Basketball drill: between the legs

Prerequisites:

• Players should have a reasonable grasp of the basic technique of dribbling.

Objective:practice speed change and change of direction with the ball between the legs

Organization:

• players dribble zigzagging between two lines along the length of the field
• when they reach a longitudinal line with their foot, they make a dribble between the legs, changing direction and accelerating
• when the first dribbler is at the extended free throw line, the next one starts

Teaching points:

• look over the ball and survey the court in front of you
• stop with a jump in 2 TR
• Leg on the side of the ball is behind
• Hand over the ball
• dribble backwards between the legs and low
• with a crossover step in the other direction

Variations:use dribbling goggles