10 Tips To Improve Your Dribbling
Being a good ball-handler helps create scoring opportunities, limits turnovers and keeps the defense off guard. We asked a few of our UH trainers across the country for tips on how to become better at dribbling. Follow these steps and you’ll be on your way to becoming the next Allen Iverson.
Ken Koerner - Syosset, NY: Daily dribbling drills will help you keep the ball close to your body as well help you develop stronger, quicker hands. Keeping the ball closer to your body will limit turnovers and help you create space and get past defenders without losing the ball.
Kwame Ofori - Centerville, VA: Practice in-game moves. Establish a go-to move as a foundation and have different variations of that move. Two-ball dribbling will help strengthen your weak hand without thinking about it.
Peter Fabiano - Florham Park, NJ: Work on your dribbling during workouts when in the gym and also when not in the gym. You don't need a hoop to practice dribbling, you can do it anywhere.
Cassidy Klinfelter - Folsom, CA: Use your off hand to practice dribbling all the time.
Adrian Woodard - Bergen County, NJ: Rep out the basic dribble moves: crossover, through the legs, behind the back and in-and-out.
Bryce Lewis - Berkeley Heights, NJ: Be creative, dribble hard and keep your head up.
Lorenzo Orr - Lakeville, MN: Dribbling is all about repetition and balance. Do the move slow in the beginning while maintaining your balance, then add speed as your execution increases.
Jonathan Nester - Franklin, TN: There are several ways to become a better ball handler. The first way is by having excellent footwork. The best ball handlers have the best footwork so they can make their initial move and get by the defense. The second way to become a better handler is to learn how to change the pace of your moves. Learning how to change the pace of your moves is an invaluable skill to learn to keep the defense off-balance. The last way to become a better ball handler is to learn how to set up the defense with your eyes. Combining those last two skills with learning how to be deceptive with your eyes can put you on the track to becoming an elite ball handler.
Reggie Thompson - Woodstock, GA: Always keep your head up while practicing dribbling drills; dribbling and passing go hand-in-hand. In addition, two-ball dribbling drills and footwork drills will also improve your ball control. Work on driving the ball through the ground to get more control; a strong dribble will help to keep defenders off balance.
Nick Malonga - Warrenville, IL: Pound the ball and stay low. The best ball-handlers have great ball control because they have a low center of gravity. The act of pounding the ball gives a player the most control of the ball, and when an offensive player is low they have the ability to move effectively with the ball.