What are some good basketball drills for 11 year olds?

Question

I have to help out with a practice, can you give me some ideas? Is the 3 man weave to much for 11 year olds?

Answer 1

The key to coaching 11 year olds is to keep their attention and focus. You can loose them easily. The 3 man weave may or may not work - it really depends on the skill level of your players.

A skill drill that I do challenges my team to really focus and have fun at the same time. I line up the entire team in a single file line at half court. I ask everyone to dribble to a predetermined spot on the court (usually a 10-12 foot shot). I don't say anything else and let the team go. I keep track of how many baskets are made. Typically, my team is all ful of themselves and make about 30% of the shots.

I have the team line up again. This time, I challenge them. If they can make 60% of the shots for the entire team, then I have to run a set of line grabbers. If my team doesn't make the required baskets, then they run line grabbers. It is absolutely amazing how the concentration and desire increases as they begin the challenge. I find my players really get into it and encourage each other and celebrate "beating the coach". I repeat the exercise a couple of times and increase the number of baskets needed to be made each time. 95% of the time, they beat me and my team loves to see me run as they line up and give me a hard time as I run.

Little do they know, that adding a little "pressure" makes them concentrate and improve their game. I've seen my shooting percentage go up a bit and it is a great amount of fun, although running line grabbers for a half and hour kind of sucks for coach! :)

Good luck!

Answer 2

No I Learned The 3 Man Weave When I Was 9yrs old, Try THE WINDSHIELD That Was My Favorite And Its Good For Conditioning PASSING DRILLS: Star drill This drill is good to warm up your fingers, especially before a big game. 3-man weave Helps your passing. Figure 8's Figure 8's is a good passing drill. No dribble scrimage Passing perfection Never throw a bad pass again! The Help Line This is a very simple drill where the point guard or player with ball gets stuck they stop dribbling and a defender jumps on them. Well 9-10 year... Circle-fake Ball Faking & Protection Drill. Wrap around pass Passing around a defender. Pass & Go Circle Nice drill for (starting) players to learn to pass quickly and go after the pass. Step and Pass Works on passing the ball while in motion BALLHANDELING DRILLS: Spin fake This drill is semi-difficult but it helps your ballhandling greatly. Speed 1 on 1 Improve ball handling and get the ball to the basket quickly Zig Zag Dribble A good ballhandling drill for the entire team. The mirage The drill requires two balls. Bounce around the center circle or either of the free throw circles with two balls for thirty seconds as fast as you... Foreigner (jogging) bounce the ball 3 times going forward (regular right to left) then reverse momentum by going backwards and then dribble 3 times behind the... Scare your defender. Very difficult move. Make your defender choke so you can get by with ease. Jay Shah Fake Spin This is a short drill which is easy and you can use this easily in games. Pounding Pound the ball as hard as you can, while still controlling the ball, as you dribble. War games Just like 1 on 1 zigzag drill, 2 players start out on the baseline with one ball. The player with the ball will dribble in a zigzag motion from the... Vision Test A coach stands at the FT line. Two players are standing on the box on each side of the lane. Player dribbles to coach, full speed, head up, from half... Three ball wall drill The player stands ten to fifteen feet from a wall. He/she will need three basketballs. The Pistol Quickness drill helps build coordination and concentration. Simon Says This is a fun way to practice individual ball handling skills. It is simply a variation of the 'Simon Says...' game. Sheep Drill This is a form of tag.

Answer 3

No I Learned The 3 Man Weave When I Was 9yrs old, Try THE WINDSHIELD That Was My Favorite And Its Good For Conditioning

PASSING DRILLS:

Star drill
This drill is good to warm up your fingers, especially before a big game.

3-man weave
Helps your passing.

Figure 8's
Figure 8's is a good passing drill.

No dribble scrimage
Passing perfection
Never throw a bad pass again!

The Help Line
This is a very simple drill where the point guard or player with ball gets stuck they stop dribbling and a defender jumps on them. Well 9-10 year...

Circle-fake
Ball Faking & Protection Drill.

Wrap around pass
Passing around a defender.

Pass & Go Circle
Nice drill for (starting) players to learn to pass quickly and go after the pass.

Step and Pass
Works on passing the ball while in motion

BALLHANDELING DRILLS:

Spin fake
This drill is semi-difficult but it helps your ballhandling greatly.

Speed 1 on 1
Improve ball handling and get the ball to the basket quickly

Zig Zag Dribble
A good ballhandling drill for the entire team.

The mirage
The drill requires two balls. Bounce around the center circle or either of the free throw circles with two balls for thirty seconds as fast as you...

Foreigner
(jogging) bounce the ball 3 times going forward (regular right to left) then reverse momentum by going backwards and then dribble 3 times behind the...

Scare your defender. Very difficult move.
Make your defender choke so you can get by with ease.

Jay Shah Fake Spin
This is a short drill which is easy and you can use this easily in games.

Pounding
Pound the ball as hard as you can, while still controlling the ball, as you dribble.

War games
Just like 1 on 1 zigzag drill, 2 players start out on the baseline with one ball. The player with the ball will dribble in a zigzag motion from the...

Vision Test
A coach stands at the FT line. Two players are standing on the box on each side of the lane. Player dribbles to coach, full speed, head up, from half...

