Welcome to the Basic Dribbling Drills student worksheet! This worksheet will help you practice your ball handling skills through a series of exercises. Dribbling is a fundamental skill in basketball that requires coordination, control, and practice. Let's get started with some drills to improve your dribbling technique.

Drill Examples:

• Drill 1: Dribble with your dominant hand while walking from one end of the court to the other.
• Drill 2: Alternate dribbling the ball between your legs while stationary.
• Drill 3: Practice crossover dribbles by moving laterally across the court, switching hands each time.
• Drill 4: Perform figure-eight dribbles around two cones placed a few feet apart.
• Drill 5: Dribble the ball with your non-dominant hand only for 30 seconds without losing control.

Challenging Drills:

• Drill 6: Dribble the ball with your eyes closed for 15 seconds to focus on touch and feel.
• Drill 7: Perform behind-the-back dribbles while moving forward in a straight line.

Real World Problems:

• Problem 1: Imagine you are in a game situation with a defender closely guarding you. How would you use your dribbling skills to create space for a shot or pass?
• Problem 2: In a fast-break scenario, how can effective dribbling help you navigate past defenders to score a layup?

Answers:

Answers may vary for the challenging drills and real-world problems. Make sure to focus on control, speed, and accuracy while dribbling to enhance your overall game performance.

Warm-Up and Ball Handling Problems:

1. Problem: If a player dribbles the ball 5 times with their right hand and then switches to their left hand and dribbles 3 times, how many total dribbles were made?

Answer: 8 total dribbles.

2. Problem: A player starts dribbling at half-court and dribbles the ball at a speed of 2 meters per second. How far will the player have dribbled after 10 seconds?

Answer: 20 meters.

3. Problem: If a player practices dribbling for 30 minutes each day, how many minutes will they have practiced in a week?

Answer: 210 minutes in a week.

4. Problem: A player dribbles the ball for 1 minute and then rests for 30 seconds. If this pattern is repeated 5 times, how long did the entire activity take?

Answer: 7.5 minutes.

5. Problem: A team is doing a dribbling drill where they dribble around cones placed 5 feet apart. If they complete 10 laps around the cones, how many feet have they dribbled?

Answer: 500 feet.

6. Problem: A player starts dribbling the ball at a height of 3 feet and bounces it with enough force to reach a height of 2 feet. What is the total height the ball travels with each bounce?

Answer: The total height is 5 feet.

7. Problem: During a game, a player dribbles the ball for a total of 4 minutes out of the 30-minute game. What fraction of the game time was spent dribbling?

Answer: 4/30 or 2/15.

8. Problem: A player practices dribbling by alternating between dribbling with their right hand for 10 seconds and then with their left hand for 8 seconds. If this pattern is repeated 6 times, how long did the entire activity take?

Answer: 108 seconds.

9. Problem: A player dribbles the ball with an initial speed of 4 meters per second. If the ball loses 1 meter per second in speed every 2 seconds, how far will the ball have traveled in 10 seconds?

Answer: 35 meters.

10. Problem: A team is doing a dribbling drill where they move forward 5 steps, backward 3 steps, and then to the side 4 steps. If they repeat this sequence 8 times, how many total steps have they taken?

Answer: 32 total steps.

1. Start by having the players line up at half-court with a basketball each.
2. Have the players dribble the basketball with their dominant hand only, moving slowly down the court.
3. Once they reach the opposite baseline, instruct them to turn around and dribble back using their non-dominant hand.
4. Next, have the players practice crossover dribbles by dribbling with their dominant hand, then quickly switching to their non-dominant hand and back again.
5. After mastering the crossover dribble, introduce between the legs dribbling. Instruct the players to dribble the ball through their legs, alternating between legs as they move down the court.
6. Finally, challenge the players to perform a combination of dribbling moves - crossovers, between the legs, and behind the back dribbles - as they dribble down and back on the court.

• Game: Dribble Tag
  Rules:
  1. Designate one student as the "Tagger" and the rest as "Dribblers".
  2. When the game starts, the Tagger tries to tag the Dribblers while they dribble their basketballs.
  3. If a Dribbler is tagged, they become the new Tagger.
  4. The game continues for a set amount of time or until all Dribblers have been tagged.
• Game: Dribble Relay
  Rules:
  1. Divide students into two teams and create a relay course with markers.
  2. Each team member takes turns dribbling the basketball through the course and back to their team.
  3. The next player can only start once the previous player has returned to the team.
  4. The first team to have all their players complete the relay wins.
• Game: Dribble Knockout
  Rules:
  1. Have all students form a circle with one student in the middle.
  2. The student in the middle dribbles the ball and tries to knock other students' basketballs out of the circle.
  3. If a student's ball is knocked out, they switch places with the student in the middle.
  4. The game continues with the new student in the middle.