Defensive Drills

Defensive Challenge
Each player takes a turn playing defense against every other player. Defensive player rolls the ball from end line to offensive player at the FT line. Coach counts down from 5 as soon as offensive player touches the ball. If defensive player stops them from scoring (or shooting) they get a point, if the offensive player scores, they get a point. Keep track of scores and stops separately to determine who is the most effective defender, and scorer. Stop play in event of foul, no points.

All FT, FG, and 3 pointers count as usual. Teams can also score with their defense, a "stop" earns one point, a tie-up earns two, and a clean steal earns three points. OR, only keep score from defensive plays, not offensive scoring.

5 Second Denial Drill
Two lines behind endline, One line in outlet position First two players from end line lines box each other out as the coach (or someone else) shoots the ball. Whoever rebounds takes the ball out of bounds, hands it to another coach (acting as a referee), and is handed the ball back to inbound. The person who didn't get the rebound must deny the first person in the outlet for 5 seconds (the coach counts) If they are successful in denying the ball, the drill is over. If the inbound pass is allowed, the non-rebounder must play defense as the outlet person attempts to score AT THE OTHER END of the court.

Option: Skip the inbound pass and have the rebounder outlet the ball while the non rebounder has to bust his tail to get up the floor to catch the outlet person trying to score at the other end. When the same person has to sprint up the floor several times, he'll catch on to rebounding real fast. You can even keep track of who grabs the most rebounds and recognize them at the end.