Basketball drills at home for 15 year olds

At a glance

At 15

74 basketball drills the app opens for a 15 year old work at home, across 6 skills.

How long

One home session of about 50 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 75 minutes for a 15 year old.

How often

At most 5 training days a week, with rest days between. Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 15 hours for a 15 year old, with two rest days a week.

What you need

Most used: basketballs (59 of the 74 drills), hoop (31), cones (13), wall (5), tape (3), chair or cone (2), agility ladder or tape lines (1), backboard (1). 3 drills need nothing but space. 22 are for two, and a parent can be the partner.

Safe at home

One child and one parent in a room, garage or yard. Never tackling, contact, diving or head-first falls, no stunts or loaded lifting, and nothing that needs a coach, rink, pool or court. Stop when anything hurts.

74 at-home drills

Basketball drills for 15 year olds to do at home

Every drill below is one the app opens for a 15 year old and one that works at home: a room, garage or yard, one parent as the partner, no venue. Each drill's page has the steps, a diagram where the setup can be drawn, three ways to make it a game and a log to print.

athleticism

Athleticism

• Jump Stop and PivotAges 11 and up · 8 min
• Lateral Shuffle SprintsAges 11 and up · 10 min
• Slide, Turn and RunAges 11 and up · 10 min

ball handling

Ball Handling

• Dribble Move CombosAges 14 and up · 12 min
• Cone Crossover WeaveAges 11 and up · 10 min
• Retreat Dribble and PassAges 11 and up · 10 min

defense

Defense

• Closeout and ContestAges 11 and up · 10 min
• Deny the Wing StanceAges 11 and up · 10 min
• Mirror SlidesAges 11 and up · 8 min

passing

Passing

• Read the DefenderAges 11 and up · 12 min
• Spacing and CutsAges 11 and up · 12 min
• Triple-Threat Pivot and PassAges 11 and up · 10 min

rebounding

Rebounding

• Jump Timing DropsAges 11 and up · 8 min
• Rebound and OutletAges 11 and up · 10 min
• Wall Tip DrillAges 11 and up · 8 min

A 50-minute session

A home basketball session for a 15 year old

A warm-up, 3 drills and a cool-down, 50 minutes in all. Do it up to 5 days a week, with rest days between.

1. 1Basketball Warm-Up, Ages 14 and UpA 12-minute moving warm-up for basketball players 14 and up: moving stretches, strength, single-leg control, cuts and build-up runs, then basketball moves at practice speed.12 min
2. 2Catch and ShootFeet first, hands ready, shoot on the catch.12 min
3. 3One-Dribble Pull-UpDribble, stop, balance, shoot. Do not fade backward.12 min
4. 4Active Hands Wall DrillQuick hands, not reaching. Stay balanced.6 min
5. 5Basketball Cool-Down Stretches, Ages 14 and UpA 8-minute cool-down for basketball players 14 and up after training: stretches for the legs, hips, shoulders and inner thighs, each held 20 to 30 seconds, never to pain.8 min

At 15

What changes in basketball training at 15

From 15, a home session can run to 75 minutes and the plan can have 5 training days a week, up from 60 minutes and 5 days at 14.

The app opens the same 74 at-home drills at 15 as at 14; the ones below are a different selection from that list.

Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 15 hours for a 15 year old, with two rest days a week.

The week

Fitting basketball into a week at 15

At 15 the limit is 15 hours of organized sport a week. If you count home sessions against it to be safe, 5 sessions of 50 minutes is 4.17 hours, which leaves 10.83 for team practice and games. Even 5 days at the app's longest, 75 minutes, is 6.25 hours.

The research behind it

• Ages 13 to 15 are the "specializing years", after the sampling years of 6 to 12.

  Côté and Vierimaa 2014

• Organized sport should total no more hours a week than the child's age in years, with two rest days a week.

  NATA youth sport specialization recommendations

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