Weave drills are beneficial for practicing how to pass and catch the sprint. It also helps in conditioning. One of the most famous of these drills is: Passing Drill #1 – 3-Man Full-Court Weave.
This is one of the oldest drills but still the best for passing and molding.
Separate your team into 3 even lines across the baseline.
One line should form in the middle of the baseline directly underneath the basket, and the other 2 lines should form in equal distances on either side of that middle line.
Competitive middle school teams or higher should be able to form the two outside lines either where the three-point line meets the baseline, or even further out to where the sideline meets the baseline. But if you’re coaching an elementary school team, you may need to bring those lines in closer.
The player in the front of the middle line needs a basketball, and so does the second player in that same line.
The first player in each line is the first group that will perform the drill.
All other players are “out” to start the drill, but will quickly be rotated in.
The first player in the middle line can make a chest pass to either outside line to begin the drill, and then must sprint behind the player they passed to.
The player who caught the first pass must then make another chest pass to the third player and sprint behind him.
The group moves up the court with each pass, and this pattern repeats until the final bounce pass to the scorer, who must make a layup.
After making the layup, the same group runs the same drill back to the original baseline, finishing with another layup
Once the group has weaved down and back, they fill in the end of each line, and the second group is “in.”
The three man weave should be a continuous drill.
Once the second layup is made, the next group should be starting to weave down the court.
Set a goal like “X makes in X minutes” or “less than X dropped passes” to keep everyone engaged and working together.