Dribbling a Basketball

I received these suggestions on drills for dribbling a basketball from Chuck and John.  These work great for the younger players!

From Chuck…
Dribbling Drill (mostly for younger players):

2 lines at baseline.  Dribble down length of court with right hand, and back with left hand.  But, before crossing half-court, player must call out number of fingers held up by coach standing at center court.

Then, same basketball drill, but must make layup at far end, before returning.

Then, same thing, but make it a relay, and dispense with calling out number of fingers.

From John…
I coach two young youth teams– 6-8 yrs old and 9-10.

At this level most of my attention is geared towards dribbling. So one drill I use is good ole red light, green light.

For the 6-8 year olds I use my voice. They line up on the base line and we dribble and use red light green light.

For the 9-10 years old I use my hand.  My hand up is stop and my hand down is go. This way they have to keep their heads up while they dribble. When they start getting a little big for their britches I have them use their opposite hand. That usually brings them back down to earth.