Guard basketball drills focus on improving your passing, dribbling and overall "court vision." Because guards are generally smaller than forwards and centers, it is important for them to develop other parts of their game to compensate for their lack of height. Speed drills such as stair step-ups and jumping rope are ways to boost your quickness and agility, making it easier to get by a larger defender. Other drills can increase your ball-handling abilities.
Sonic Crossover Drill
The sonic crossover drill will help you penetrate to the basket by developing your crossover move. Have one player on your team hold a stopwatch while you stand at center court with a basketball. When your teammate says go, cross the ball over from your right hand to your left hand. Next, cross the ball over from your left hand to your right hand. Repeat this for 20 crossovers and ask your teammate to tell you your time. Divide that time by 20 to find your crossover ratio. Try to improve your ratio to a point where you can do 20 crossovers in 20 seconds. The basketball website Degerstrom recommends pushing yourself past 20 crossovers as you improve at the drill.
Blindfold Drill
The blindfold drill will improve your ball-handling abilities by forcing you to rely on feel instead of vision. Grab a blindfold and place it over your eyes. With a basketball in your dominant hand, start dribbling down the court. After five dribbles, attempt a behind-the-back dribble to your weak hand. If you successfully perform this move, continue dribbling for five dribbles with your weak hand. From here, repeat the entire drill while dribbling backward. Although this drill is performed in a straight line, you can increase the difficulty of the drill by dribbling laterally for five dribbles in between each hand change.
Back-Cut Drill
The back-cut drill teaches you how to move to the rim without the ball as well as make an accurate pass to a cutting guard. Have the guards on your team split up into two lines. One line stands at the top of the key while the other line stands on the right wing. If you are playing shooting guard, move from the baseline to the top of the right wing. As soon as the point guard starts dribbling toward you, rotate your body and back-cut toward the basket. Halfway toward the rim, the point guard should hit you with a strong pass in the chest. Finish the drill with a layup. The Coach's Clipboard emphasizes that any time a player is dribbling at you, you should cut away from that player and toward the rim.
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