About two weeks ago, I was at an AAU event promoting my new recruiting service for high school student athletes called The Highlight Reel and I was able to catch a few of the basketball games. Although the skill level was high and the games were exciting, I could not help but notice that something was glaringly absent from every player’s game…the back-dribble.
What Ever Happened to the Back-Dribble?
Build Grip Strength for Better Ball Handling
Having strong hands is not only important for holding on to the basketball, but also for becoming a better ball handler. Simply stated, the stronger your hands are the better you are going to be at handling the basketball because stronger hands will give you a better grip on the ball.
Ball Handling Drills With a Tennis Ball?
A ball handling drill that can be used during your basketball training to help keep your head up is dribbling a ball while tossing a tennis ball to yourself and catching it. This drill requires extreme concentration and focus on the tennis in order to catch it, so there is no way that you can look down at the basketball while you are dribbling it.
