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What to Expect at Basketball Tryouts
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Be more confident and prepared for your upcoming basketball tryouts with help from these tips.
Butterflies in your stomach. Sweat on your brow. The feeling that everyone is watching your every little move.
Tryouts can be stressful.
Your coach will challenge you both physically and mentally at a tryout. You will encounter drills that test your shooting, dribbling, defense and rebounding skills. You may have to run through some offensive or defensive plays. You might even play in a scrimmage.
“When walking into a tryout, coaches are looking for players with a work ethic,” said DICK’S Sporting Goods Associate Maureen Lawrence, a former Division I player and coach. “They want players with a willingness to go through drills and will look at skill sets.”
So, throw on your favorite shoes, grab your water bottle and get ready to hit the court.![]()
Tryouts can be tough, but DICK’S Pro Tips is here to help you head into the experience with some added confidence.
HONE YOUR SKILLSEvery coach looks for something different. But there are always certain skills you can work on to stand out.
Executing basic offensive skills like layups, jump shots and free throws are all crucial.
When working on layups, try to get comfortable using either hand to score. You will tend to only shoot jump shots with your dominant hand. But when it comes to layups and scoring in the paint, there are times you will use your dominant hand and other times you will need to use your other hand. This is a skill coaches seek out in players.
When you’re working on your shot, have a friend help you out.
“Anyone can shoot for an hour and hit 100 baskets,” said DICK’S Sporting Goods Associate Derek Liebert, a former coach at the collegiate level. “[But] it is totally different from shooting with someone guarding you with a hand in your face.
It is also important to be able to shoot off the dribble as well as catch and shoot.”
Rebounding, dribbling, passing, footwork and defensive skills are all going to be tested at a tryout as well. You can work on these during the offseason to help improve each skill set. Even dribbling a basketball to the end of your driveway and back can be turned into a mini practice session by adding a second basketball to the mix and working on two-ball dribbling drills or set up cones to dribble around.
Keep in mind the position you play as well. If you’re a guard, focus a little more on your jump shot and ball handling. If you typically play in the post near the basket, work on your jump hook or drop step.
It’s also important to come physically prepared to play. Tryouts are a draining experience, so working on your conditioning weeks in advance is a must.
“Be in shape when heading into a tryout,” said DICK’S Sporting Goods Associate Nick Rivers, a former Division I player.
“That is one major thing coaches can identify. They want players who can run up and down the court, who are in shape and who prepared for this moment.”
Discover a variety of basketball drills to try to help you train and develop before heading to the tryout.
BE READY TO BE TESTEDYou have put in countless hours of work getting ready for your tryout. You’ve fine-tuned your offense and defense and you are ready for the big day.
But what exactly should you expect?
Coaches will use a variety of drills to test your skill level. Every coach will have their own way of running a tryout, but the skills tested probably won’t vary too greatly. Coaches will want to see what you can do with shooting, ball handling, defense, passing, rebounding and footwork.
When it comes to testing your offense, a coach may give you a set amount of time to make layups with both hands.
“You can expect some kind of shooting drill,” Liebert said. “There are some drills that will test your ability to catch and shoot.
There might be another drill where you catch the ball on the wing, take two dribbles and shoot. A lot of coaches will do anything they can to test your skills by putting you in game situations.”
Your ball-handling skills will also be put to the test. This can include dribbling around cones, full-court dribbling, zig zag drills and stationary drills too.
“There is the 3-man weave [drill] that is all about passing and communicating,” Liebert said. “You will need to make good, crisp passes as well as communicate to make a layup at the other end.”
A popular drill in tryouts that tests players passing, floor vision, transition game, offense and defense is the 3-on-2/2-on-1. The drill starts with three players on offense coming down the court attempting to score against two waiting defenders. The player who attempts the shot, whether it is made or not, will then get back to play defense, while the two original defensive players now attempt to score.
Many coaches may also incorporate some sort of scrimmage during the tryout.
Whether it is 5-on-5, 4-on-4 or 3-on-3, you can count on playing in some sort of game. This is a time when a lot of skills are being tested, and coaches can get a feel for how you’d react in game-like situations. They’ll also test for skills like passing, shooting and rebounding.
