Ball Handling Drill #1

This is a dribbling drill that is fairly uncomplicated, yet works your control of the ball and helps improve conditioning. With the ball in hand, the player starts at the corner of the baseline. The ball handler then dribbles full speed straight ahead with the strong hand to the half court line. Once the player hits half court, he/ she will dribble in a side ways manner(almost like a defensive slide) with the same hand to the far sideline. The dribbler will then dribble backwards under control to the same side baseline. Lastly, when the player hits the baseline, he/she will turn and dribble at full speed to the starting point. The key to this drill is to keep your head up at all times and go full speed when dribbling forward. Execute this drill with your strong hand several times then complete with your weak hand several times.