How to Scissor Dribble a Basketball

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to talk about the scissor dribble as a warm up. What we want to do, whether you're right of left handed, you're going to use both your hands. Obviously, the best thing to do is become ambidextrous, meaning using your right and left hand equally so that you don't have a weakness. The scissor dribble is just going to be between the legs. What we're going to do is we're going to alternate right to left, right to left, and we're keeping our feet about shoulder width apart. Maybe a little bit further. Wherever you're comfortable with, but don't keep them close. That's one thing you don't want to do. I'll show you the scissor dribble from the front and then also from the side. Alternating our feet forward. Left, right, left, right. Here's the side shot. There's your scissor dribble. "