Basketball Skill Drills – 4 Trip Full Court Series

These basketball skill drills consist of four trips up and down the floor that incorporates ballhandling, defensive stance and footwork. Use of cones or markers is recommended.

Full court series (4 Trips)
Stress wide-open speed stance on ” freeway”, and low, quick stance in the “city”.
Trip 1- ( City) Defensive slide zigzagging all the way up the floor. Make sure stance is low and wide while the change of direction at each marker is quick.

Trip 2- ( Freeway) Quickly pick up ball and speed dribble up to cone with open floor crossover. Pusht the ball ahead. Must break down when nearing defender ( cone) as to protect the ball. Make sure to use right and left hand where appropriate.

Trip 3- ( City) Quick, crossover dribbles zigzagging up the floor. Plant outside foot at each mark, and stress quick change of direction on crossover. Right and left hand dribbles ( basketball should always be in outside hand away from imaginary defender).

Trip 4- ( Freeway) Drop the ball and begin full- court defense. Simulate being beat on the dribble with defender sprinting to cut off the dribbler. Player should ” shuffle, ” shuffle, sprint” at beginning of each cone. They should sprint to a point just beyond the cone.

One person or large group drill: each new player starts trip 1 w coach’s whistle, and go through all four trips. The court from baseline to baseline is being used.

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