Basketball drill: holding the ball
Suitable for the following techniques: warming-up
Holding the ball
- The ball is held at the side with relaxed and spread fingers.
- the palms of the hands must not touch the ball.
- The thumbs are behind the ball;
- the thumbs are behind the ball, and imaginary lines are drawn along the length of the thumbs,
- Then they must cross in the 'heart' of the ball. .
- the elbows are bent beside the body; the points are pointing to the ground.
- the ball is held in front of the diaphragm.
- in the face of an aggressive defender, the ball is brought up over the head or towards the hip;
- in the latter case, one foot is placed in the direction of the opponent;
- the elbows are slightly spread.