Second Edition Youth Basketball Drills Burrall Paye Patrick Paye Human Kinetics Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paye, Burrall, 1938- Youth basketball drills / Burrall Paye, Patrick Paye. -- 2nd ed. p. cm. 1. Youth league basketball--Coaching. I. Paye, Patrick, 1965- II. Title. GV886.3.P39 2013 796.323'077--dc23 2012015054 ISBN-10: 1-4504-3219-0 (print) ISBN-13: 978-1-4504-3219-1 (print) Copyright © 2013, 2001 by Burrall Paye and Patrick Paye All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. 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Drill title (min) Team Individual Beginner Intermediate Advanced no. 1 Running Outside the 3 X X X X X 4 Lines 2 Mirror Slap 2 X X X X 6 3 Dribbling Off the Wall 1 X X X X 8 4 Lane Slide 1 X X X X X 10 5 Quick Hands 2 X X X X X 12 6 Quick Foot Movement 2 X X X X X 14 7 Agility Tip Drill 1 X X X X 16 8 Basic Layup 3 X X X X 18 9 Triple-Threat Position 2 X X X X X 20 10 Post Position 5 X X X X X 22 11 Rocker Step 5 X X 24 12 In-and-Out Move 5 X X 26 13 Crossover Move 5 X X 28 14 Spin (Reverse) Move 5 X X 30 15 Half-Spin Move 5 X X 32 16 Combination Dribbling 3 X X 34 Moves 17 Paye Drill 10 X X X X X 35 18 Fingertip Drill 30 X X X 45 sec 19 Standing Figure 8 2 X X X X 46 20 Figure 8 Dribble 2 X X X X X 48 21 Side-to-Side Dribble 2 X X X X X 50 22 Spider Dribble 30 X X X 51 sec 23 Speed Dribble 1 X X X X 52 24 Control Dribble 1 X X X X 54 25 Change of Pace 1 X X X X 56 vi Drill Time Page no. Drill title (min) Team Individual Beginner Intermediate Advanced no. 26 Hesitation Dribble 1 X X X X 58 27 Retreating Dribble 1 X X X X 60 28 In-and-Out Dribble 1 X X X X 62 Maneuver 29 Crossover Dribble 1 X X X X 64 Maneuver 30 Spin (Reverse) Dribble 1 X X X X 66 Maneuver 31 Half-Spin Dribble 1 X X X X 68 Maneuver 32 Fun Cone Dribbling Drill 2 X X X X 70 33 Dribble Tag 1 X X X X 71 34 Team Dribble Tag 1 X X X 72 35 Front Pivot 2 X X X X 76 36 Reverse Pivot 2 X X X X 78 37 Jump Stop 1 X X X X X 80 38 Stride Stop (One-Two) 1 X X X X X 82 39 One-on-Two Pivoting 1 ½ X X X X 84 40 Dribble, Stop, Pivot 1 X X X X 86 41 Dribble, Stop, Pivot, 3 X X X 87 Pass, Cut 42 Dribble, Stop, Jump 5 X X X X X 88 Shot 43 Four-Corner Stopping, 3 X X X 90 Pivoting 44 Two-Line Standing Still 3 X X X X 94 Drill 45 Two-Line Moving Drill 3 X X X X 96 46 Two-Line Full-Court 2 X X 97 Passing (continued) vii Drill Finder (continued) Drill Time Page no. Drill title (min) Team Individual Beginner Intermediate Advanced no. 47 Two-on-One Passing 1 ½ X X 98 Drill 48 Pepper Passing 2 X X X 99 49 Three-on-Three 3 X X X 100 Trapping and Passing 50 Passing, Dribbling, 10 X X 102 Trapping 51 Four-Corner Passing 3 X X X X 104 52 Touch Passing and 3 X X 105 Layup 53 V-Cut 3 X X X X X 108 54 Middle Cut 3 X X X X X 110 55 