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Ballhandling

Collection of ballhandling drills

• You must remember that the dribble is one of the most important skills to master but should be the last skill to be used in offense. You must always dribble for a purpose. The purpose may be to:
  – Gain distance
  – Improve angles
  – Establish correct position on the floor to initiate a play
  – To create outnumbering situations with fastbreak
  – To draw a defender through penetration to open up teammate for a high percentage shot
  – Using your dribble to improve your passing angle
• When you dribble, stay low, keep your head up, see your defense, see your teammates, keep your hand cupped and not stiff, never throw the ball out and chase it, work your wrist and fingers, keep your palm off the ball, dribble with either hand.
• Whenever you dribble you must dribble under control, no matter what movement you attempt with the dribble.
• You must execute a right dribble at right time. Keep the ball in triple threat. Do not have one bounce habit.
• Dribble less and pass more to success. Dribble is a most time consuming basketball skill in the game. Time means the defensive help can arrive negating any pass or shot opportunity you might create from dribble.
• A good rule of thumb is to keep your body between the defense and the ball. This means your body, arm and leg is always between the defense and the ball.

CONE DRIBBLING DRILLS WITH COMBINATIONS
PURPOSE: To work on proper dribbling technique-using change of pace and change of direction by using cones to simulate defender
METHOD / PROCEDURE: Set cones as shown in the diagram from baseline to opposite foul line. Dribble the ball as fast as you can but under control. After the last dribble go for a lay-up.

CROSSOVER DRIBBLE:
Dribble hard to the first cone in full speed, as you reach the first cone plant your outside foot and change direction as you use a low and sharp crossover dribble. Keep the ball waist high as you go for the second cone. Plant your outside foot and execute a crossover dribble and continue till you reach the last cone, then make a hard cut to the basket for a lay-up shot.

SPIN DRIBBLE:
Dribble all out to the first cone, lower your body and plant your inside foot, start on with the right hand, spin in clockwise direction, move the ball from your outside hand on the spin to your left hand (do not carry the ball) using your body and the free hand to shield the ball. Keep your head up and eyes off the ball to see the defense. Continue to spin on each cone changing hands till you reach the last cone, then go for a lay-up shot.

BEHIND THE BACK DRIBBLE:
Dribble, as fast to the first cone, when you approach the cone, your body should be forward in front of the ball. Quickly pull the ball with your wrist, fingers then arm around you back to change direction. The ball should be waist high. As the ball changes direction use your off hand and body to shield the ball. So on keep going changing hands using behind the back dribble till the last cone then goes for a lay-up shot.

YO-YO DRIBBLE:
This is a combination of crossover on a crossover dribble. This is a dribble to deceive and commit the defense. As you plant your outside foot to change direction you use a low crossover dribble from right to left and left to right and speed up dribbling the ball waist high as you approach the next cone. Continue until you reach the last cone then take a lay-up shot

CROSSOVER AND A SPIN DRIBBLE:
This is also a combination of a crossover and a spin dribble. Dribble hard to the first cone and as you approach the cone, plant your outside foot and change direction using a low crossover dribble on this quickly plant your inside foot and execute a spin dribble. It is easily taught when the spin is done with the right hand, which is the dominating/ strong hand of most of the players. So you start you dribble with your left hand, do a crossover with your left hand and a spin dribble with your right. Continue till the last cone then finish it with a lay-up shot.

No matter what position you play on the court, you will be a greatest asset to your team if you can dribble the basketball effectively.

10/3 2001, 0 comments

Two balls

Do this drill w/two basketballs. Take both balls, and while dribbling one with right hand down low in good position, dribble another in the right hand around your right leg. Switch and keep right ball stationary while left goes around left leg. Then, you can do cross over, by just criss crossing the two balls. Then just dribble up and down the court w/ both balls, doing hesitation at some spots, and then crossover. This improves ball handling dramatically.

11/11 2000, 0 comments

Spider

You get in a defencive possition and dribble the ball twice in the front, whenn you dribble the ball twice in front you push back on the second dribble and dribble twice in the back sorry can’t explain it.

10/5 2000, 0 comments

1-on-2

A good 1 on 2 defensive drill that helps people with their ball handling.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

4 speed dribble combinations

This drill improves the player’s ball handling skills especially speed dribbling ability. This Drill does best for point guards. Centers can also benefit from this drill which adds to their offensive ability in the paint.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

5 minute circle

This drill, devised by the great Pistol Pete Maravich is an excellent drill for developing ball-handling and dribbling skills. It improves your dribbling quickness, helps keep your handle when being closely guarded, and also improves your endurance and conditioning.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

6 Cone Dribble Enhancement Drill

Six cones are set up in two lines of three. These lines are exactly parallel to each other and are approximately ten feet apart. You can set this drill up along the sidelines or on a stage as we do.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Caterpillar Dribble Weave

2 Balls. Line players in single file along sideline, one ball at front and one at the back. This drill is good for warm-ups.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

Corner Dribbling Drill

This drill enhances the player’s skill of speed dribbling and adding dribble moves.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

FLIP DRILL

• The player bends over with her feet apart and holds the ball with both hands behind her legs.
• The player flips the ball forward through her legs, reaches forward, and catches the ball in front of her legs with her arms fully extended.
• The player hikes the ball back through her legs, and catches the ball behind her legs.
• The player repeats steps 1-3.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

FLOP DRILL

• The player bends over with her feet apart and holds the ball between her legs, with her right hand in front of her and her left hand in back of her.
• The player switches the positions of her hands quickly so the ball stays in the same place.
• The player continues to switch the positions og her hands, making sure that the ball stays in the same place as she does so.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

MACHINE GUN DRILL

• The player sits on the floor with her legs spread apart.
• The player hits the ball, alternating between her right and left hands, and dribbles the ball between her legs as low and as fast as possible.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

SKIP DRIBBLE DRILL

• The player stands and moves her legs in a scissors-like fashion, with her toes pointing straight ahead. The player should keep her back straight and should not bend over.
• The player dribbles the ball through her legs form front to back, from one hand to the other, as she jumps and shifts her feet.
• The player should try to complete fifty to one hundred bounces without making a mistake.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

CRAB RUN DRILL

• The player bends over and moves her legs forward and backward in a scissors-like fashion, keeping his toes pointed straight ahead.
• When her right leg is forward, the player moves the ball behind it and between her legs to her left hand. When her left leg is forward, the player moves the ball behind it and between her legs to her right hand.
• The player repeats steps 1-2 as she runs up the court, keeping her head up, and making sure to bring the ball behind each of her legs so that if she drops the ball, she will not trip over it.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

FIGURE EIGHT DRIBBLE DRILL

• The player dribbles the ball in a figure eight fashion, alternating hands. To do so, she begins by standing with her feet apart and leans to the right. She dribbles with her right hand, starting at the outside of her right leg. Then she leans to the left as she dribbles with her left hand. She gives the ball a hard, quick tap form behind when changing hands. The hand that is not dribbling should be between the player’s legs ready to make the switch as soon as possible.
• The player repeats the drill as she moves forward, dribbling a figure eight behind her legs as she walks. She starts at the outside of her right foot, and dribbles behind it, then steps with her left foot and dribbles behind it. She continues up the court in this fashion.

1/1 2000, 0 comments

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