“Most coaches believe rebounding is 90 percent effort and 10 percent skill and positioning,” Lawrence said. “Rebounding is something coaches will throw in during a tryout to see what effort and toughness the potential players will have.”
ATTITUDE COUNTSYour basketball skills can take you a long way in a tryout, but so will your attitude. Coaches want players who are willing to learn and put it all on the court, so make sure you are ready to hustle and show some grit.
“If it ever comes down to two players, I will go with the one who plays the hardest, someone who talks the loudest and someone who shows they are selfless and wants to be part of a team,” Liebert said. “That kind of stuff will make me want to take someone with a little lesser skill if they are going to work hard.
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Remember: a good first impression goes a long way — introduce yourself to the coach before getting started and remain well-mannered throughout the tryout. If the coach calls everyone in to say something, move quickly — rather than walk — to where they are.
Coaches take notes on players. Things like work ethic, aggressive play on defense and rebounding, and the player’s support of the other athletes can go a long way.
“You want to bring up other players when they get down,” Rivers said. “Coaches want players who can be coaches on the court. Coaches won’t always be there to tell the team what to do, so you want to be a player who can pick the team up and keep them focused.”
Get to the tryout a little early to get warmed up and ready to go. This will also show the coach that you are dependable and can be relied upon to show up on time.
STAY POSITIVE!This is what it may all come down to. Don’t beat yourself up over a bad pass or a missed shot.
It happens to everyone. Coaches will be watching to see you handle to setbacks.
Don’t let that one bad play stick with you. You can erase that from everyone’s minds a minute later by coming up with a big rebound or sinking your next shot. Having this mentality is not only key for the tryout, but for the entire season.
“You need to treat each possession on offense and defense as a new possession. A team is only as strong as its weakest link. Once a player loses confidence, it can bring the whole team down,” Liebert said.
When you head into tryouts, don’t sweat the small stuff. Come prepared, be confident and ready to give 100 percent. It’s time to show the coach how you’ll be an asset to the team.
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(Updated) Coaches Guide To Basketball Tryouts
For many coaches, the first couple of days of practice is about selecting the team through basketball tryouts. This can be a stressful time for both the players and the coaches.
Whether you're a veteran coach or if this is your first time, it is hard to tell a player that they didn't make the team and they've been cut. Reactions can vary from tear-filled eyes to players asking for another chance and everything in between.
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Start With The End In Mind
To Post A List Or Not?
Keeping Tryout Evaluation Notes
Develop a Plan
Know Your Numbers
Practice Planning
4 Key Areas of Basketball Tryouts
Tryout Drills
Starting With The End In Mind
It's important to start your basketball tryouts with the end in mind. Every level has a different goal for why they should keep a certain number of players. At the youth and middle school levels, you want a lot of participation so having larger numbers on a team makes sense. At the junior varsity and varsity level success is more of a focal point so having fewer players to focus on and work with is more appropriate.
How you handle cuts and communicate information is important to how people view your program. It's also important to the growth and development of the young people who make the team and who are cut from the team. At the lower levels a player can grow, mature, and become more coordinated so encouraging them to keep playing is a great message.
Let's take a little closer look at how to finish up your basketball tryouts.
To Post A List Or Not?
Let's start with the elephant in the room. Should you post a list or meet with each player individually? In general, I believe every player deserves the right to sit down with the coach and hear if they made the team or not. If the player didn't make the team they should be given an honest reason why they didn't make the team and what areas they need to work on to have a chance to make the team next year.
On two different occasions, I've cut players who have come back the next year and made the team. While being cut is never fun it can light a fire in certain people to work hard and improve.
This is one of the reasons I think meeting with players is a positive thing. If a list is posted and the player doesn't have a chance to listen to the reason they didn't make the team or ask the coach a question the player may never develop an eagerness to improve and try out again next year.
So what did I mean when I wrote "in general" players deserve to meet with the coach? There are times when a list is appropriate. Some schools have 40 or more players who tryout. With this many players time may not allow for a coach to meet with every player. The first round of cuts may need to be done by posting a list. The second and final round of cuts are more easily done with a meeting from a time standpoint.
