26 Skill Development Drills

with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy (FL) Head Basketball Coach;
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor

Coach Sutton's drills series focuses on four areas: two-ball dribbling, cutting, communication and shooting. He begins with stretching and ball handling. This segment features 16 total drills including heel walk, high knee, high kicks, back pedal, lateral stretch dribble, dribble walk, body parts and triple threat. Sutton illustrates a favorite drill series that uses tennis balls, which develop great eye-hand coordination. Seven drill variations are demonstrated using the tennis ball. The team drill segment starts with a half court chair ball handling drill and is executed at game-like speeds. The full court is used for three unique speed dribble drills. Three two-ball dribbling drills challenge players to think and control the ball at the same time. Sutton also demonstrates a good back door drill that also incorporates shooting. The curl cut can be substituted for the back door. The final part of this DVD is fatigue shooting. These drills develop shooting skills while players are fatigued. All of the drills included are challenging to players and mirror game-like situations!

65 minutes. 2007.

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