Basketball drill: spin dribble

Requirements:
Players must be able to dribble away from the ball at an angle with one hand at the side

Preparatory exercises:

• with one, passing the ball in front of the body with a flat bounce from left to right
• Same with two hands, bringing the ball with the left hand from right to left and vice versa (so that the player is forced to bring the hand over the ball and exert force on the side instead of the top of the ball)

Objective:
practise speed and direction change with the ball behind the body and a 180 degree turn of the body

Organisation:

• players dribble zigzagging between two lines along the length of the field
• when they reach a longitudinal line, they make a spin dribble
• change direction and accelerate
• when the first dribbler reaches the extended free throw line, the next one starts

Teaching points:

• look over the ball and survey the court in front of you
• Stop in 2 TR
• Leg on the side of the ball is behind
• Hand over the ball
• First turn your head, then your trunk and then the ball
• Turn the trunk quickly
• back foot makes a turn of about 270 degrees

Variations:
Start left and right