Keeping Tryout Evaluation Notes
It's important to keep notes during your basketball tryouts. Having player evaluation notes can help with everything from learning player's names to remembering areas they performed well in (or didn't do so well in) throughout the tryout period.
Two forms I've used and are available to members of The Vault are an individual Player Tryout Evaluation and a Multi-Player Evaluation Form.
Another reason to keep tryout evaluation notes is to be able to back-up to parents why you didn't keep their son or daughter. If all you have is your memory it can be hard to answer their questions. If you have a player's evaluation form to refer to it is be much easier to give the parent the reasons why their child didn't make the team and what they need to work on for next year.
Develop a Plan
The more prepared you are when you walk in the gym the smoother your basketball tryouts will go and the less stressed you'll be. during the tryout process.
Know Your Numbers
The first thing you want to be sure to do your homework and know your numbers.
- The number of players you'll expect to tryout
- The number of baskets you'll have to work with
- The number of basketball you'll have to use
- The number of minutes you'll have in the gym
- The number of assistant or helpers you'll have available
- The number of teams in the gym at the same time as you
Each of these numbers will help you layout a practice plan that will allow you to evaluate players in the best way possible.
Next, you want to think about what it is you're looking for in a player and then how you'll evaluate for what you need in a player. Every level will be evaluating players a bit differently. You need to decide what it is you need in your system for your style of play.
On one occasion, I was asked to evaluate tryouts for a semi-professional team. Players ranged from former Division 1 standouts to phenomenal Division 3 players. It was easy to see that each player was talented, but the talent was too broad of a concept. The team was looking for players to fit a certain athletic and skill level for the style of play they were going to play. They also had some specifics depending on the position the player was being evaluated for. Knowing what the team was looking for made my job a whole lot easier.
Practice Planning
Practice plans are a coaches best friend. They help you stay on schedule and keep you on track when implementing different phases of the game. So whether you write things down on a napkin or use a beautiful template for your practice plan be sure to create a plan before you walk in the gym.
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4 Key Areas of Basketball Tryouts
The four key areas during basketball tryouts that coaches look for are skills, athleticism, action, and details. Each area is important by itself but their importance is magnified when these areas are put together to make a complete player.
Skills
A player's skill level is going to be the first thing most coaches look at during tryouts. They'll be evaluating players on their ability to dribble, shoot, pass, and play defense. If a player is lacking in any one of these key areas they likely to go the bottom of the list fairly quickly.
You can evaluate a players skills by having them do drills or by playing small-sided games. Both will be covered in more detail below.
Athleticism
If skills are #1, athleticism is a very, very close #2.
Successful basketball teams are built on athleticism. And while the most athletic team does not always win, teams who are not very athletic tend to struggle when it comes to winning consistently. For this reason, athleticism becomes a big factor when evaluating players in tryouts.
A player's ability to run fast and jump high isn't the only aspect though. More importantly, is how the player uses their athleticism and skills together. If a player is lightning quick but has no control of the ball when they dribble then the athleticism won't be enough to make your team competitive every time they step on the floor.
Basketball IQ
Basketball IQ shows how well a player understands the game. You'll want to see if a player can take their skills and athleticism and apply them when the game is live. This can be done through small-sided games - 3v3, 4v4, or 5v5 play. Players need to be able to transfer the skills they've learned and used those skills successfully in game situations.
This means games have to be a part of your tryout, otherwise you'll never know a players basketball IQ.
Attention To Detail
The final area to look at is how a player pays attention to the details. The two details that I pay attention to are their ability to be coached and how they treat their teammates. When a player is coachable they listen to your directions, ask questions, and try even if they aren't very good at something right away. The second detail is being a good teammate. No one wants to be on a team with someone who is selfish and isn't nice.
As mentioned above, when these four areas - skills, athleticism, game action, and attention to details - come together you have a a clear picture of who will make your team better on and off the court. When you find a player who possess a high level of each area you know you have a special person and player.
