What are some basketball exercises that I can do at home to improve my ball handling?

Answer 1

Practice with a tennis ball. Or when you dribble tape a raquetball to the palm of your hand so your fingertips do all the work.

Answer 2

First and foremost be comfortable dribbling the ball while running and looking up court. Then try and be able to control the ball when making quick stops. Then try to cross the ball over to the other hand while accelerating back into a dribble. Learn to dribble between your legs and behind your back. Get used to keeping the ball out front and try to be sure the ball doesn't slow you down, so keep it out front but not too far out front.

Answer 3

Sit down on a low stool or at the bottom of the stairs and practise dribbling the ball in front of you or at you sides.try to hit the ball at the same spot everytime it hits the ground..It works for me and my dribbling improved after that.another thing is you can bend down with your knees at 130 degrees from the ground,open both feet wide apart,and dribble the ball around your legs.right leg with right hand;left leg with left hand.the ball should be dribbled quite low to the ground.keep in mind that once u dribble you must finish 1 circle without taking up the ball otherwise it's no use.

Answer 4

Look up when you dribble, concentrate on something else besides ball,(I like to count cars as the pass) knowing how a ball bounces without seeing it is key. Keeping your head up also trains you to scan for teammates when your playing. I like the idea about taping something to your palms to work your fingertips. Forearm exercises help with the finger muscles, like squeezing a "soft" ball or take a stick and hold it with both hands straight out in front of you, then rotate it in your hands (like the gas on a motorcycle) without moving your arms up or down. (you can eventually add weights to a rope and attach it to the middle of the stick and then wind it up and let it down) that will give you those Pop-eye forearms you need for finger tip ball control.

Answer 5

the figure eight between your legs (2)line up four or five chairs and weave in and out of them, (3)holding the ball between your legs and then releasing it and piviting your body and trying to catch it in mid air before it hits the ground. also a little piece of advice get used to keeping the ball out front and try to be sure the ball doesn't slow you down, so keep it out front but not too far out front.

Answer 6

I coached basketball for 20 years. Most definitely yes. Anyone who answers this question "no" doesn't know anything about the fundamentals of basketball.

Answer 7

You can try dribbling a basketball while riding a bike. This is the technique "Pistol" Pete Maravich used to use.

Answer 8

Have someone guard you while using only one hand or use a tennis ball.( anything smaller than a regulation ball)