Dribbling Technique

Dribbling

Players should execute the dribble by first extending the elbow and flexing the wrist and fingers, dribbling with the wrist, hand and a little forearm motion. The dribble is really a pass and catch to the floor. The fingers and pads of hand control the ball (the ball should be kept off the heel of the hand); the fingers are spread comfortably and should be cupped around the ball. Players should massage the ball, dribble it firmly, and stay low and sit into the game while Dribbling. They should make the dribble a short pass for quickness.

Players should maintain maximum contact with the ball. The rules require the hand to stay on top of the ball: The dribble is legal as long as the hand does not leave its vertical position to get under and carry the ball or as long as the ball is not cupped by a large hand. The ball must leave the dribbler’s hand before the pivot foot leaves the floor when starting a dribble on a live ball move. 

Players should learn to use either hand to dribble, developing the weak hand but using the preferred hand whenever possible. They should practice two or three times more with the nonpreferred hand. They always should use the dribbling hand away from the defender when closely guarded and protect the ball with the body and the opposite hand(arm bar) when dribbling against low and to the side of the body and stay in a quick stance by sitting into their game.