Tryout Drills
The question that almost all coaches come to is, how do we assess all of this in our practices? The answer is through the drills you choose and the progression you use as you go through each drill.
Depending on the level you coach you'll find the progression from one skill to the next will be slower or faster because of the skills and concepts your players bring with them on day 1 of basketball tryouts.
Here's exactly how I go about designing my basketball tryouts at the high school level. Every drill I use can be found inside the Drill Vault.
If you're coaching a lower level team here is a format and drills to use in your basketball tryouts. Find even more drill here.
Progressions
1
Technique with no pressure2
Technique with pressure3
Technique with controlled variables4
Technique with no controlled variable (live)
Lay-Up Drills
It's important to note that this drill evaluates more than one area at a time.
- Skills - lay-ups, dribbling, basic passing
- Athleticism - jumping, speed, coordination of movements
- Game Action - cone lay-ups put players in a 1 v 1 situation
- Attention To Detail - following directions, understand concepts
Progressions 1, 2, and 3 are all used as well. Progression 4 would be best evaluated if there were no cones and it was a 1 v 1 live situation or within a scrimmage where a lay-up opportunity presented itself in the flow of the game.
Dribbling Drills
Shooting Drills
70 Drills To Use In Your Tryouts (Ebook)
Could you use more or better drills in your tryouts? Don't stress out trying to come up with new drills. In this ebook, you'll have more than enough drills to choose from for dribbling, passing, shooting, layups, and small-sided games.
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Defensive Drills
Depending on the type of half-court defense your team will play will dictate what drills you do during basketball tryouts. Some of the drills about put players in 1v1 situations where the defense would have been given some instructions as well. A players basketball IQ will really be seen once you've started putting them into 3 v 3 and 4v4 situations like the ones below.
Check out Building A Force Baseline Pressure Defense to get all the concepts and drills needed for basketball tryouts and practices all year.
Defensive Areas To Focus On During Basketball Tryouts
- 1 on 1 Defensive Positioning
- Helpside Defensive Positioning
- Boxing Out / Rebounding
- Post Defense
- Closing Out On Shooters
- Closing The Gaps On A Drive
- Defending The Ball Screen
- Defending Off The Ball Screens
What about 5v5?
I know why coaches want to have players play 5v5, after all, that is how the games will be played.
The reason I don't like 5v5 is because you're evaluating players skills, athleticism and basketball IQ. You want to see them try to dribble, shoot, defend, pass, boxout, etc. over and over again. In 5v5 you get to see the best player, who you already know about most likely, and that's it. Play as many small-sided games and 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 as possible to see which players can really play.
Final Thoughts
Using the outline presented above you'll know exactly who to keep and to cut after two or three days of basketball tryouts. For many coaches the evaluation part of practice isn't the hardest part, it's sitting down and having a conversation with a player who truly loves the game but doesn't have what it takes to make the team. Remember to be kind, honest, and encouraging as you sit with each player. Not only are you helping grow the players who make the team, but you're also helping those who don't make the team grow as people.
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The popularity of basketball on television, and in general, is easily explained, because it is one of the most spectacular games in the history of mankind. For the National Basketball Association (NBA), this observation is doubly true, since in the States basketball has been brought to a qualitatively different level. Here, even the game system is built and adjusted in such a way as to give the viewer the opportunity to enjoy the maximum amount of emotions, experiences and sharp moments.
How long does the basketball game last ?
In the NBA, what is called "net" game time is 4 quarters of 12 minutes, that is, 48 minutes. At first glance, this is not enough, because the game in other popular sports takes longer: a football match lasts 90 minutes - 2 halves of 45 minutes, hockey - 3 periods of 20 minutes, etc.![]()
But there is a certain trick here - the actual, "dirty" time of the game, includes a huge number of pauses that fill the time between the game segments. Plus, do not forget about the breaks between quarters, they also last from 2 minutes between the first and second, and third or fourth quarters, up to a 15-minute "big" break in the middle of the match.
According to NBA statistics, an average basketball game lasts about 135-140 minutes. This is true for the regular season, in the playoffs, as a rule, matches are longer.
