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Ball Handling>>Drills>>Dribbling>>Dribbling
Moves
One
of the essential skills in becoming an all-around basketball player
is to be able to handle the ball no matter what position you play
on the court. And of course, one of the most difficult skills, including
shooting, passing, catching, dribbling, and rebounding, involve
handling the ball. Doing ball handling drills everyday, whether
is is at the start of a practice, or throughout an entire season
can improve your ball handling skills. Below you will find essential
drills that can improve you skills no matter what level you are
competing at.
Figure
Eight Drop Reverse
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For this drill, follow the procedure described in the
Figure Eight Drop Drill, except that when you bounce
the ball, your movement will be reversed. After the
bounce, circle the ball around the outside of your right
leg, in front of your left leg, and around your left
leg from the front to the back. |
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Up
the Ladder
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Hold the ball out in front of you and pass it back from
hand to hand using only your finger tips. Go from out
in front of your waist to above your head and back.
This will help you develop the finger tip control that
you will need to properly handle the ball. |
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Around
the World
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First, circling the basketball around your head, and
then around your waist. Finally, put your legs together
and take the ball around both legs at the knees. Then
spread your legs, bend at the waist, and take the ball
around one leg. Then the other. This will give you a
feel for the basketball and help you become more comfortable
in your ball handling. This is a good hand speed and
coordination drill. It is also a great conditioner for
your arms. |
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Ball
Circle
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Very similar to Around the World. A great way to become
comfortable with the basketball is to take it and circle
it around your head, then around your waist, and, finally,
around your knees. Reverse direction and take the ball
back up--around the knees, waist, and head. |
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Between
The Legs Scissors
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start the drill, place your left foot ahead of your
right and bounce the ball between your legs from your
right hand to your left. As the ball gets to your left
hand shift your feet so that your right leg goes ahead
of your left and bounce the ball back between your legs.
This shifting of your feet will occur with every bounce. |
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Crab
Walk
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drill can go from baseline to half court. Step forward
with your left leg and pass the ball from your right
hand to your left under your left leg. As you take your
next step with your right leg, pass the ball from your
left hand to your right under your right leg. Continue
this pattern all the way down the floor. |
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Figure
Eight- Run in Place
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the ball around your legs as in the Figure Eight Drill,
but in addition, run in place. |
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Pass
and Catch Drill
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Hold the ball in front of you with 2 hands. Make a bounce
pass between your legs from front to back and catch
the ball with 2 hands behind you. Then bounce the ball
through your legs from the back to the front, and catch
the ball in front of your body. This is a good drill
for body awareness. |
Sit
Up Drill |
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doing bent-knee sit ups, dribble up with your right
hand as you sit up, and around your feet, then switch
hands to your left as you go back down, and then dribble
with your left hand as you sit up, back around your
feet, switching back to your right hand. Continue as
quickly as possible. Not only will this help strengthen
your hands and abs, but will also help on your concentration. |
Squeeze The Banana
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is a drill that helps increase the strength in
your fingers. Hold the ball in front of you at
eye level with two hands. By squeezing your fingers
and thumb together with one hand at a time, you
move the ball from one hand to the other as quickly
as you can. More finger and arm strength will
improve your ball control. |
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Touch-Touch-Touch
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is another ball handling drill that seems very
difficult at first, but with daily practice, will
improve your handles. This drill is called touch-touch-touch
because that is what you do.. while keeping the
ball between your legs, you touch the ball once
with your right hand(fingers) in front, then with
your left hand(fingers) in front, then with your
right behind you, and then with your left behind
you. Continue in this manner as fast as possible.
Before long, you will master this skill. |
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Figure
8 Dribbling
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is a drill to practice your ball handling. Dribble
the ball as quickly as possible in a figure 8
through and around the legs. Use the fingers when
you dribble, and dribble very low and quickly.
Switch from the right to the left and back to
the right. Example: start with the right hand
dribbling the ball in front and then dribble through
your legs with your right hand, switch to your
left hand and dribble from the back, around your
left side to the front and back through you legs..
then switch to your right hand behind the body
and around the right side. Try to go as fast as
possible, and your dribbling skills will improve
with daily practice. |
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Catch-Catch-Catch
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is a drill to work on your ball handling. Hold
the ball between your legs, with both hands on
the ball, right hand in front and left hand in
back. Quickly switch your hands,(now left hand
in front and right hand in the back), without
letting the ball touch the ground. Do as quickly
as possible...this drill is one of the hardest
to master... but it just takes lots of practice. |
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Handling>>Drills>>Dribbling>>Dribbling
Moves
After
spending the time and effort working on your ball handling,
you will improve your dribbling. What is dribbling? Well,
dribbling is your ability to handle the ball doing various
moves with your body and the ball. Below you will find some
dribbling moves that will help with this concept.
| Speed
Dribble |
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speed dribble is used to advance the ball quickly up the
floor, against little or no defensive pressure. The dribblers
hand should be behind the ball pushing it in front, then
running to catch up. This prevents a "palming"
or "carrying over" violation. The speed dribble
on the open floor can be a little higher than other dribbles.
Control dribble moves should be around the knee, but a
speed dribble can be waist to chest high. |
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| Spin
Dribble |
| Dribble
in one direction then quickly jump stop, reverse pivot,
take an extra dribble with the same hand, then push the
ball in front of you and explode past the defender. The
move must be done low and under control to protect the
ball and not create a turnover. |
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| Stutter
Step Move |
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is a great move for a guard. Dribble hard toward the defender,
take some hard steps in place, and then go fast past the
defense. Often you will catch them flat footed and you
will have an open lane to the basket. |
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Crossover
Move |
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is a popular move in today’s game and is exciting
to watch. Place the ball in your right hand. Then, while
stepping forward with your right foot, crossover to your
left hand. The crossover dribble should be lower and closer
to your body than all the other dribbles. Your left foot
should be hitting the ground just as the ball reaches
your left hand. Then, explode to the basket. |
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| Hesitation
Move |
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is a great move for a guard. Dribble fast past your defender,
then slow down like you are going to stop and take the
jump shot, and then go fast past your defense. Often you
will catch them flat footed, and you will get an open
lane to the basket.. |
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Ball
Handling>>Drills>>Dribbling<<Dribbling
Moves
| Dribble
to Avoid Pressure |
| By
dribbling the ball over half court on the sideline, you are
giving the defense an advantage. They can set up their help
side defense or trap you. Change directions and it helps relieve
some pressure. As often as possible, bring the ball up the middle
of the court.. |
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| Developing
your "off" Hand |
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is important to work right from the start at developing both
hand equally well. When practicing your ball handling, make
sure that you practice at least as much with your weak hand
as you do your strong hand, eventually increasing to twice as
much with your weak hand. |
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| Protect
the Ball |
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dribbling against a defender, ALWAYS protect the ball with your
body. You can do this by dribbling with your left hand when
you are going left and your right hand when you are going right.
This will force the defender to reach across your body to attempt
a steal. |
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| Use
Angles |
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of the most important techniques to bringing the ball up the
floor is to use angles to your advantage. Rather than trying
to put on some great move and go by someone, the novice point
guard should concentrate on a low dribble, protecting the ball
with their body and an arm bar, then advance the ball up the
floor using 45 degree angles. When they feel pressure and the
defense is in front of them, they should change directions and
attack at another 45 degree angle. |
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