1. 1st
Session
 Greet the players. Introduce yourself and the staff that will be helping coach up the
players (5 mins).
 Age group is 12-16 year olds male basketball players.
 Group size: 20 players
 Facilities: local gym, 2 full courts
 Equipment: whistles, clipboard, stopwatch, pens, pump & needles for basketballs,
basketballs, cones and pennies
 Cultural Implications: If you have any players of Somali descents please allow them time
throughout the camp to go and pray as needed.
 Overall objective: We are here to help develop your overall basketball skills. We are
going to help you continue and grow as basketball players, whether you’re entering
junior high, high school or already playing at the high school level and are trying to make
your school varsity team. We are going to help you improve you’re dribbling, shooting,
and quickness, agility, and defense, work with posts, work with guards (5 mins.)
 Dribbling Figure 8’s: We will do this drill as a whole group. Spread out as much as
necessary. Spread legs about shoulder width. Dribble the ball through and around legs
in a figure 8. Can be done multiple ways - front to back, back to front, low dribbles (as
many dribbles as possible with dribble about shoe height), as few dribbles as possible
(high dribble about waist high), can even be done walking. For even more of a challenge,
try the drill with one hand instead of two (10 mins).
 Stretching (10 mins):
1. Sit on the floor. Cross your legs in front of you. Slowly straighten your left leg
with your toes always pointing straight up. Keep your right leg bent, with the
bottom right foot against the inner part of your left leg. Lean forward from the
hips until you start feeling your hamstring stretch. Hold this stretch for 20
seconds. Now switch legs and repeat entire stretch.
2. Lie on your back, legs flat on the ground. Hold your right leg just below the knee
and slowly raise it towards your chest. Keep your leg straight (or as straight as

2. possible) and your head down during this. Hold for about 25 seconds. Lower the
leg. Switch legs.
3. Stand near a wall. Lean your forearms against it, with feet flat on the ground.
Lean your forehead against the back of your hands while they're on the wall.
Bend your left knee, bringing it towards the wall. The right leg remains straight
while doing this. Start moving your hips forward. You will feel your right calf
stretch. Hold for about 20 seconds. Rise to a standing position and switch legs
and repeat. To stretch your Achilles tendon, do the above while bending slightly
at the knee.
4. Sit on the floor. Forming a circular shape with your legs, join the soles of your
feet together and hold them with your hands. Lean your elbows on the inside of
your legs. Lean your upper body forward from the hips. You'll feel a stretch in
your groin. Hold it for 20 seconds, slowly sit up, and repeat this from the
beginning once or twice more.
5. Stand up. Put your right hand over your left shoulder. Put your left hand on your
right elbow and pull that elbow toward your left shoulder. You'll feel your right
shoulder stretching. Hold it for 20 seconds. Then reverse everything and repeat.
6. Loosen up your arms/shoulders by sticking them straight out (sideways), swirl
them in small tight circles, make the circles wider and wider until you're basically
swinging your arms in a circle that goes from the floor around to the ceiling. That
should take about 30 seconds. Do this again but swirling your arms in the reverse
direction.
 4 Spot Fast Break Shooting Drill (15 mins): This drill is great to work on shooting off
the fast break. You can do it by yourself or with a partner. We also show you how to
work ball handling into this drill, so you can manage your time better.
Instructions:

3. 1. Start at half court with a ball.
2. Spin the ball towards the 3-point line
area. Spin the ball high enough to get
there in one bounce.
3. Run under the ball and step-into a jump
shot.
4. Get your own rebound. If you miss,
score a lay-up.
5. When dribbling the ball back to half-
court, perform a dribble move at the 3-
point line. That way, you can work on
ball-handling at the same time.
6. Once, you get back to half court, do the same thing again.
7. If working with a partner, you can have the partner position himself a little above the 3-
point line and make passes to you as you start running from half-court.
8. Pick 4 spots on the floor and take a few shots from each spot.
 Two Ball Shooting Drill (15 mins): This drill allows the shooter to get a high number of
shots in a short amount of time from different spots. Instructions for this drill:

4. 1. You need 3 players:
a rebounder (Player 3), passer
(Player 2), and shooter (Player
1).
2. Player 2 and the Player 3 start
out with the basketballs.
3. Player 1 makes a cut to another
spot on the floor and Player 2
throws a pass leading Player 1
to the spot.
4. Player 1 shoots the ball on the
catch.
5. After Player 2 passed the ball
to Player 1, Player 3 passes the
ball to Player 2.
6. Player 3 rebounds the shot.
7. Player 1 cuts to back to a new
spot and Player 2 passes him
the ball.
8. Player 1 shoots the ball.
9. Player 3 passes the ball to
Player 2 and goes to rebound
the shot.

5. 10. This pattern continues for a set amount
of time or until a certain number of
shots have been taken or made.
 4 on 4 Half Court Games Tournament
(30 mins): Split the 20 kids into 5
teams. 2 games will be going on at
once while 1 team sits out. The team
that sits out will play the winner of
whatever game finishes first. The finals
will be the 2 winners of their games.
Teams will play to 11, where 3’s count
as 2 points and 2’s only count as 1
point.
 Cool Down (10 mins): Tell the players
what you as the coach thought of the
first day of camp. Explain what you
saw that you liked and what you and
your respective staff did not like and
that players should be trying to
improve on in the coming days. Hand
out blue ribbons to the winning team
of the small 4 on 4 tournaments as a
surprise! Tell them you’ll see them
tomorrow and have a good rest of your
day.