Basketball Dribbling Warm Up Drills

Series Summary

Basketball, b-ball, hoops—these are all names for one of the most popular games in America. Whether it’s professional play in the NBA, college games, the local high school team, a friendly round of one-on-one round, or an outdoor street game at the playground court, basketball is exciting and fast-paced, pitting player against player and skill against skill. Having strong fundamentals like dribbling, passing, and shooting is the key to the success of any aspiring player or team. Though flashy dunks, trick shots, and off the wall dribbling antics are fun to watch and have their place, they often create a “superstar” mentality that ultimately hurts the team if not put in check. What makes basketball great is the combination of individual talent and team strategy, ultimately producing a match that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

In this series of free basketball training videos you'll learn multiple techniques for dribbling the basketball. Expert Travis Waack shares dribbling tips for a number of scenarios, including basic fingertip warm up drills, figure 8 and ladder drills, and how to dribble with your eyes closed to improve your skill. You'll learn the crossover dribble, how to dribble between the legs, and how to keep your dribble while quickly changing tempo to catch the defender off guard. Try these free tips and improve your dribbling skills today!

Video Transcript

"This is Travis on behalf of Expert Village. We're just going to do some finger warm ups, hand warm ups. What we want to start by doing is just rubbing our hands together whether you're playing inside or outside. Get the blood flowing to your hands. A good way to do that is by rubbing your hands together, creating some friction, clapping your hands. We're going to clap our hands to get the blood flowing there and rubbing them together. Shake them out. You can do some arm swings, arm circles. Just to get some feeling in the fingertips. We're going to move the ball back and forth keeping it on our fingertips, getting a feel for the ball. We're going to want to do this for about anywhere from 1-3 minutes. Whatever it takes for you to feel comfortable with. We can practice tossing it up keeping it on our fingertips, getting our fingers loose, getting a feel for the ball. Come around our waist. Again, keeping it on our fingertips, just so that we're getting our fingertips. That's what we're concentrating on, our fingertips."