Three ball wall drill
The player stands ten to fifteen feet from a wall. He/she will need three basketballs.

The Pistol
Quickness drill helps build coordination and concentration.

Simon Says
This is a fun way to practice individual ball handling skills. It is simply a variation of the 'Simon Says...' game.

Sheep Drill
This is a form of tag.

Answer 4

dribbling exercises, free throw and lay up shooting, basic fundamentals, chest and bounce passes to each other as they stand across from each other about 10 foot apart or so - and perhaps some wind sprints and calesthenics. Eleven is probably a little young to start teaching intricate drills and basketball styles. I would stick with basic fundamentals and man to man defense - perhaps some 2-3 zone defense. Good luck

Answer 5

#2 gave a litany of drills. from your question I have to question your ablity to help these kids. 11-year olds can play! they can do all those drills to some extent. Basic drills can be footwork drills. Learning he to step and slide on defense, the purpose of zone defenses, squaring up on offensive shots and a simple drop step on the block. Shooting drills can be simple introductions to follow through, and the role of finger tip control in dribbling and shooting. it is not too early to introduce rebounding/boxing out, and stealing the ball as well, attacking on the downward dribble.

Answer 6

go hard on them. never to early to elevate their game. run the 3 man weave, or do a 3 on 2 drill

Answer 7

Here Are Some Good Drills:


Monkey In The Middle Gets the Ball:

Description: Three players in line spread out, the ends have a ball each, middle guy faces one end person

Instructions: The end person passes to the middle man and runs to where the middle man was. When the middle man gets the ball he dribbles to where the end guy was. As soon as the end guy gets to the middle the other end guy passes the ball to him. Continue this pattern.

Players: Three per group.

Tips: Try not to have the guy running to the middle stall to long in the middle.

Variations: Make it competitive. See witch group of three can make the most revolutions in a certain amount of time.
Skills: Passing, dribbling, running




Motion Offense Principles:

Description: Teaches the kids the motion offense, using the part to whole method.

Instructions:
1. Anytime you pass from the top position you cut to the small foul line and then screen the opposite wing man.

2. Anytime a wing man passes to the post he cuts the middle and replaces the opposite wing. The point and opposite wing replace accordingly.

3. Anytime the wing man passes to the point, he should screen down on the post, he should screen down for the post man.

4. If the post player passes out from the post, he should screen away.

5. If the post player passes across to the opposite post he should cut to the lane and rebound.

Players: 5

Tips: Emphasize waiting for the screener and using the screen properly. Opening up from the screen with the correct footwork is a must.

Skills: Cutting, screening, passing, triple threat




Clap Pass:

Description: You get all the players circled around you. You pass the ball to random players in the group. The player must clap before they catch the ball. They sit out if:

1.They don't catch the ball

2.They don't clap

3.They clap when you fake a pass to them

Players: Any amount

Variations: Bring a second person in the centre to pass a second ball.

Skills: Passing and awareness




Who's Afraid Of:

Description: A fun drill that makes everybody dribble under stress. Involves everyone in the group.
Instructions: One person stands in the middle of the court with a ball. He calls out "Who's afraid of..." (here you can use whatever name you like).

Everybody has their own ball and try to reach the other side of the court without getting "caught" by the one in the middle.

Everyone who get caught by a tap on his back helps the one in the middle the next time.
Players: Any number of players
Variations: If you don't have ball to all, let them play 2-2 with one ball. One has to dribble and they keep together by holding hands.
Skills: To dribble with your head up and change directions fast


Variation of Red Light Green Light:

Description: Teaches kids to dribble in all directions and control the ball.

Instructions: Have a group of kids start at one baseline, don't bunch them too closely together. Each child in the group has a ball. When the facilitator shouts green light the children dribble forward, blue and they dribble left, yellow they dribble right, and of course red they stop. All during this drill the children keep dribbling.

Players: About 20 per rep.

Tips: This drill teaches kids that they are not limited to dribbling in one direction.

Variations: Instead of left and right use a color, other than red and green, to dribble moving backward too.

Skills: Dribbling.




PCPP( stands for pass, catch, pivot and pass):

Description: Three players are lined up in a straight line approx. 30ft. apart

A player on either end starts with the ball.

This players slap on the ball starts the drill and is a signal for the player in the middle to cut towards him to receive a pass from him.

The middle player cuts towards the passer, receives the pass that is thrown to him and completes a legal stop(jump stop or one two stop).

After making the catch and stop, this player makes a legal pivot and passes to the player on the other end. After this pass is caught by the ender the middle player cuts towards the ender and receives a return pass from him where apon the middle player again completes a legal stop, pivot and passes to the player on the other end.
Instructions: For youth players I would switch the middle man after he has made anywhere from 5 to 10 passes or you could do the drill for 30 to 45 sec. and then rotate players so that everybody in the drill gets a shot in the middle especially.

Players: 3

Tips: Vary the spacing, number of passes or the time limit with different age groups

This drill will help your player develop the habit of meeting a pass that is thrown to them. It will help develop their hands and pivoting footwork.

Skills: Passing, meeting the pass, catching, Stopping(jump stop, one two stop,) pivoting.