The Dynamic Ball Handling Workout includes:

• Nine different 1-ball drills
• Seven different 2-ball drills
• Eight elite level ball handling drills

If you have a small area of solid ground underneath you and a basketball in your hand, then you are ready to improve your ball handling skills. You also need the "want to," and desire to get better. When it comes to dribbling, one of the most common weaknesses for players is the off hand or weak hand. In the pressure and intensity of a game situation, players tend to revert to the habits they are most comfortable with, which is why it is so easy to identify a player that is deficient in this area. If you are a serious player, you must possess the ability to go both right and left effectively with the dribble.

The videos you will watch during the course are generally not conducive to doing your workout simultaneously with the athlete on screen. Instead, watch it through and use the demonstrated drills to build your custom workout.

This workout will start simply and progress to difficult two-ball drills. Advanced players should make two-ball drills a priority to improve the weak hand and to challenge overall coordination with the ball.

As you move to the tougher drills in this workout, keep in mind it will take great patience and perseverance to improve. While some of the drills may not appear to replicate game moves exactly, the better your coordination with the ball, the better dribbler you will become. You should view this as a fun way to further master your overall ball handling abilities and confidence.

Feel free to take notes as you watch the demonstrations of the drills and/or re-watch certain drills a few times through.

We will provide a full list at the end of the course that can help serve as a quick reference guide for your workouts.

We recommend watching the training videos all the way through. Learn the drills and observe the correct way to execute each. Again, they aren't necessarily designed to have you do the drills at the same time as the on-screen player.

Keys to ball handling/dribbling in game situations:

First and foremost - T.C.O.B = Take Care Of the Ball

• Become confident and competent with both right and left hand
• Dribble with the finger pads
• Keep your back straight, chest up, and chin up on the dribble
• Dribble low and with authority
• Off arm should be strong and ready to engage contact or fend off a reach in
• Eyes are up scanning the court (head on a swivel) - recognize defensive movement before it's too late, recognize teammate movement to find open cutters and shooters
• You don't need to be fancy, but you need moves for any situation (a solid cross over, hesitation, spin move, and ability to retreat)
• Make a habit of finishing the dribble with a jump stop. You may eventually evolve to passing off the dribble, but that comes after mastering the fundamentals
• Change speed - be unpredictable, be shifty
• Don't over-dribble - it's not your job to put on a show, but rather to use your dribbles effectively and efficiently to help you and your team to be successful