Beginner training plan
Your first lessonStart with a short talk to learn a little about who they are and how far they want to go with the game. Always ask “what’s your favorite thing about basketball?” As an ice breaker.
This will be a lesson that we work together in. We will begin with stretching together, then stationary ball handling, stationary passing, fundamentals of shooting and end with a game of some sort, tying in what we learned for the day.
One drill example for each section:
-ball handling: 20 stationary dribbles (R&L)
-passing: stationary bounce pass with thumbs pointing down.
-shooting: form shots from 5 spots (really focusing on their form)
At the end, we will review key concepts that we learned during the day and that will be the end of our lesson.
Lesson 2-3Everything is progressive! We will continue with the same layout of ball handling, passing and shooting, and each lesson we will review what we learned and add more to it, depending on the player’s ability!
One drill example for each section:
-ball handling: dribble to half court and back (R&L)
-passing: one dribble, shot fake, pass
-shooting: stretch out their range a little and do 5 spot shooting again.
Lesson 4-10At this point, I’d get players really on the move. We will complete stationary drills as a warm up but then the drills will have more movement. We will have the same layout but we will have progressed to moving up and down the floor at the player’s pace of development.
One drill example for each section:
ball handling: full court dribbling, zig zag dribble with crossover.
passing: half court and back, chest and bounce pass
shooting: keep stretching out their range with 5 spots.
Lesson 11+