In European basketball, the duration of the match is shorter - four quarters of 10 minutes, that is, 40 minutes of regular time.
Also, not every game ends in the allotted time: according to the rules, if the teams play a draw in regular time, a 5-minute overtime is assigned, when the teams must necessarily determine the winner. If it is not possible to do this in the first, another one is appointed, then, if necessary, another and another, until one of the squads wins.
According to the rules of basketball, the winner must be determined.
The longest game in NBA history took place on January 6, 1951. The Indianapolis Olympians played the Rochester Royals in regular time and then six more overtimes. By modern basketball standards, the score for 78 minutes of playing time is simply ridiculous - 75:73. The explanation for this is that at that time there was no time limit for the attack (now it has 24 seconds, and the ring must be touched, or the ball is passed to the opponent), and the opponents simply did not want to attack so as not to risk it.
In fact, for a fan who attends a match live at the stadium, it can last from 2.5 to 5-6 hours. Therefore, for a full-fledged trip to basketball, it is worth allocating a whole day.
Basketball is full of attacks, on average they last from 5 to 24 seconds, and almost every one ends with some kind of active effective action - a throw, a foul, an interception. This is very popular with the audience, and keeps them in suspense.![]()
Tall players throw spectacular shots from above, snipers attack the basket from afar, or in beautiful passes - the variability of attack in basketball is very high.
That's why TV companies love basketball so much, it's great in terms of advertising in the breaks. He has great ratings, often no worse than American football or baseball, the undisputed leaders of the US sports media market.
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How long is a basketball game (and why)?
Last updated: August 26, 2022 / author Sandeep Bhandari / Fact verified / 3 minutes
Exact answer: 48 minutes When it comes to outdoor games, there are many games in which people participate or support their teams. And basketball is one of them. This guide contains more information about the different types of b-games and the time spent on each game.
What is basketball and its variations Basketball is a team sport in which two opposing teams of mostly five players play on a rectangular court. The goal of a field goal is worth two points, except when it occurs behind the three-point line.
The time it takes to play basketball varies. The difference is caused by the varying degrees of basketball games. For example, high school, college, NCAA, NBA, and professional basketball players have different playing times. In addition, each of the above levels uses extra time whenever there is a tie after the end of the game.
How much time does various games in basketball take | Type of game | Time |
| Basketball match of the college | 9 hours 10 minutes
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| NBA basketball game | 48 minutes |
| Basketball match of secondary school | 90 minutes |
| Professional basketball games | 48 minutes - 2 hours 15 minutes |
9000 also play baseball.
Unlike the four quarters used in other regular matches, high school games consist of two 20-minute parts.
Half time is 15 minutes, as in the National Basketball Association, and overtime is 5 minutes. Broadcasts of school games last approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes.
2) NCAA Basketball Game The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the high school b-ball gathering. This game is considered to be excessively long.
Numerous breaks consume almost 30 minutes of play. In the event that the ball hits either end of the basket or the team in possession of the ball changes, shot checks come into effect and the ball is pocketed. This time is different.
According to the NCAA, the time to shoot is 35 seconds for men and 30 seconds for women.
3) NBA basketball game An NBA game is 48 minutes long. The game is usually divided into four quarters of 12 minutes each. Whenever any of the playing teams have a tie, the time will surely increase.
In the case of b-ball, the bind gives extra time, and the game is played separately until a winner is determined. Extra time lasts 5 minutes.
4) School basketball B-ball is one of the most popular games in high schools. School games are estimated to last 90 minutes. This is an absolute time including breath holds, clock stops and fouls that may occur.
Like the NBA, four quarters are used in high schools, although the quarters are shorter. Each quarter lasts 8 minutes, and there is a ten-minute break between the second and third quarters.
For example, extra time in high school is four minutes if the teams are tied.
5) Professional basketball game This game depends on the affiliation that controls it. An NBA game is 48 minutes long, although FIBA games are 40 minutes long.
The total time required to play any particular professional game is more than 2 hours and 15 minutes. Time includes breaks in time such as breaks, fouls and breaks.
