Loose
Ball
Drill
Part
1
It
is
very
important
that
for
everything
that
we
do
in
basketball
is
to
have
our
feet
beneath
you.
What’s
the
difference
between
good
rebounders
and
great
rebounders?
The
great
ones
are
a
bit
more
determined,
play
with
feet
beneath
them
and
grab
everyone
with
two
hands.
They
also
find
the
balls
with
their
eyes.
Most
rebounds
are
area
rebounds…aHer
the
player
blocks
out,
the
ball
ends
up
in
their
area.
The
great
rebounders
also
get
the
balls
out
of
their
area.
Need
to
get
to
that
spot
with
their
feet
and
use
two
hands.
• Find
it
first
with
your
eyes.
• Use
your
feet
to
pursue
it.
• Use
two
hands
For
this
drill,
player
faces
the
basket
while
the
coach,
standing
behind
him,
throws
balls
against
the
rim.
Player
has
to
find
the
ball,
move
and
catch
with
two
hands.
Loose
Ball
Drill
Part
2
Heat
Seeker
Here
is
another
example
of
Over‐Training.
The
player
faces
the
coach
with
his
back
to
the
basket.
The
coach
throws
the
ball
against
the
rim
and
the
player
has
to
turn,
find
the
ball,
move
the
feet
and
catch
with
two
hands.
Loose
Ball
Drill
Part
3
Take
the
Loose
Ball
Part
1
and
add
a
second
player.
Same
fundamentals
apply…
• Find
ball
• Move
feet
• Grab
with
2
hands
Loose
Ball
Drill
Part
4
For
drill
progressions,
keep
adding
pieces
but
need
to
remember
and
apply
what
they
learned
from
previous
drills.
As
a
coach
you
can
not
let
the
fundamentals
learned
in
previous
drills
slip.
For
loose
balls…Always…
• Find
ball
• Move
feet
• Grab
with
2
hands
Loose
Ball
Drill
Part
5
Build
on
Loose
Ball
Drill
3
by
adding
a
third
player
on
the
wing.
Coach
throws
the
ball
up
and
both
players
contest
for
loose
ball.
Whoever
gets
rebound
is
on
offense
and
has
to
outlet
ball
to
wing
player.
The
wing
player
then
passes
to
the
rebounder
who
then
tries
to
make
a
basket
with
the
other
player
defending.
Coaching
points
are
…
• The
fundamentals
of
rebounding
• The
rebounder
then
has
to
get
open
by
changing
speed
and
direcXon
Rebounding
Drill
Part
5
Coach
throws
the
ball
up
and
both
players
contest
for
loose
ball.
Whoever
gets
rebound
is
on
offense
and
tries
to
score
immediately
or
look
for
wing
player
Coaching
points
are
…
• The
fundamentals
of
rebounding
• The
rebounder
then
has
to
use
offensive
skills
to
score
while
the
other
player
needs
to
work
on
proper
defensive
fundamentals
Weak
Side
Rebounding
A
shot
from
the
wing
or
baseline
usually
bounces
off
rim
to
opposite
side…the
weak
side.
The
offensive
player
needs
to
win
the
“footwar”
by
taking
your
leH
feet
and
ripping
it
through
to
box
out
the
defender
as
shown
in
bo\om
photo.
One
step
and
then
show
your
hands.
Leverage
yourself
by
backing
your
hip
onto
their
hip
and
you
will
get
those
weak
side
rebounds.
Rebounding
Summary
When
ball
comes
off,
player
needs
to
have
Laser
Focus
on
the
ball.
(Purpose
of
all
of
the
Tennis
Ball
Drills).
Contact
and
pushing
cause
players
to
lose
their
focus
so
we
need
to
have
contact
during
pracXce
to
help
players
keep
their
focus
on
the
ball.
Need
to
rebound
through
contact
and
shoot
the
ball
through
contact.
This
is
a
key
fundamental
to
good
rebounding.