Better Basketball Handles For Serious Players

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Basketball is a sport which the people play for their pleasure and fun. There are several techniques that one has to learn while playing basketball. These techniques help everyone to understand what actually basketball game is and how to play the game in such a way that you are able to play it with great success. Let us see some important techniques of basketball playing.

Handling the ball: The first step in playing basketball is handling the ball. For that, hold two balls in your hand. Start this practice at one end of the court. Start dribbling the ball from one end of the court to the other end. This dribbling needs a lot of effort and concentration. You need to learn the dribbling techniques very well. Dribbling isn’t just taking the ball from one end of the ground to another. Playing the real game is a lot different from practicing on the ground. While practicing, there will be no one to interrupt you, but in a real game, there will be opponent players to stop you. You have to keep this in mind while learning dribbling techniques.

Correct usage of hands and palms: Using your hands and palms in the correct way is the next thing that you have to know while dribbling. For dribbling, you have to use your fingertips and palm in proper way. Otherwise you will not be able to hold the ball in proper way. So train your fingers to hold the ball properly. There are many techniques that you should know while handling the ball. Flexibility of the fingertips and palm is very important for getting proper hold on the ball. To achieve that, you have to do certain exercises on your fingertips.

Passing the ball to co players: Another thing that you have to learn well is passing the ball from your hands to someone who is near you. This is really a very challenging task and you have to learn it by practice. While passing the ball, you shouldn’t pass it to someone who is from your opposite team. For that, you have to develop your skills of interacting with your team members correctly. Communication skills are very important here, but communication skills don’t mean that you are talking verbally with them. Non verbal communication and body language plays a very important role in it.

Maintaining body balance: You have to maintain your body balance while playing. This is very important, because while walking and running on the field with the ball in your hands, you may lose your balance. If you lose balance that could result in the ball slipping out of your hands and an opponent player can get that ball. So always have a firm hold on the ground with your legs. Always ensure that you place your feet properly on the ground.

Controlling the ball between knees: Another technique that you have to learn is controlling the ball between your knees. Even though basketball is a game which is played with the help of hands primarily, you should learn to control it between your knees also, because sometimes you need to use your knees as a way of controlling the ball.