Video yourself doing any of the drills below, upload your video, and prove your skill to coaches and recruiters.
Scroll down for the demonstration videos and drill rules.
The unskilled demonstrator in the videos below simply attempts the shots from the required court shooting areas. Skilled players will be moving much faster, making their shots at far higher percentages, and completing the drills in much shorter times. Results will be ranked according to completion time. Coaches seeking players will consider combinations of completion time, size, experience, reputation and other factors.
Skillchamps' three drills:
Mid-Range Shooting Rules
Watch the video and read the rules below. The video is an example of the demonstrator attempting to follow the rules. The rules govern the competition.
Example video: (1) On several shots while dribbling from neighboring areas into bordering areas and into shooting areas the demonstrator fails to make the ball bounce once and only once inside the shot area. Instead, on his final dribble he makes the ball bounce just outside of the three point line while stepping inside the three point line to shoot. This would disqualify the demonstrator from championship competition. On the final dribble the ball is to bounce inside the shooting area prior to the shot. (2) Also note that the shooter sometimes lands outside of the shooting area. This would disqualify the shooter from championship competition. (3) Also note that when moving from court area 6 into court area 7 the shooter begins the jab and cross-over footwork too close to the edge of court area 6 and therefore is stepping out of court area 7 and into court area 2 on some shots. In most of the other court areas, he did stay within the required court areas and made the correct combinations of pass to self and dribble shots. This would disqualify the shooter from championship competition due to failing to make the required number of baskets from court area 7.
Below is an example of the four types of baskets required from each shooting area (other than the baseline corner areas). One from each direction after passing the ball to self. On the first and second shots it shows the underhand reverse spin pass to self. One from each direction entering on the dribble. The first shot uses a simple jab and go footwork to move from the bordering area 10 into shot area 9. The second shot uses the jab and cross-over footwork required to be used at least twice on each side of the court.
This drill tests the ability to shoot immediately after dribbling.
You must make 28 baskets as specified below.
The drill begins when you enter the court from out of bounds beyond the baseline.
The drill ends when you have successfully made 28 baskets as specified below.
In this drill there are shot areas, bordering areas, and neighboring areas.
You must make four baskets from each of shot areas 2, 7, 12, 13, 14, 9, and 4.
Prior to each shot attempt, you and the basketball must enter each shot area from the bordering area outside the three point line. For example, prior to attempting a shot from shot area 7, you must enter area 7 from bordering area 6. The shot areas and their bordering areas are 2 and 1, 7 and 6, 12 and 11, 13 and 16, 14 and 15, 9 and 10, and 4 and 5, respectively.
For each shot attempt, you must enter a bordering area only from a neighboring area. For example, prior to entering shot area 7, you must enter bordering area 6 from either neighboring area 1 or neighboring area 11.
The bordering areas and their neighboring areas are: For bordering area 1 the neighboring areas are out of bounds beyond the baseline and area 6; For bordering area 6 the neighboring areas are 1 and 11; For bordering area 11 the neighboring areas are 6 and 16; For bordering area 16 the neighboring areas are 11 and 15; For bordering area 15 the neighboring areas are 16 and 10; For bordering area 10 the neighboring areas are 15 and 5; For bordering area 5 the neighboring areas are out of bounds beyond the baseline and area 10.
For each shot attempt, you, the ball and both feet must move through the bordering area prior to entering the related a shot area.
For each shot the ball must touch the court once and only within the shot area prior to attempting the shot.
For each basket one of your feet must touch the shot area only once prior to shooting and your other foot must touch the shot area either once or twice, but no more than twice prior to shooting. This rule will allow some shooters to get their footwork right for their shots regardless of which foot they use to step from the bordering area into the shot area.
After releasing each shot attempt, both feet must touch the floor entirely within the shot area before touching any other area of the floor. In other words, after your shot you must land entirely within the shot area and not touching the key or any other shot area. This rule is to prevent players from using one bounce to get from the three point line to a lay-up. This rule causes this drill to be for pull-up jump shots.
