These 14 Drills Took My Team From Bad Shot Choices to Confidence in 5 Practices
How I built my team’s shooting confidence, consistency, and decision-making with these 14 basketball team shooting drills.
Hey Coach,
Let’s face it—rarely do you have to tell kids to shoot.
They all want to score but they don’t always make the right decision when they shoot.
And what’s the first question parents ask after a game? “How many points did you score?”
Scoring is the single most important stat that boosts a child’s confidence.
When you build confident shooters, everything else falls into place—your offense flows better, your players make smarter decisions, and you start winning more games.
Here’s the truth: finding basketball team shooting drills isn’t the problem. You can find hundreds online in minutes.
The real challenge?
Finding proven drills that actually work with youth players.
Let me ask you this:
- Have you ever run drills, only to see the same bad habits resurface during games?
- Players dribbling too much, taking poor shots,
- or freezing under pressure?
Yeah, we’ve been there too.
That’s why we created Shooter’s Edge: 14 Basketball Team Shooting Drills to Build Confident Shooters.
These aren’t just random drills.
These are battle-tested basketball team shooting drills proven to work with youth teams just like yours.
We’ve used them, refined them, and watched them transform players into confident, in-game shooters.
With Shooter’s Edge, you’ll:
- Transform your team’s shooting with small sided games designed to build confidence, shot selection, and decision-making.
- Stop second-guessing —you’ll have 14 proven basketball team shooting drills that teach players to shoot with purpose.
- Create game-time shooters, not just practice shooters, who deliver when it matters most.
Here’s what you get:
- Downloadable PDF: You’ll have instant access to the drills anytime, anywhere—print it out or pull it up on your phone before practice.
- Diagrams with Descriptions: Clear, easy-to-understand diagrams ensure you know exactly how to set up and run each drill. No guesswork, just results.
- Access to Animated Drills: Watch each drill in action with animations that demonstrate player movements, helping your players grasp concepts quicker.
- Over 140 Minutes of Instruction: We break down every drill in detail, giving you over 140 minutes of expert coaching tips and insights.
- Progressive Options: Whether your team is just learning to shoot or ready for advanced skills, each drill has progressive variations to keep them challenged and growing.
- Mike Neighbors: Move Shooting
- Jay Wright: 35 Second Shooting (Wing/Corner)
- Jay Wright: Slide 3's
- Jamie Angeli: Zone Drive and Kick Wing Shots
- Jamie Angeli: Motion Down Screen Curl Shooting
- 2 Minutes Shooting
- Don Meyer: 3 Balls Baseline Drive
- Mike Neighbors: 10 Up
- One on One Tight cone Scoring
- Cone Shooting
- Cone Jail Driving and Finishing
- Two Cones Touch 1v1
- 1 on 1 Live closeouts
- Jamie Angeli: Drive and Kick Top Shots
Amazing Bonus #2
4 Fastbreak Drills
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included in this offer
Amazing Bonus #1
8 Ways to Scrimmage
If you find your team executing well in your drills but falling short of your expectations come game time, it might be a good sign that you need to change up how you scrimmage. I’m sharing 8 types of scrimmages that you can use to improve your practices by making them more game-like and competitive.
(total value: $9 )
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Amazing Bonus #3
13 Zone Busting Strategies
Is your youth zone offense struggling to score? I’ve been there. My teams would freeze up the moment they saw a 2-3 zone, passing aimlessly around the perimeter until someone took a desperate shot. After watching too many games slip away, I developed the FAST PASS Method – a simple system that transformed how my teams attack zones.
(total value: $9 )
included in this offer
Each basketball team shooting drill is designed to address the specific challenges youth teams face—whether it’s poor shot mechanics, a lack of confidence, or players freezing up under pressure.
We’ve broken it down into progressive steps so your players build their skills gradually.
It’s time to change how your team approaches shooting.
Forget the endless hunt for random drills that don’t deliver results.
Shooter’s Edge has everything you need to develop confident shooters who perform in real games—not just practice.
With these 14 basketball team shooting drills, you’ll build a team that shoots with purpose, makes better decisions, and hits more buckets when it counts.
Ready to transform your players into game-ready shooters?
Let’s change the game together.
Created by Coaches For Coaches
Coach Steve
30 years experience and 3 state titles. High school coach and teacher, and host of the Coaching Youth Hoops Podcast
Coach Bill
15 years experience, high school & grade school coach, host of the Coaching Youth Hoops Podcast