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25 Best Rebounding Drills

The best of the best programs are normally very good rebounding teams. To build a tough, hard-nosed rebounding team, players must have proper technique and the right mindset. In this video, you will find a collection of some of the best rebounding drills from some of the best coaches in the game of basketball.

Dana Altman was the 2015 Pac-12 Coach of the Year at the University of Oregon. Coach Altman presents his Morningside drill where players work on 1-on-1 skills, closeouts, and rebounding. Altman makes the drill competitive with a number of different scoring methods and alignments.

You will also see seven super-competitive drills that build rebounding toughness from Indiana University Northwest assistant coach Michael Lang. Included is a competitive 3-on-3 drill that challenges undersized players to become more physical rebounders. To speed up the offense, Coach Lang demonstrates the Catch It, Chin It, and Pivot drill which starts the fast break.

Best Rebounding Drills from Tom Izzo

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo takes his players through four rebounding drills starting with the Dummy Avoid O-Board drill where players work on moves to get past a defender for an offensive rebound. Then, there is Izzo’s famous War Drill, a 5-on-5 competitive, full-court scrimmage that emphasizes rebounding.

Tad Boyle, the head coach at Colorado, presents the 3-on-4 Contest drill. Players are challenged to anticipate, communicate, contest a shot, then block out and secure a rebound against four players on offense.

NBA Skills Trainer Rob McClanaghan works to improve players’ reaction time and explosiveness to the ball when grabbing a rebound in the O-Board Reaction drill.

If you are looking for specifics on block out technique, Northern Iowa head coach Ben Jacobson offers a number of great teaching points when he shows you the Numbers Rebounding drill. Players must close out to the ball, contest the shot, and block out to secure a rebound.

Former Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy demonstrates two drills – Turn and Box and 2-on-2 Help Side Rebounding – to improve your team’s rebounding skills. Turn and Box gives players quick repetitions on improving their box out technique. The other drill focuses on help side defenders adjusting their positioning as the ball moves around the court. On a shot, players can still make a great block out and grab a rebound.

Former Xavier and Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser teaches the fundamentals for successful team rebounding philosophy and shares methods for making successful rebounding a source of pride in your program.

Rebounding is critical to any basketball program. Successful rebounding helps limit opponents’ shots and can give a team extra opportunities to score. The best rebounding drills presented in this video from the game’s elite coaches can help you create a mindset of toughness and build better rebounders. Rent the Best Rebounding Drills DVD today.