Even the good shooting teams only hit around 50% of their shots that means there are a lot of opportunities to rebound the basketball.
Here are three key areas to emphasize in all of your rebounding drills.
1. Block out. A player must get between their opponent and the basket to be in a position to rebound. Then once they are in the right position on the court they want to block out. That means making contact with their opponent with their rear end, keeping that contact and having hands up.
We have a saying, "When the shot goes up, hands go up" To be a good rebounder your hands have to be up and ready. Fingertips to the ceiling.
2. Watch the ball and pursue the ball. Rebounds will not just come to a player. They have to go and pursue the ball. Once they have held the block out, watched where the ball is going, they then go after the ball.
3. Chin and protect the ball. Nothing is more frustrating than to work to get a rebound with a good block out, then pursue the ball only to have an opponent take it right away because of a not chinning the ball.
Rebounding is a skill and like any skill, you have to work on technique.