Basketball speed and agility drills

Basketball agility drills are used to improve body control, footwork, coordination, and balance. They will also improve a player's ability to change speeds.

Joel White on Instagram: "Change of direction is not agility. Change of direction refers to a preplanned movement where an athlete adjusts their path in response to a predetermined task. Agility, however is the ability to react and change direction in response to external stimulus. Drills like this a great way to introduce agility training in a team setting. For long term improvements of reaction speed and agility we want to focus on external cues and variety of stimuli to challenge…

These basketball agility drills will improve your speed around the court, quickness, co-ordination and most importantly your ability to change direction with

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JOSH | AZ BASKETBALL TRAINER on Instagram: "Improve your defensive footwork and speed ⬇️⬇️ Here’s a simple drill to improve footwork and speed. What makes this drill great is it’s ability to have the athlete shift the wait and hips. Another great benefit is the crossover step. The crossover step is key to agility and changing direction especially on defense. Lateral shuffle are great for beginners but if you don’t turn your hips you will get dusted. The crossover step allows you to open up a

Elena de Alfredo on Instagram: "🚨 Ricky Rubio’s Defensive Agility Drill 🚨 • Growing up in Spain, I have always looked up to Ricky Rubio as a player and especially defensively. Even in my time playing for Estudiantes (my basketball club) my coaches would always reference to him as one of the best defensive players on and off the ball because of his amazing lateral agility. • I used to do this drill a ton and now I love to use it with my players to help them be better at their defensive…

Mason Elite Basketball on Instagram: "Try this entry level drill with a group of young hoopers with these 3 off the catch dribble drive options ‼️ The goal is to get young hoopers to start making quick decisions off the catch (play 0.5 basketball) and always put emphasis on attacking to SCORE first! Also focusing on a hard jump stop before each pass to begin playing off 2 feet ‼️ I watched this drill done a lot with our 3rd Grade SPE PHENOM UNITED squad @mikedecker32 Share this simple…