PG Skills - Day 2

Character trait of the day: Discipline.

Don’t forget the character-trait-of-the-day!

Today we build on the skills from the last practice to continue to improve your handle, while adding in some new finishing drills to improve your scoring in the paint.

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The Warm-up: Same as last session

1. Ball overhead squats x10

2. Side lunge ball wrap around - Right x10

3. Side lunge ball wrap around - Left x10

4. Ball-to-ground squat jumps x10

5. Ball push-ups x10

6. Ball plank 30 sec

7. Dribble sit-ups - Left-hand x10

8. Dribble sit-ups - Right-hand x10

9. Ball overhead lunge jumps x20

10. Basketball in hand burpees x20

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Dribbling drills

1. Stationary dribbling, head up, 30 sec per move, then switch hands

   • High pounds - R/L hand

   • Low pounds - R/L hand

   • Crossover - Wide/Narrow

   • V dribble - side to side, forward-back w/ R/L hand

   • Hang/hesi/pocket dribble

2. Dribbling while walking forward to half-court

   • Crossover, BTL combo

   • Cross, BTB combo

   • Cross, BTL, BTB comdination

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Finishing drills

1. One-hand finishes - dribble around the key from L block to L elbow to R elbow to R lay-up all with R-hand. Do the opposite with L-hand.

2. Mikan and reverse Mikan drill

3. Goofy/awkward lay-ups - R and L-hand

   • Wrong foot

   • Inside hand

   • High-off-glass

   • Scoop lay-up

   • Middle finish reaching to the side

4. Finishing against a defender (if possible), start at R elbow - make 2 in a row

   • Outside foot, outside hand w/ defender on hip

   • Swerve finish - bump defender towards middle then finish on both sides 

   • Runner - one-foot jump

   • Circle under the hoop reverse lay-up

   • Repeat from the opposite elbow

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Shooting drills

1. Form shooting: 5’, 10’, 15’

2. Elbow curl (catch and shoot or dribble and shoot)

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For more drills to improve your finishing, check out this video below: