Tennis Ball Dribble

Dribble a basketball while tossing and catching a tennis ball to build hand–eye coordination and eyes-up handling.

🏀 Basketball📶 Intermediate⏱ 6 min👥 1+ players🎒 1 basketball, 1 tennis ballBall Handling

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Setup

Basketball in your dribble hand, tennis ball in the other.

How it works

1Pound dribble while tossing the tennis ball up and catching it.
2Switch hands.
3Bounce the tennis ball off a wall while you keep dribbling.
4Advanced: do a crossover between tosses.

Coaching points

✔Don't look at the basketball.
✔Start slow and build speed.

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