Three Competitive Shooting Drills to add to Practice
Aug 20, 2024 2:01 pm
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It is always smart for coaches to be able to switch things up when practice planning.
Yet, figuring out the most efficient and effective way to do so can seem daunting.
Luckily that’s exactly what coach Aluara Sharp has done.
Coach Sharp is the head Women's Basketball Coach at Appalachian State, a job she started in April 2024. Prior to that, Coach Sharp spent six seasons as the head coach at Presbyterian College (PC).
Her ‘Competitive Team Shooting Drills’ clinic has some great ideas to add to your practice plan and bring out the best in your team.
Rapid Fire Shooting
The ‘Rapid Fire Shooting’ drill will start with three lines: a passing line at the wing, a shooting line in the corner, and a rebounding line on the block.
Upon receiving the pass, the shooter will take a shot. Regardless of whether the shot is made or missed, the shooter will then get in the rebounding line.
The key here is that this drill will take place on both sides of the court, and you have an equal amount of players on each side. After each player gets a shot up at each spot, both sides will tally their total makes and the winning side will get a point.
After doing this in five different locations, the team with the most points wins and gets to skip conditioning.
Blue Hose Shooting
The goal of the ‘Blue Hose Shooting’ drill is that the team must have 90 three-point shots in five minutes. Of course, adjust these distances, shots, and timing to whatever level your team is at.
There will be three different lines (Coach Sharp has it with one on either wing and another at the top of the key). Once a person at the front of their line takes a shot, they go and grab their rebounds before passing it to the line that’s to their left. They’ll then go and join that line.
This drill is excellent because it blends needing speed and patience. If every shooter on the team is rushing their shots in order to get as many shots up as possible, there’s no way they’ll make enough because their form will suffer.
But if a player mimics the (efficient, but not rushed) pace at which they shoot in a game and then hustles to get their rebound, this will allow them to make the 90 shots in five minutes.
Skip Shooting
This drill emphasizes skip passes, which is a pass that goes directly from one player to another, usually traveling relatively long distances and skipping over any teammates in between.
It will initially start with two lines, one at a wing and another at the opposite corner. The balls will start with the wing lines, who will throw an overhead skip pass to the corner shooter.
The shooter will catch the pass, take the shot, and then follow the shot. Once they secure the rebound then they will outlet it to the wing line.
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