Basketball Practice
Canyon Middle School
Team: Gladiators
1
Intro / Circle Up
Each player answers
"One good thing that happened to you this week — and one basketball skill you'd like to improve today."
2
Ball Handling
Warm-up
Right hand
Left hand
Both hands
Under the legs
3
Defensive Stance
Coach calls direction
Up
Down
Left
Right
4
1-on-1 Shadow Defense
Mirror the offense
Defender mirrors the offensive player's movements without contact — feet active, hands ready, head up.
5
1-on-1 Shadow Rebounding
3 progressive stages
Pair players of similar size, facing each other. Coach stands behind the defender.
Stage 1
Coach yells: "Shot! Left!"
Defender boxes out using the called side:
→ Right call: right forearm + right leg
→ Left call: left forearm + left leg
Stage 2
Coach yells "Shot!" + points the direction
Defender reads the visual cue instead of the verbal one.
Add cue: "Hands up!"
Stage 3
Same as Stage 2 — then "Go get it!"
Defender boxes out, then attacks the ball aggressively to secure the rebound.
6
Trap — Season-Long Goal
Principles before drilling
Trap Principles
Steal the pass — not the ball
- Come from the blindside
- You can jump only once to try for a tip
- Do not trap a ball that was passed out of a trap
- Trappers block vision — that's the job
- Goal: force a bad pass for a teammate to deflect or steal
7
Circle Trappers
Main drill
O Offense ·
T Trappers ·
S Stealers
Setup: 2 teams, 4 defenders + 4 offense. Offense forms a circle on the outside; all 4 defenders start in the middle (2 trappers + 2 stealers).
- Offense passes the ball around the outside.
- The 2 trappers close on whoever has the ball — interlock feet, one hand high.
- The 2 stealers read the trap and look to deflect the next pass.
- Once the ball is passed out, the stealers become the new trappers — roles rotate as the ball moves.
- Deflection, steal, or bad pass = teams switch sides.
Roster
NB BB 13U 04 · 9 Players1Alexander Zamora
2Andy Lyons
3Bossley Gamble
4Braden Madden
5Da'Vinci Aguero
6Emma Raisi
7Evan Burns
8Macy Adam
9Noah Dominguez