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Performance Enhancement Drills

These performance enhancement drills can be utilized to improve and develop athletic skills such as speed, strength, quickness, agility, footwork, balance, and more!

Some of these drills can be used by individual players but they are mostly geared toward incorporating into practice settings. For basketball strength and speed drills that are more specifically oriented toward individual player workouts, check out the "Strength & Speed Drills" section under the Player Development category.

Sprint and Defensive Stance Drill
Here is a drill that will improve conditioning and mental toughness. It is challenging for players to complete under time and in proper form but it also helps them encourage and motivate each other. . . . Keep Reading
Footwork to the Letter Drill
Develop footwork, agility, balance, speed and overall conditioning. . . . Keep Reading
Basketball Fartlek
Basketball Fartlek If you have spent any time running, chances are you've done fartlek's! Fartlek means 'speed play' in Swedish and is a type of conditioning which stresses both the aerobic and anaerobic capacities because of its continuous nature. This drill incorporates fartlek training onto the basketball court. . . . Keep Reading
Boot Camp Circuit
Develop overall conditioning, footwork, and agility with this circuit of basketball-related movements. . . . Keep Reading
5 in 65
Improve conditioning, speed, and sprint-endurance with this performance enhancement drill. . . . Keep Reading
Get Ups
Improve acceleration with this fun drill by placing the athlete in an environment which integrates posture, leg action, and arm action. . . . Keep Reading
Rooster Game
Rooster Game Develop quickness of the hands and feet by resembling fighting roosters. Of course, you'll be using your hands and not your beak! . . . Keep Reading
Run-Shuffle-Run
Work on defensive movements (run, shuffle, backpedal) in an intense setting. Also improves conditioning in a basketball-specific way. . . . Keep Reading
Box Chase
Develop footwork, quickness, agility, speed, and balance. . . . Keep Reading
Seventeen Drill
Improve conditioning and basketball-specific sprint speed. . . . Keep Reading
Triangle Shuttle Drill
Work on footwork and/or conditioning with this shuttle drill. . . . Keep Reading
Ball Pick-Up Agility Drill
Improve conditioning, agility, and quickness. A great drill for all players and very effective for the 'big' players. . . . Keep Reading
Resisted Sprints and Resisted Speed Dribble
Resisted sprint training trains the body in such a way so that when the resistance is removed, greater speed can be achieved. . . . Keep Reading
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