Monday, 15 December 2014

Workouts To Build Ball Handling Skills

By Saad Mirza


Warming up to play basketball is one of the most important parts of the game. The warmup can determine your play ability as well as prevent injuries. Of the warmup one of the most important components is the stretching session.

The most basic dribble is one where you keep the ball at about the height of your waist while you move across the court. Going in a straight line with the ball. This drill can teach you to control the ball and how it reacts with the area it comes into contact with.

Graduating from the simple dribble you can begin to zig-zag across the court or dribble through cones. This also works on your control of the ball and teaches you to switch off your footwork making it harder for an opponent to steal the ball from you. These can be done very fast and look pretty impressive to people who are new players. Feinting is a huge basketball skill and one you should utilize when you can. Not only is it helpful, but it's easy to practice.

Make sure you choose stretches that will get all of the parts of your body. Basketball uses a lot of different muscles so ensuring they are all limber is important. It is also important to not over-extend any part of your body. If something hurts stretch it less, forcing yourself may actually cause you damage and make you not able to play.

Dribbling far out to the side or starting the ball before you start your run can also be a fun exercise. This comes in handy during a game when you want to feint to a side and get the ball moving before the other player has a chance to take it away from you. This ball control is sure to get reactions from the crowd and is pretty easy to practice.

These two simple workouts are practical ways to improve your ability to handle the basketball. One part of basketball that many people overlook to practice is their dribbling skills. Being a good basketball handler can help you reduce the overall amount of turnovers you commit every game. When you can minimize your turnover average you help give your team a much better fighting chance to be able to win more ball games. Practice the workouts mentioned to help your abilities in basketball for the rest of your life.




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