Advanced ball handling is fundamental in basketball for precise passing, powerful dribbling and effective shooting in basketball drills. Whether your player is a Guard, Forward, or Center, these skills are essential for everyone in the game.
There are many drills to help practice this, some include passing the ball around your body, dribble figure 8s, spider dribbling, drop and catch. The difference between dribbling and ball handling is intent. Dribbling is the skill of controlling the ball as you bounce it to the floor. Ball handling is what you do with that dribble. Whether you use it to go to the basket, make a passing angle, escape from pressure or anything else, those situations have to be imagined and practiced.
1 Leg Both Leg:
Hold the ball with both hands then circle the ball around both legs and as the ball makes one rotation, step one leg forward and take the ball around that leg. After the ball takes another rotation around the single leg, both legs will come back together and the ball will go around both legs again. This time one leg will step back and continue to rotate the ball around that leg, coming back into the original position. This is done in repetition.
Drops:
Begin in a squat position with both hands and the b-ball before you. The point is to drop the ball between your legs, let it bob once, then catch it from behind your legs. At that point drop it again from behind and bounce it to the front and catch it. Repeat again.
Circuit:
Players line up at the base on the right side of the court. The player at the front of the line (#1) begins the game by dribbling at the cones – at a controlled dribble speed and position.
When he approaches each cone, the player punches hard to the other side, then pushes off to the next. At the point when the player moves past the last cone, he dribbles hard to the end of the court and sets the ball down on the benchmark.