Rebounding Drills

One on One Rebounding

Setup:
Make two lines... the shooting line on the wing, and the defense, box-out line at the free-throw line.

Drill:
Give the ball to the wing player. Have the first player in the defensive line move over to defend the wing player. 

Have the wing take a good shot (defense should let him/her shoot the shot). Then as soon as the shot is released, the defender turns and boxes the shooter out and gets the rebound (even if the shot is made). 

The shooter tries to get the rebound (but no second shots are allowed as this is mainly a box-out drill).

The rebounder makes a good pass back out to the next player in the shooting line.

Two on Two Rebounding

This rebounding drill stresses the basics of boxing out, being aggressive, and making the outlet pass, and "finishing" on the offensive glass.

Setup: See the diagram... two rows, one on each side of the free throw lane. The first player in each line becomes a defender and moves down by the blocks and will box-out the next player in line. The next player in each line are offensive players. Have a player at each wing for the outlet pass. The coach, or manager, shoots the ball from the free-throw line. The Drill: The coach shoots. The defenders box-out, rebound, make the outlet pass and the next group takes over. The two defenders rotate to the outlet positions, and the outlet players go to the back of the offensive lines.

Offensive players should be aggressive, try to get the offensive rebound, and power it back up to the hoop. Play until either the defense rebounds and outlet passes, or the offense rebounds and scores (limit offensive possessions to 6 seconds to keep the drill moving). Then rotate to the next group. Offensive players now are defenders.

Make sure all players hustle, are aggressive and are using good rebounding technique with proper boxing out, attacking the ball, and making a good outlet pass. 

Offensive players should be aggressive and power the ball back up to the hoop, scoring quickly (within 6 seconds).

One Man Option:

You can also run this drill with just one line, one defender and one outlet receiver.