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Hey Coaches!
I am looking for some ideas on how to develop a pre game warm up. Any ideas on drills to bring some energy? What about mentally preparing our athletes for the game? My previous coach was more basic with two lay up lines, some shooting, and a little bit of 1 v 1 dribbling half speed. I am looking for something that will help excite our players and get them in the right state of mind for our game.
Thanks!!
I’m a massive believer in including competitive elements in your pre-game warm up. Layup lines and anything on air isn’t going to prepare them for the mental & physical pressures of the game.
We have very limited warm up time on court so my guys get basic muscular warm up and stretching done in whatever space we can grab elsewhere.
Not ideal, but it means once we hit the court we are right into SSGs, finishing with a half ct 5v5 (starters vs bench). We’ll include a run through various plays & basic strategy that they need to be aware of for that particular game. Rarely is the other team scouting us during warm up so I’m not too concerned about that but it’s something to be aware of if you have better opposition coaches than I do! But even limiting the final 5v5 to your basic offense is better than no competitive play.
I started this a few tears ago with a very slow starting team. What a huge difference it made: they are excited, in a competitive mindset and in a game mentality from tip off. That change in one be team sold me and no matter what any team has been like since, it has only made them better starters – even those substituted in later in the game.
The players absolutely love it as well, which helps! And they play hard in warm up. I also find that it helps settle nerves, as well as bleed off excess adrenaline.
Hope this is useful.
We do one minute each of the Read n React warm up drill (pass n cut front cut, rear cut, logo shots, dribble at, readline)
then we progress to a 3-point shooting drill to mimic our 2-side fast break
and we finish by playing the pgc 3-on-3-Attack game, where you can only score off two-feet in the paint or off a 3.
the kids enjoy the 3-on-3 prior to the game – it seems to get them acclimated to the action of what is about to happen.
Thanks so much for the feedback! This gives me some ideas on where to start. I have always thought lay up lines did not help our teams in the past. I am thankful for the help and advice! Thanks again!
Someone either posted this on here, or a Twitter account I found.. so I can’t give the correct credit (I just can’t remember)… but I think I saw it on the old Better Basketball YouTube channel. 5 Min layer 1 warm up
I do love the idea of adding a competitive element to it, though.
Great question, Key5’s Sam Allen had a Live Learning about this very topic and think you would find great value in it.
Here is the link to access the video, please let us know your thoughts after viewing it.
https://vimeo.com/368189355/8a35287945
Any questions, please just let us know.
Chris
Key5 Coaching
On 11/5/2020 at 1:54 AM, Nate Wade said:
Someone either posted this on here, or a Twitter account I found.. so I can’t give the correct credit (I just can’t remember)… but I think I saw it on the old Better Basketball YouTube channel. 5 Min layer 1 warm up
I do love the idea of adding a competitive element to it, though.
Many thanks for this! We used it today but set them the challenge that we’re charting our makes with the goal to get 60 made layups & 40 made jump shots in the time allotment. They loved it.
I like it because it incorporates so much more than shooting – closeouts, cuts, passing. So thank you! ?
Great stuff! I am definitely looking at adding some of these elements. I am trying to find some competitive drills to do too… I know someone mentioned 3 v 3 coming off two feet, but I am not sure what that is… Thanks again!
For teams that run a motion offense, we’ve used the shooting drill below to work on different reads. It creates a lot of movement and a lot of shots for us. We have a coach or manager, act as a defender on both sides so that we can work on screening a body as well as providing the offensive player their read. We go for 5 minutes with the additional minute being used as an opportunity for the player to make the read based on what the defender does.
http://www.fastmodelsports.com/library/basketball/fastdraw/139182/play-4-Corner-Shooting-WPD-
On 11/13/2020 at 10:30 AM, Chris Storey said:Great question, Key5’s Sam Allen had a Live Learning about this very topic and think you would find great value in it.
Here is the link to access the video, please let us know your thoughts after viewing it.
Maximizing Pregame Warmupshttps://vimeo.com/368189355/8a35287945
Any questions, please just let us know.
Chris
Key5 Coaching
Great stuff here. Thanks for sharing. I’d be curious what thoughts people have on game day shoot arounds? So for example, we typically would have a 1:00 shoot around for a 7:00 game. Any ideas on format and intensity of these sessions? @Sam Allen
On 11/19/2020 at 2:35 PM, Joshua Morckel said:Great stuff! I am definitely looking at adding some of these elements. I am trying to find some competitive drills to do too… I know someone mentioned 3 v 3 coming off two feet, but I am not sure what that is… Thanks again!
3v3 Scoring off 2 feet in the paint means that the offensive player must have both feet in the paint for the basket to count. ?
3-on-3 Attack is a PGC game.
Your only options are to drive and finish off 2-feet in the paint, or kick out for a 3.
on the catch, the 3-pont shooter must catch outside the 3-point line, and they must either shoot the open 3 or drive and finish off 2-feet in the paint.
you get 3 passes total per team per possession.
you must catch the pass outside the 3-point line.
if you make the 3 or finish of 2-feet in the paint, then your 3-person team stays on offense and new set of 3 defenders rotates in.
if you miss the basket or turn it over, then your team is off. Defense moves to offense and a new 3-person teams enters to play D.
very quick moving. No rebounds. Just a 1-shot game, with a max of 3-passes per possession.
So on the 3rd pass, the player must know they need to shoot the 3 or shoot the paint shot.
Thanks so much coach! I greatly appreciate it!
@Nelson Handel just posted this breakdown of my 3-on-3 game in another post, so i am reposting it for more clarity:
Thanks nelson!
3v3 Kickout (CM variation)
RULES
TEACHING POINTS
FOULS (coach with the whistle; fouls are turnovers)
I LOVE IT!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to share this. I will definitely be putting this into action.
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