| | Jr. NBA - Ball Handling b) Stationary See Dribbling series. Rookie - Ball smacks
- hold a ball in front, alternate smacking it with each hand
- see Dribbling - Nash ballhandling
- Waist wraps
- wrap the ball around your waist, continue, change directions, progressions - head, both knees
- Toss and catch
- add clap, 2-3 claps, turn and catch
- Tap drill
- start overhead, finger tap the ball from hand to hand, work down to ankles
- Middle dribbling
- Single-leg rolls
- roll the ball around one leg (use both hands), change legs, progressions
- coach shows 1 or 2 fingers
- around both legs
- Stationary figure-8 rolls
- roll the ball in a figure-8, change direction, eyes up - show fingers
- Dribble balance
- dribble with the right hand standing on the right leg, switch to left hand and leg
- Dribble balance push
- dribble with right hand standing on the right leg, push off and crossover dribble with 3 steps to dribble with the left hand standing on the left foot, continue
- 5-5-5 creative
- dribble 5-seconds each right hand, left hand, creative
- Stationary crossover
- continuous crossovers, low, medium, high
Starter - Ball slams
- hold a ball overhead with both hands, slam it on the floor, catch and repeat
- Finger dribble
- "typewriter" dribbling with thumb and each finger in turn
- 3-3-3 drill
- 3 right-hand dribbles, 3 crossover dribbles, 3 left-hand dribbles, continue
- see Dribbling - Tauer stationary (ladder dribbling)
- Front-to-back dribble
- right hand side v-dribbling, then left hand
- Stationary in and out
- right-hand inside-out dribble, step left, shift right, step back and repeat
- Stationary under the leg
- two dribbles with the right hand, lift the left leg, dribble under it to the left hand, repeat going right, lift the right leg
- Figure-8 finger tips
- tap dribble figure-8 dribbling
- Two balls
All-Star - Scissors dribble
- continuous between the legs, alternating front leg
- Between cross behind
- Behind the back challenge
- continuous behind the back
- Side to side and between
- four right-hand v-dribbles, between the legs, continue with the left hand
- Behind the back wrap breakdown
- wrap the ball around the back from right to left while stepping forward with the left foot, pick up the ball with both hands, step back, continue, switch to the other side
- Pullback dribble breakdown
- step forward with right foot, dribble right hand to left hand, front to back, keep the dribble alive, crossover left to right, continue, switch hands
- Fundamentals of the pullback dribble
- Stationary 1-2 behind the back
- two pound dribbles, behind the back, continue
- Two-ball low-high
- dribble one ball high, one low, switch
MVP - Rhythm dribble
- take multiple steps within a dribble, can skip, dance a little
- Read the hand
- Over the line dribbling
- straddle a line, alternate right-hand dribbles on each side of the line, switch to the left hand, progression - dribble over a cone
- see Dribbling - Ballerbootcamp cones, also Hanlen stationary
- In and out overs
- partner kneels and holds an arm out towards the dribbler's waist, the dribbler inside-out dribbles over and under the arm, continue, switch hands
- Figure-8 four dribble
- four-dribble figure-8 (pound, between, pound, between)
- Two balls
- Two-ball jab
- two-ball same-time dribbling, if coach holds out a hand on one side, jab step to that side
- Two-ball alternate and react
- two-ball alternate dribbling, if coach holds out a hand on one side, explode forward first with the foot on that side, no negative step
- One-ball pound, one-ball control
- dribble one ball with the right hand, control a ball on the floor with the left hand, "1" means roll the ball forward and back, 2 is right and return, 3 is back and forward, 4 is left and return; switch hands
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