Basketball Dribbling Tips

Arguably, dribbling the basketball is one of the skills that players enjoy the most – next only to shooting. There is just something magical about manipulating the basketball with your hands! Here are a few key aspects of dribbling that players must remember always.

• While dribbling the ball, it is important to stay low.
• Keeping the head up while dribbling is also important.
• While dribbling and advancing with the ball, instead of avoiding the defender, attack him/her.
• Purposeful dribbling is the most effective - hence avoid pointless movements.
• While dribbling, it is important to learn to use the body and the other hand to protect the ball.
• All players have one hand that is strong and the other that is weak. In order to be an ambidextrous dribbler, the weak hand must be strengthened by constant practice.
• The best way to keep the defender off-balance is to learn to change the pace of dribbling, sometimes speeding it up and at other times slowing it down.
• Another tactic of keeping the defender off-balance is to learn to change direction abruptly while dribbling.
• Once the player succeeds in beating the defender, he/she must learn how to keep the defender behind, while keeping the ball in front.
• Dribbling mechanics and techniques can be improved by constant practice.