| ![clear.gif](../images/clear.gif) | Fundamentals Dribbling Series This series is a progression of drills to work on dribbling skills, including two-ball drills. See Blog post - Dribbling Series, other blog posts on Dribbling & Moves, Skills Checklists - Dribbling, YouTube playlist - Dribbling Series. Stationary Drills See Off-Season YouTube Drills > Ballhandling & Dribbling, also Jr. NBA Ballhandling - Stationary. Especially with younger players, start with no-dribble Maravich drills such as ball slaps, taps and wraps, add dribbling such as pounds, v-dribbles (front, side), leg circles, figure 8, cross, between, behind, and then combo moves. See For my go-to drills see and progressions include See YouTube playlist - Go-to stationary, also Nepean Blue Devils At-Home Indoor Drills. See Two Balls Common stationary two-ball options include pounds, pistons, one high one low, front and side v-dribbles (same time, opposing), and crossovers. For these and other options (e.g. leg circles, figure-8, traps, juggling, one hand, push thru), see Attacks and Stops Another stationary progression is working on first-step attacks into a dribble stop, e.g., a drop move or jab step from triple threat into an inverted drag or speed-stop exchange (I like this as part of our form shooting progression, make a move and shoot to your partner). See Up and Back One ball then two balls, halfcourt, fullcourt, cross-court. I like to start with a halfcourt continuous "footwork" ballhandling series, using short quick steps, then go fullcourt for game-speed moves (adding wrap and spin dribbles), with a pound dribble into each move or just 3 (or 2) moves each trip. To cover lateral dribbling, work on a bounce-off to create separation away from a defender, a glide (lift) hesi to freeze them, and a control (crab) dribble to protect the ball. - Walking pound dribbles
- high pounds, right then left hand
- 3 high pounds, 6 low pounds
- Footwork ballhandling (short, quick steps)
- Continuous (see Jason Kidd fullcourt)
- cross
- between
- progressions
- backwards
- reverse between (under the outside leg) - forwards, backwards
- v-dribble - front, side
- inside-out
- inside-out cross, inside-out between
- between cross
- cross between
- between behind
- between & back under (double take)
- behind the back
- double-move combos
- cross between behind, between cross cross, between between behind
- inside-out between wrap, between behind wrap, cross between behind wrap (see wrap series).
- Pound dribble into each move
- Speed dribble
- right hand, left hand, alternating hands (Memphis)
- push crossover
- Skip dribble (Corridor)
- Figure-8 (pretzel) walking - forward, backward (55-second)
- Pound inside-out, crossover, between, behind, wrap, spin (Nash, Hurley)
- Pound triple-move (Hurley)
- Zig-zag
- Pullback, pullback cross (Retreat dribbles)
- Lateral
- Hesi series
- slow and go, stop and go (Lee Rose)
- stutter step (Corridor)
- stutter change of direction (Hurley)
- skip hesi (load up)
- glide (lift) hesi
- Inside-out series
- (pound) inside-out cross, inside-out between, inside-out behind
- (pound) double inside-out cross, double inside-out between, double inside-out behind (wrap)
- Wrap series
- (pound) wrap, between wrap, inside-out wrap
- (continuous) inside-out between wrap, between behind wrap, cross between behind wrap
- Spin series
- (pound) pound spin, inside-out spin, cross spin, between spin
- (pound) between cross spin, between between spin, between behind spin
- Dribble-jab series
Two Balls - Two-ball pound, pistons (Memphis)
- Augie Johnston - 2-ball crushers
- walking pound cross, pound cross cross, pound cross cross cross
- Pro Training workout #10
- dribble forward, backward
- zig-zag forward, backward
- Duke two-ball
- zig-zag cross, between, behind (the balls change hands)
See Dribbling - 55-second, Tony Watson series, Matt Doherty, Pro Training workout #11.![up](../images/uparrow.gif) Cones Use zig-zag cones or a line of cones to work on secondary moves (changes of direction). A cone line can also be used for primary moves (inside-out, hesitation), behind-the-back wraps, and weaving. Cones can be tight or loose. I like to integrate cones into shooting and finishing drills. - Tony Watson series, Coach Rock cones
- Other zig-zag cones
- Other cone lines
- Steve Kerr - 4 cones - one move for the first two cones, a different move for the last two, do each move with each hand
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Attack the Rim Attack the rim in transition from both sides and out top, with each hand. Start with simple blow-by moves (e.g., inside-out, inside-out cross), add dribble-jab, hesitation and combo moves, including Iverson and killer crossovers. Be creative, combine with a variety of finishing moves, then hesi pull-ups and crossover jumpers (shooting off a crossover or wrap dribble does not need an extra dribble). - Hesitation series
- stop and go (show shot), slow and go (heavy foot)
- stutter, stutter change
- skip hesi (load up)
- glide (lift) hesi - between, cross, turn dribble
- Iverson crossover series, e.g.
- skip hesi - cross, inside-out cross, cross cross, cross hesi (glide) cross, cross between
- Scissor series, e.g.
- between cross (killer cross), hesi between cross, between hesi cross
- between wrap, between cross wrap
- between and under (double take), between under cross
- between spin
- Other combo moves, e.g.
- cross cross (Kevin Durant)
- behind behind (Nash, Jamal Crawford)
- behind, spin (Rocky Ullah)
- cross spin, between spin (Tony Parker finish)
- Hesi pull-ups, crossover jumpers
- skip hesi pull
- Iverson cross - pull, stepback (no dribble, one dribble, motion steps)
- glide hesi - pull, cross and pull or stepback
- extended stepback
- between cross, between wrap
- see Shooting - Courtney Douglass, Snake pull-ups, Angled pull-up
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