On all of your baskets you must bounce the ball while moving from the bordering area into the shot area from the bordering area. When entering the shot area after a bounce pass to yourself, this bounce will be the single dribble allowed prior to the shot attempt. When entering the shot area after dribbling through the bordering area this bounce will be the single bounce allowed in the shot area.
Baskets after dribbling through the bordering area:
On two of your baskets from each shot area you must dribble from neighboring areas, through the bordering area and into the shot area. For each shot area you must dribble into the bordering area once from each neighboring area to make a basket.
For example, you must make one basket from shot area 7 after dribbling the ball from neighboring area 1 through bordering area 6 into shot area 7 and you must make one shot from shot area 7 after dribbling the ball from neighboring area 11 through bordering area 6 into shot area 7.
Baskets after receiving a pass in the bordering area:
On two of your baskets from each shot area you must make a bounce pass to yourself from neighboring areas and receive your own bounce pass in the bordering area prior to making the single dribble into the shot area. For each shot area you must must make one such pass into the bordering area from each neighboring area to make a basket.
For example, on at least one of your baskets from shot area 7, you must enter bordering area 6 from neighboring area 1 while or before tossing yourself a bounce pass to be caught in bordering area 6 and on at least one of your baskets from shot area 7, you must enter bordering area 6 from neighboring area 11 while or before tossing yourself a bounce pass to be caught in bordering area 6.
On each bounce pass to yourself you must release the ball with reverse spin. This is to distinguish the bounce pass from a dribble.
On each shot attempt after passing the ball to yourself in a bordering area, you must make both of your feet simultaneously touch the court inside the bordering area and both hands simultaneously touch the ball prior to making your dribble into the related shot area. This is to prevent players from catching the ball while running into the shot area. This rule requires the player to start each drive from a position with both feet touching the court and both hands touching the ball, all at the same time.
For shot areas 2 and 4 there are exceptional rules. Two of your baskets from shot area 2 and two of your baskets from shot area 4 must occur after entering the bordering areas from out of bounds beyond the baseline and after passing the ball to yourself by releasing the ball with reverse spin while at least one of your feet is outside of the bordering area and with the ball touching the floor once and only once within the bordering area. Two of your baskets from shot area 2 must occur after dribbling the basketball from neighboring area 6, through bordering area 1 and into shot area 2. Two of your baskets from shot area 4 must occur after dribbling the basketball from neighboring area 10, through bordering area 5 and into shot area 4.
Jabbing and crossing over:
On each side of the court, at least two baskets must be made after bounce passing the ball to yourself as described above and after using your non-pivot foot to cross over the line between your body and the basket while making your dribble into the related shot area.
Using both hands:
In each shot area your final dribble must be made with your left hand for two shots and with your right hand for two shots. For some shooters this will necessitate meeting the jab and crossover requirements by doing two jab and cross-over shots within a single shot area.
If you miss a shot or break the footwork or area rules, repeat the shot attempt.
Once you make one shot attempt from a particular shot area, you must continue to attempt shots from that shot area until you have made the four required baskets from that shot area. Only after making four baskets from a single shot area may you attempt a shot from another shot area.
Only you may touch the basketball during the drill.
You, the basket, and the basketball must stay inside the video's frame at all times. The video may not be edited. The camera must be positioned above court level sufficiently for viewers to see clearly the entire three point line in both the three point shooting and mid-range shooting drills. The camera must be positioned above court level sufficiently for viewers to see clearly the entire key in the inside shooting drill. Look through the viewer when you set up the camera to make certain the coaches watching the video will be able to see the three point and key lines and the position of your feet relative to those lines. Place pylons or chairs or some other visible objects at the corners of the relevant shooting areas. See the sample videos for an example of the placement of the pylons.
These rules form part of and are subject to the Skillchamps User Agreement. The Skillchamps User Agreement may be found here. These rules do not limit any of Skillchamps' rights under the Skillchamps User Agreement. Any rules appearing to limit any of Skillchamps' rights under Skillchamps' User Agreement do not do so and are to be read as mere examples of Skillchamps rights without being intended to limit Skillchamps' greater rights under the User Agreement.