribbling and individual defense is to have two lines of kids on the baseline.

I have one kid from each line step up into the court.
I then shoot the basketball (and they have to fight for the rebound), or I roll the ball somewhere onto the court and again they have to try to get it.

Whoever gets the ball, tries to dribble it full court and attempt to make a basket (like a layup, etc).  Whoever doesn’t get the ball, has to run down and try to prevent the ball from scoring and work on his footwork and defense skills.

This basketball drill simulates play in our league and helps all the kids to improve their dribbling and defense.