Basketball tryouts are coming up quick, and outshining the competition is essential to making the team.  There’s no better way to blow your competition out of the water than practicing using specialized basketball training equipment.  These five training basketballs and rims will have you playing like a pro in no time.

Top 5 Basketball Training Equipment

Baden Skilcoach Oversized Basketball

5.  Baden Skilcoach Oversized Training Basketball

Instead of the normal 28.5 – 29.5 inch diameter, this basketball has a whopping 35 – 35.5 inch diameter.  “Why an oversized basketball?”, you may ask.  The basic idea the bigger is the ball, the less room there is to go through the basketball hoop.  This means you have to get be extremely accurate to get a shot with an oversize ball.  This improves your overall accuracy, and in turn, making shots with a normal size basketball becomes a lot easier.

Spalding TF-Trainer Weighted Basketball

4.  Spalding TF-Trainer Weight Basketball

A basketball question we hear often is, “How can I increase my shooting distance?”  Practicing with a weighted basketball is the answer.  This ball bounces like a regulation weight basketball, but is noticeably heavier.  The added weight makes you exert more effort to shoot the ball, and will increase your shooting range  when shooting a regulation weight basketball.

Baden Skilcoach Shooters Training Basketball

3.  Baden Skilcoach Shooters Training Basketball

If you are just learning the fundamentals of basketball shooting, having a basketball that actually shows you proper hand positions is a valuable tool.  This training ball is meant for younger players, but is an excellent way to start learning proper shooting technique. It’s a must-have skill for becoming a top basketball player.  The benefit of having the hand positions right on the ball is you get it right each shot.  That way you easily gain muscle memory for the right hand positions.

Spalding Basketball Practice Shooting Ring

2.  Spalding Basketball Practice Shooting Ring

This basketball rim basically takes the idea of the oversize training basketball and reverses it.  The practice shooting ring is a rim with a smaller opening than a regulation size basketball rim.  Trying to make a shot through a smaller opening is pretty difficult, and helps you develop pinpoint shooting accuracy.

Spalding Rebound Ring

1.  Spalding Rebound Ring

So you’ve developed your shooting technique, now you need to work on your rebound skills.  The Spalding rebound ring is a devise that attaches to your basketball rim.  It blocks the opening, so any shot will rebound back to you.  This is great, because you can focus more energy on perfecting your rebounding technique than focusing on actually getting the ball to rebound.

And that’s all we got! See anything we missed, or know of any other essential basketball training equipment?  Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!