15 Helpful Point Guard Tips

Do you really want to be the best ballhandler on hardwood? Then try practicing fifteen of the easiest though most beneficial ball handling drills practiced by both NBA and WNBA superstars. Doing so will improve your ball control while helping you create openings for game-winning shots. basketball's primary ball handler, the point guard, must know how to manage a game at high speeds, realizing that the entire team is dependent upon his ability in this critical area.

What are the fifteen ball handling drills?

• - Basic Ball Handling Drill: Stand at one end of the court holding two basketballs, one for each hand. Walk toward the other end of the court bouncing a ball with your right hand first, followed by your left. Time this drill so that as the right ball hits the floor, the left ball is being released. As your comfort level rises, pick up tempo. As you progress, you'll be able to run from end-to-end dribbling both balls simultaneously. Doing this will vastly improve your skills when dribbling just one ball.

• - Around the World Drill: Stand holding a basketball with both hands. Commence circling the ball around your head, waist, and knees. Bend at the waist and spread your legs, circle the ball around one leg, then the other. This drill is designed to provide a better feel for the ball while also promoting improved hand coordination and speed. 

• - The Scissors: With your left foot ahead of the right, bounce the ball between your legs starting from your right hand and passed to the left hand. As it bounces, take another step forward. Now the right leg is ahead as the ball passes between the changed positions of your legs. Soon you'll be able to walk at a normal pace, bouncing the ball between your legs from right-to-left and left-to-right with each stride. 

• - Catch-Catch-Catch: Hold the basketball between your legs with both hands, right hand in front and left hand at the back. Quickly switch hand positions without allowing the ball to drop.

• - Figure 8: Spread your legs and circle the ball in a figure 8 pattern around your legs with your head looking forward. Increase speed as you continue the drill. This will help you get a better feel for the ball under fast game-like conditions. 

• - Figure 8 Dribbling: Bend at the waist and dribble with your fingers going around your legs in a figure 8 pattern. Per other drills, increase speed as you continue.

• - Figure 8 Drop: Circle the ball from the outside of your left leg to the outside of your right leg. When it reaches the back between your legs, let the ball drop and reverse your hands to catch the ball before it bounces again.

• - Figure 8 Drop Reverse: Practice the drill in tip #8 and when you bounce the ball, reverse your movement. Circle the ball outside your right leg and around your left leg starting from the back to the front.

• - Figure 8 Running in Place: Practice the drill in tip #8 but this time run in place

• - One on Two: Advance the ball against two imaginary defenders using a variety of maneuvers and previously-learned drills.

• - Pass and Catch: Practice the body awareness drill. Bounce the ball with two hands between your spread legs, catching it with both hands behind your back. Then reverse the drill, bouncing the ball from back to front, again using both hands.'

• - Sit-Up While Dribbling: Do sit-ups while dribbling the basketball with your right hand, then switch hands as you lie down. Now dribble with your left hand as you sit up again. Pick-up speed as you continue.

• - Squeeze the Banana: Squeeze your fingers and thumb together as you move the ball quickly from one hand to the other at eye level. Doing so will improve your finger and arm strength for better ball control.

• - Touch-Touch-Touch: With the ball between your legs, touch the ball with your right fingers then with your left. Do the same at your back. Continue touching as fast as possible. 

• - Up the Ladder: Starting in front of your waist, pass the ball from one hand to the other using just your finger tips. This will develop finger tip control for better ball handling.

You'll discover that these drills are not easily mastered. However, regularly practicing these different drills will eventually transform you into a great ball handler.

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