Ballhandling Workouts
#1 - Maravich Stationary Ball-Handling
#2 - Stationary Dribbling Drills - complete all drills as fast as possible with your eyes up!
#3 - Full Court Dribbling Drills
**Coaches Tip - Don’t get bored! Instead of doing the same ballhandling drills over and over, mix it up! This guide is designed to be a launching point, not an end all be all. If these do not push or challenge you, find new drills. There is literally an endless supply of drills on youtube.
- Slaps - hold the ball in front of you and slap the ball hard from hand to hand 30 times
- Pinches - Same as slaps except you only pinch the ball with your fingertips as it moves from hand to hand 30 times
- Taps - hold the ball above your head with your arms fully extended and tap the ball back and forth between fingertips 30 times
- Around the waist - circle the ball around your waist 30 times in each direction
- 1 Leg Circles - Circle the ball around your right leg 30 times in both directions, then switch and repeat around your left leg
- Both leg circles - Circle the ball around both legs 30 times in each direction. The ball should be at knee level.
- Barber Pole - circle the ball around your head, then around your waist, then around your knees before repeating the process backwards. Complete 15 total rotations
- Figure 8 - with feet apart, circle your right leg, then your left leg, and continue in a figure 8 pattern. Complete 30 times in each direction.
#2 - Stationary Dribbling Drills - complete all drills as fast as possible with your eyes up!
- 1 hand pounds - pound the ball with your right hand at knee level as quickly as you can. Complete for 30 seconds before switching hands.
- 1 Hand circles - dribble as quickly as you can around your right leg. Complete for 30 seconds before switching directions. Then move to your left leg.
- Figure 8 - dribble as quickly as you can in a figure 8 pattern for 30 seconds, then switch directions.
- Pound - Cross - With the ball in your right hand, pound once at knee level. Then crossover to your left hand. Pound once at knee level with your left hand, then cross back over to your right. **Count each time you cross over for 1 minute and use this drill to track your improvement!
- Pound - Between the legs - Same as pound-cross but instead of a crossover, dribble between the legs.
- Pound - Behind the back - same as pound-cross, but instead of a crossover, dribble behind the back
#3 - Full Court Dribbling Drills
- Dribble at an angle from the baseline to the nearest Free throw line. Then make a change of direction move. Continue dribbling until you reach half-court before making another change of direction move. Dribble until you reach the far free throw line and make another change of direction move. Then finish on the far baseline. Repeat the process going the other direction to complete 1 rep.
- Perform the following change of direction moves:
- Crossover
- Between the legs
- Behind the back
- In and Out
- Combo moves - perform 2 of the previous change of direction moves back to back
- Crossover
**Coaches Tip - Don’t get bored! Instead of doing the same ballhandling drills over and over, mix it up! This guide is designed to be a launching point, not an end all be all. If these do not push or challenge you, find new drills. There is literally an endless supply of drills on youtube.