Reply to Ball handling/dribbling coach?

Forum Index » Basketball

Reply to "Ball handling/dribbling coach?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Plz don’t take this the wrong way, but this is just practice and speed/coordination/flexibility.

How is he losing the ball?  Is it that he’s playing down low and he brings the ball down so the smaller defenders collapse on him and take the ball or is he losing the ball trying to dribble around defenders?  If the former, much easier to fix.

Someone will take your money, but the training probably isn’t going to help.

Is he done growing?  If you think he’s going to keep growing, your money is probably better spent on shooting/post skills.

Be honest with yourself:  does he have outstanding coordination/balance?  The best ball handlers keep the ball extremely low and have superior balance. One of the best ball handlers I’ve ever seen keeps the ball about shin high and drives his head low into a defender’s belly when crossing over. He looks like he’s going to tip over but he has the flexibility/core strength to rebalance and consequently he has an unstoppable crossover. The other solution is to be extremely quick/fast and just blow past your defender.

If he’s done growing, I’d try to find a club and ask to have him play down a level but play the point guard position.  It’ll look really bad at first but if he can improve it will help in the long run.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics