Bank Shot
The bank shot is one where the shooter uses the backboard to make a shot. The best bank shots are made from an angle and are something that need to be practiced to get correct muscle memory and to be a better shooter overall.
To practice the bank shot take your team and line up players on each side of the hoop and start at the blocks. Split the teams up evenly. Each side has a player shoot and get their own rebound. If the player misses then they rebound and pass the ball to the next player in line. The team that makes 10 bank shots first wins. With each win back the players up a step and start over at 0. The losing team should do some sort of punishment for the loss such as a brief running drill. I don’t believe in doing defensive drills as punishment.
Don’t go past 17 feet when practicing this drill as bank shots from further out are only more difficult. Make sure each player is focusing on the upper corner of the square and that players rotate from side to side so that they aren’t only working one side of the floor.
