How to Do a Spin-Back Dribble in Basketball

Video Transcript

"The next one that we're going to talk about is the spin back dribble. This is going to look really similar to the reverse. With this one, instead of switching hands on the reverse like you switch hands and come back the other direction, you're not going to be switching hands. You're going to be keeping it in your dribble hand, whether it's your right or your left. Basically, the same as the reverse, with the difference that you're keeping it one hand. What you don't want to do is you don't want to get in a situation where you're establishing your pivot foot and when you're coming back around that you're cupping the ball. You're going to get called for carrying. Without cupping the ball, we're going to kind of push it back spinning at the same time, pushing back, and using our same hand. The dangerous part about that is if your defender happens to be right there with you and you're switching the directions, you've got him off on this side and you're using your hand. The dangerous part is that you pivot and you come out with your right hand. When you do, he's right there to take the ball because he might be a little quicker than you. You just switch them back and you're leaving that ball out there and being vulnerable as oppose to using the reverse, which you're switching the hands when you're also switching directions. With the reversal, you're coming down and you're switching hands right away. With the spin back, you're keeping that same hand, pivoting, bringing it back, and then switching to your other hand. Let's go ahead and try this. It might not look the prettiest, but we'll give it a try."