Becoming a Basketball Player

Emphasizing development of the weak hand, this video should help players develop confidence in dribbling, passing and catching the basketball. It should be useful for novice coaches, more experienced coaches and players.

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This video series provides a complete programme of innovative drills and learning progressions that will help players develop every area of their game. Developed by Hal Wissel, a scout and coach for over 20 years, the series is useful for novice coaches who want to learn how to each specific basketball skills, more experienced coaches who want drill ideas for their practices and players who want to work on basketball skills on their own. This video covers ball handling. It should help players develop confidence in dribbling, passing and catching the basketball. Other videos in the series include: shooting, which teaches correct technique for the range of basketball shots; offensive moves, which teaches players a variety of offensive moves - like the crossover dribble, drop step and ball fake - that should help keep opponents off balance; offensive moves off dribble, which provides additional offensive moves, including power moves, changes of pace, reverse moves and speed and footfire dribbles; and defence and rebounding, which should help players develop the lateral quickness necessary for playing defence and the jumping ability important in rebounding.