Learn how to become a better ball handler by following progressions that will help you understand how to dribble the ball more effectively. Coach McCormick is teaching you how to change direction and pace at full speed.

Crossover Dribble

Crossover is the most fundamental change of direction move. Essential things are control off the ball and the next dribble after the move. Five progressions will build you an unstoppable crossover.

Fake Crossover Dribble

In and out dribble is excellent to make the defense believe that we will crossover while instead of that we continue in the straight line.

Teaching the fake crossover starts with a stationary dribble which gives you a better feeling for the move.

Space/Pull Back Crossover Dribble

Space dribble is used anytime when the defense makes us go from sideline to sideline. Pull back crossover is used after the space dribble to create separation and attack the defensive player.

Thru-the-Legs Dribbles

There are two different types of the thru-the-legs dribble. The first one is used to attack the defense in open court situations. The ball is going behind the front leg to protect it from the defense.

The second move is more pullback dribble where we want to hesitate before accelerating to the rim.

Behind the back Dribble

Behind the back dribble slows down our stop and allows a defensive player to run past us. It is a protective dribble. Building this dribble starts with teaching the players how to dribble in a perfect square.

Around the back Dribble

This move is used to go past the defensive player on the fly in the open court situation. Coach teaches 4 progressions that break down and explains every detail of the around-the-back dribble.

Spin Dribbles

We want to use spin dribble when we turn our back to defense. Whenever we use it is crucial to have body contact with a defensive player to protect the ball.

Hesitation Dribble

The two hesitation dribbles are a stutter step and a skip dribble. On a stutter step, we want to change the pace with a hard dribble.

Skip dribble allows us to slow down our speed before speeding up and going past the defender.

Conclusion

The moves shown in this course summarize the basics of ball handling. Every drill is designed to build better control and quickness with each dribble and allow you to dominate the game.