Ethan Khoza breaks down why one dribble to the rim kills your finishing. Multiple dribbles give you power, balance, and time to adjust mid-air with pump-fakes or pivots. You absorb contact better and convert more often.
One of the worst myths in the game of basketball is the idea that you should only take one dribble to the basket when you drive. By only taking one dribble on your drive, you're forced to cover more ground with that single dribble, meaning you're going to be much less powerful and it's going to be way easier for you to get knocked off balance. It's also going to be a lot easier for defenders to time up your finishes and contest or block your shots more frequently. Foreign if you want to become a high level finisher around the rim, then you need to get away from this mindset and start to use multiple dribbles when you attack the basket. Using more than one dribble on your drive to the basket does multiple things for you. First of all, it doesn't force you to cover as much ground with one dribble, meaning you're going to be much more powerful and on balance when you're actually driving to the basket. One of the biggest parts of being a great finisher is your ability to handle contact around the rim. And using multiple dribbles in order to stay powerful and on balance is one of the biggest keys to being able to handle that contact. In fact, I'll go as far as to say that when in doubt, it's better to take too many dribbles on your way to the basket than not enough. Even in some of these clips, where it might seem a little bit overkill, the amount of dribbles that are used, the point of it is, chances are you're much more guilty of not using enough dribbles than you are of using too many. And the big thing to remember is that if there's any sort of contact or any sort of contest on your drive to the rim, you're probably going to need more than one dribble to get there and still be on balance for your finish. The other thing that multiple dribbles allows you to do is make adjustments on your drive and in some cases be able to completely stop and get to pump fakes or pivots or passes coming out of that drive. In this clip here, the extra dribble allows him to get to two feet and be able to adjust himself in the air to to be able to get around that help defender for the finish. Had he tried to get to the basket in one dribble, he would have been wildly out of control on this finish and it would have been much more difficult to make that midair adjustment right here. Using multiple dribbles allows Pickett to stop, be able to get to a pump fake to then create an open look for himself, and without utilizing extra dribbles. This is not something that you're able to do. Ultimately, if you want to be a great finisher, your goal needs to be to stay in control and the best way to do this is by utilizing those extra dribbles so that you can stay powerful and you can also make those achievements adjustments. Whether it be in air, we're going to do shot fakes and step throughs. That's why it's so important that you get away from the mindset of needed to get to the basket in one dribble and start utilizing multiple dribbles so that you can finish at a higher level. Make sure you guys like and subscribe. If you're new, make sure you click the top link in my description below to get my free Elite Perimeter Score workout. I'll talk to you guys soon. Peace.
