Basketball Team Shooting Drills for Coaches & Players

Below, you'll find very effective shooting drills for basketball coaches to use during team practices or players to use during workouts.

For players, while there are many great training drills below, you can reference the Basketball Training Drills For Players page so you don’t have to filter through the coaching drills below.

Form Shooting Drills

• Quick Dribble Pickup Drill
• 6 Fundamental Form Shooting Drills
• No Hoop Form Shooting Workout
• Shooting Mechanics Workout

Individual Shooting Drills

Shooting Off the Catch

• Ray Allen Ladder Shooting Drill
• Pressure Free Throws Game
• Hornacek Drill
• Basketball Golf
• 10 Spot Shooting
• Screen Away Shooting Series Drill
• The 2 and 2 Shooting Drill
• Alternating Range Shooting Drill
• Breakthrough Basketball:M-Shooting Drill
• Breakthrough Basketball:Warrior Shooting Drill

Shoot Off the Dribble

• Dribble Pull-up Series
• Shooting Off The Dribble - 30 Point Drill
• Quick Release Shooting Drill
• 5 Progression Guard Off The Dribble Shooting Drill

Footwork and Pivots

• 1-2 Footwork Shooting Drill
• Jab Step Shooting Drills
• Screen Footwork Shooting Drill

Shooting Workouts

• 10 Step Shooting Workout
• 20 Minute Solo Shooting Workout
• 5 Minute Shooting Workout

Combination Shooting Drill

• Three Competitive Shooting Drills

• 4 Spot Fastbreak Shooting Drill
• Multi Pivot Shooting Drill For Footwork
• Pitino Drill

Game-Like Shooting Drills with Defenders

• 1 on 1 Away Screen Shooting Drill
• 1v1 & 2v2 Penetration Reaction Shooting Drills
• 1v1 Read The Screen Shooting Drill
• Read The Closeout Shooting Drill
• Kentucky Contested Shooting

Team Shooting Drills

Team shooting drills are drills that involve multiple players. These are great for practices and group training sessions. Ideally, you can tailor your team shooting drills to your team’s offense. Doing this will give your player reps out of your offensive actions and from locations on the court you want their shots to be taken.

• 3v2 + 1 Advantage Shooting Drill
• Team Shooting Drills That Simulate Your Offensive Actions
• Multi Player Ball Screen Shooting Drill
• 3 Player Shooting Off Screen Drill
• Multipurpose Team Shooting Drill
• Breakthrough Basketball:Maryland Shooting
• 3 Person 2 Ball Shooting Drill
• Team Transition Shooting Drill
• 3 Pick & Roll Shooting Drills
• 2 Line Team Shooting Drill

When to Use Each Type of Drill?

With these different types of drills in your coaching toolbox, you can pick the tool that works best for the job or problem you need to solve.

If your players primarily need to improve technique or build confidence, you might spend more practice time on individual shooting drills. On the other hand, if your players make shots in practice but struggle in games, you might spend more time on both random and game-based shooting drills.

In a team setting, you might use team drills that replicate the shots you get in your offense.

Ideally, your shooting workouts combine the various types of drills.

Beginner or Youth Shooting Drills

Youth coaches are often searching for drills for their youth team. With minor adjustments, you can use the same shooting drills for youth and advanced players. The only difference is you should spend more time on technique with youth players, stay closer to the basket, use the appropriate size/weight ball, and adjust the hoop height as needed.

These are important adjustments to ensure your players learn proper shooting form... since youth players do not have the strength to shoot properly from long distance or with a full size ball.