Backdoor Cut 3 X X X X X 112 56 Flash Pivot Cutting 3 X X X X 114 57 Flash Pivot, Triple 10 X X X X X 116 Threat, and Offensive Moves 58 Two-Player Cutting 3 X X 118 59 Three-Player Cutting 9 X X 120 60 Defeat Help and 7 X X X X 122 Recover 61 Full-Court Cutting 2 X X X 124 62 Two-on-Two Pass, 3 X X 129 Dribble, and Cut 63 Two-on-Two 6 X X X 132 Recognition 64 Three-on-Three 4 X X 134 Passing, Cutting, and Spacing 65 Three-on-Three 6 X X 136 Passing, Cutting, Dribbling, Spacing 66 Three-on-Three Pass, 6 X X X 138 Cut, and Recognition 67 Pass, Cut, and Rebound 4 X X X 140 68 Outlet Pass, Cutting, 6 X X X X 142 Shooting viii Drill Time Page no. Drill title (min) Team Individual Beginner Intermediate Advanced no. 69 Full-Court Passing, 6 X X X 144 Cutting 70 Individual Combo 4 X X X X X 146 71 Pass and Screen Away 10 X X X X X 151 72 Pass and Screen on Ball 6 X X X 154 73 Three-Player Screening 4 X X 155 Drill 74 Three-on-Three 4 X X X 156 Pass, Screen, and Recognition 75 Three-Player 8 X X 158 Continuous Screening 76 Tip Ball Off the Wall and 1 X X X 164 Pivot 77 Bull in the Ring 4 X X X X X 165 78 Jab Step and Roll 2 X X X X 168 79 One-on-One Blockouts 1 X X X 170 80 Superman 1 X X X 172 81 Count-Slide-Pivot- 4 X X X X X 173 Savvy 82 Two-on-Two 4 X X X 176 Rebounding 83 Post Moves: Passing- 4 X X X 178 Shooting-Rebounding 84 Wave Good-Bye 1 X X X 182 85 Flip-Ball Drill 1 X X X 183 86 Lift, Extend, Flip 1 X X X X 184 87 Lying-Down Flip-Ball 1 X X X X 186 Drill 88 Flip the Ball Off the Wall 1 X X X 187 89 Around the World 10 X X X X X 190 90 No Rim 10 X X X X 192 91 21 6 X X 194 92 NBA Shooting Drill 2 X X 195 93 Mikan Drill for Baby 1 X X X 196 Hook (continued) ix Drill Finder (continued) Drill Time Page no. Drill title (min) Team Individual Beginner Intermediate Advanced no. 94 Rebound-Pass-Shoot 4 X X X 198 95 Quick Shooting Drill for 2 X X 200 Two Players 96 Post-Up Mechanics 5 X X X 202 97 Slide-Step Dribble 1 X X X X 204 98 Fronting 2 X X X 205 99 Two-Step Drill 5 X X X 206 100 Roll Step 5 X X X 208 101 Three-Quarter Drill 5 X X X 210 102 High Low Post Passing 6 X X X 211 103 Post Screening 10 X X X 212 104 One-on-One Lane Drill 4 X X 216 105 One-on-One Relief Drill 4 X X 217 106 One-on-One Team Drill 2 X X 218 107 One on One on One on 4 X X 219 One 108 One-on-One Full-Court 5 X X X 220 Game 109 Recovery Drill 6 X X X 221 110 One on One on One 3 X X 222 111 Approach and Close 6 X X X 224 Out 112 Basic Three-Step Read 2 X X X X X 225 113 Penetration Drill 6 X X 228 114 Drop-Step Baseline/ 5 X X X 232 Middle 115 Post Spin and Half-Spin 6 X X 236 116 Post Up-and-Under 5 X X X 239 117 Pump Fake 2 X X X 242 118 Bull-in-the-Ring Post 8 X X X X X 244 Drill 119 Three-Player 4 X X X 246 Continuous Low Post 120 Post to Post 4 X X 248 x