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Basketball Jokes & Youth Tryout Ideas
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The follow tryout schedule can be used for a youth basketball tryout (75 minutes)
Dribbling: Evaluate how comfortable the players are with the basketball!
Baseline by numbers (easy for evaluators)
Ballhandling (15 minutes)
0:00 – 15:00
Baseline dribbling (right, left, alternating)
(Vs, low, high, down and back HEAD UP)
Dribble March in place 1:00 side dribble if necessary
Dribble Walk in place 1:00 side dribble if necessary
3 Trips (Right, left, alternating) speed and conditioning
Zig zag cones (crossover, between the legs, back)
SHOOTING (10 minutes)
15:00 – 25:00 Spot shooting (1:30 per spot / count it out) (by numbers)
Basket #1 1 – 5
Basket #2 6 – 10
Basket #3 11 – 15
Basket #4 16 – 20
Basket #2 21 – 25
Basket #3 26 – 30
Lay-ups & passing (10 minutes)
25:00 – 35:00 Full court lay-ups (2 groups) court #1 . . court #2 . .
3 Lines lay-ups (dribble jump stop, lay-up cut FT line ext., rebound dribble out)
Flash Give and Go passer get ball AROUND AROUND AROUND the drill!
SCRIMMAGE
35:00 – 55:00 ½ court games (5 minutes each)
55:00 – 75:00 full court scrimmage
SPEED and CONDITIONING (Line up by height)
Half-court full court & suicide