Basketball drill: hesitation
Suitable for the following techniques: dribbling
Hesitation
Prerequisites:
Players should have a reasonable grasp of the basic technique of dribbling.
Objective:
to practice changing speed without changing direction
Organisation:
- players dribble to a line
- then make at least 2 dribbles on the spot
- and accelerate
- when the dribblers are at the free throw line, the next group starts
- at the free throw line, make at least 2 dribbles on the spot
- when the first group is past the free throw line, the next group starts
- at the end of the court turn around and on the way back 3 hesitations again
- players have to make sure that they don't bump into each other.
Teaching points:
- look over the ball and survey the field in front of you
- Keep the ball low during hesitations
- Hand behind the ball when accelerating
Variations:
- left and right hand
- Dribble with 2 balls
- Use dribbling goggles