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Here’s a drill which will help you develop quick reaction to the ball, but it is not as dry as drills which involve only footwork and no work with the ball.

Learn how to improve your speed on the basketball court with these line jumps, defensive slides, and cross-training drills.

Cone drills are great at making you faster. Here are a few good drills I use with my clients:

• Sliding drills (place 2 cones 6-8 feet apart and defensive slide from one to the other…then move them 10-12 feet apart and do the same. They key is to slide fast…very fast.)

• The T-Cone drill (place 3 cones in a straight line about 3 or 4 feet apart, then place 2 other cones about 10 feet apart at the top of the “T”. Now, start off running back and forth between the 3 cones and out to one of the cones at the top, then back-pedal to the starting spot. Do the same thing again, this time out to the other cone at the top, and back-pedaling to the start). Go FAST.

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