Basketball Drills
The Best Shooting Basketball Drills for Kids
Youth programs are the feeder systems for high schools, and what they teach can hurt or help the present and future of high school basketball programs. As a youth coach, [...]
The Childhood Drill That Built Admiral Schofield’s Phenomenal Range
Admiral Schofield has range. The Washington Wizards rookie shot 41.8% from deep his final season at Tennessee, often draining shots from well beyond the 3-point line: Admiral Schofield scored from [...]
5 Drills to Improve Your Lateral Quickness for Basketball
Without lateral quickness defenders are doomed. This applies to all sports, and basketball is no exception. A defender who is not quick laterally will...
2 Brutal Basketball Conditioning Drills to Get in Shape Fast
To be in shape for games, basketball players must condition themselves for long-lasting endurance. (See Three Ways to Get in Basketball Shape.) This requires more than running lots of long, straight-line sprints. [...]
Improve Your Crossover Step to Become a More Explosive Basketball Player
If you're a basketball player and you're not working on your crossover step, you're missing out. A crossover step simply refers to "crossing" one leg across the other to cover [...]
10 Ways to Improve Your Basketball Tryout Chances
Basketball tryouts can be a stressful time. You want to play your best and prove that you deserve a spot on the team but there is only a short period of...
Basketball Fundamentals: Using an Off-Ball Screen
When executed the right way, an off-ball screen can create enough space for an offensive player to get an open shot or layup, making it a very effective offensive tool. [...]
Breaking Down Carmelo Anthony’s Summer Workouts and the Birth of ‘Hoodie Melo’
Carmelo Anthony has looked like a human cheat code while he’s been in the gym this summer. So much so that “Hoodie Melo” has taken on a life of its [...]
Improve Your Handles and Shot With 3 Drills From De’Aaron Fox’s Basketball Skills Workout
De’Aaron Fox had a tremendous freshman year playing point guard for the Kentucky Wildcats, who reached the Elite 8 in this year’s NCAA tournament. Despite shooting only 24.6 percent from [...]
Learn Basketball Layups, Part 2: The Underhand Layup
In our second installment of the "How to Master Basketball Layups" series, we focus on the "true" layup or, as it's better known, the underhand layup. It's nicknamed the "true [...]