1. Head and Eyes Up
Dribbling drills are great and any player who wants to improve his game will practice dribbling drills for an hour a week his entire career. The most important thing to master if you want to improve your dribbling skills is to keep your head and eyes up, dribbling the ball knee height or lower. Just keeping your head up is not enough; keep your eyes open and looking up and down the floor.
2. Master Dribbling With Your Fingertips
Whether you are a novice or still mastering dribbling, learning how to have fingertip control separates the average player from the great player. You must practice all dribbling drills using fingertip control, finger spread and feeling the movement of the basketball. Doing this under all conditions is the key; that's when drills can help you. Do all drills with your concentration on fingertip control, moving the ball side to side, forward and back, between your legs and behind your back.
3. Repetition, Repetition
No matter what sport you are trying to master, repetition and drill practice are the keys to success, and basketball is no different. Take your basketball with you whenever possible and practice dribbling drills. Dribble down the street, dribble down the halls as well as in the gym. Make the ball a part of your body and dribbling as natural as breathing.
4. Stationary Dribbling Drills
Master dribbling drills while standing still, your eyes and head up. Stand with your legs spread wider than shoulder width, knees bent and your non-dribbling hand at ball height. Dribble with each hand 100 times then switch. Then dribble moving the ball side to side with each hand, moving the ball from left to right using one hand and fingertip control then switch hands. Dribble the ball between your legs front to back, and back to front with each hand. Dribble around each leg using one hand, right hand, right leg and left hand, left leg, then use two hands going around each leg. Practice going around your back using one hand at a time, then both hands. Finally, do all these stationary drills with your eyes closed to master fingertip control.
5. Moving Dribbling Drills
Practice basketball dribbling while moving with eyes and head up and maintaining fingertip control. The most basic moving dribbling drill is the speed dribble. Dribble the basketball with one hand while moving forward as quickly as possible, while still maintaining control of the ball, then go back using the other hand. Another moving drill is the crossover dribble. Dribble the ball in one hand then quickly skip the ball with a short hop to the other hand and continue dribbling forward. Switch the ball back and forth between your hands with the short hop. Variations of the short hop include dribbling a basketball between your legs or behind your back with head and eyes up, maintaining fingertip control.
Dribbling drills are great and any player who wants to improve his game will practice dribbling drills for an hour a week his entire career. The most important thing to master if you want to improve your dribbling skills is to keep your head and eyes up, dribbling the ball knee height or lower. Just keeping your head up is not enough; keep your eyes open and looking up and down the floor.
2. Master Dribbling With Your Fingertips
Whether you are a novice or still mastering dribbling, learning how to have fingertip control separates the average player from the great player. You must practice all dribbling drills using fingertip control, finger spread and feeling the movement of the basketball. Doing this under all conditions is the key; that's when drills can help you. Do all drills with your concentration on fingertip control, moving the ball side to side, forward and back, between your legs and behind your back.
3. Repetition, Repetition
No matter what sport you are trying to master, repetition and drill practice are the keys to success, and basketball is no different. Take your basketball with you whenever possible and practice dribbling drills. Dribble down the street, dribble down the halls as well as in the gym. Make the ball a part of your body and dribbling as natural as breathing.
4. Stationary Dribbling Drills
Master dribbling drills while standing still, your eyes and head up. Stand with your legs spread wider than shoulder width, knees bent and your non-dribbling hand at ball height. Dribble with each hand 100 times then switch. Then dribble moving the ball side to side with each hand, moving the ball from left to right using one hand and fingertip control then switch hands. Dribble the ball between your legs front to back, and back to front with each hand. Dribble around each leg using one hand, right hand, right leg and left hand, left leg, then use two hands going around each leg. Practice going around your back using one hand at a time, then both hands. Finally, do all these stationary drills with your eyes closed to master fingertip control.
5. Moving Dribbling Drills
Practice basketball dribbling while moving with eyes and head up and maintaining fingertip control. The most basic moving dribbling drill is the speed dribble. Dribble the basketball with one hand while moving forward as quickly as possible, while still maintaining control of the ball, then go back using the other hand. Another moving drill is the crossover dribble. Dribble the ball in one hand then quickly skip the ball with a short hop to the other hand and continue dribbling forward. Switch the ball back and forth between your hands with the short hop. Variations of the short hop include dribbling a basketball between your legs or behind your back with head and eyes up, maintaining fingertip control.
