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4 Ball Handling Drills You Should Be Doing!

Name: 4 Ball Handling Drills You Should Be Doing!
Uploaded: 2022-09-13T17:50:22+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Ethan Khoza
Description: This video segment (from Ethan Khoza's "4 Ball Handling Drills You Should Be Doing!") teaches a "pocket pulls" dribbling drill. Key instructions: use two…

13 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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This video segment (from Ethan Khoza's "4 Ball Handling Drills You Should Be Doing!") teaches a "pocket pulls" dribbling drill. Key instructions: use two dribbles, pull the ball from the opposite side of a cone into your "pocket" (as if into a hoodie), vary the dribble location each rep, and try to extend reach (even nearly behind-the-back). A variation adds an exchange (between-the-legs or behind-the-back) after the pocket pull. Emphasis is placed on changing pace (relaxed to explosive), changing direction and height, and getting comfortable with lateral movement. Coach gives credit to Danny Cooper for the drill.

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So we're going to start working on these pocket pulls right here. You're going to go with two dribbles, and you're going to pull that ball from the opposite side of the cone right to your pocket. So imagine like you have a hoodie pocket and you're pulling it right in there. We're going to stick with those pocket pulls. Now you're going to take a dribble wherever you want. Just change up the spot, and after each dribble, you're going to pull that ball right to your pocket. So, as you see, I'm really trying to get as far as I can. Sometimes I might almost go behind my back for these dribbles, or I might go as far as I can the opposite direction. Just change it up every time. So now we're going to go same thing, but there's going to be an exchange with this. So you can go either between the legs or behind the back after this pocket. By the way, shout out my guy, Danny Cooper, for this drill right here. We're going to work a little bit of pace so going from being relaxed to explosive and taking a dribble out and then getting to some sort of stop. These dribbles can be whatever you want them to be. You're just trying to be as relaxed as possible before then exploding. You can move lateral with these as well. You don't have to stay north, south, but really getting comfortable, changing heights and changing speeds.