TN's Tips Foe Advanced Ball-Handling
For advanced players, there are many things you need to keep in mind. First, dribbling becomes more of a physical-plus-mental thing, because you need to calculate how much spin and how hard you are dribbling and where the ball is landing in good hand-eye-leg coordination. You need to frequently shift your momentum to different directions to get your defender on his toes while executing a fake and anticipating how the defender will react to your actions.
When you dribble from one hand to the other, do not try to deflect the ball away to the other hand, try absorbing the force instead and you will have a better control. The ability to add spin the ball gives you greater maneuverability. But if you wait until the ball rests completely in your hand, you will delay your dribble. So striking the balance between speed and control is very important. One of the biggest differences between good ball-handlers and excellent ball-handlers are their different timings in applying force onto the basketball.
Also, to be a good ball-handler, you need to have good shooting ability, which gives you more room to maneuver the ball because the defender will have to defend the air too.
Here are some important things you should bear in mind in advanced basketball dribbling:
Your vision - It often gives your intentions away and your defender knows it. However, you can actually use this against the d. Look at the defender naturally and occasionally scan for open players. Then, look at the side opposite to your target lane when you are about to burst. The eye fake is a very powerful weapon.
Your shoulder - Shake your shoulder and arm towards the side opposite to your target lane. The shoulder fake is used against defenders that do not buy the eye fake. Also, when you are dribbling, cling your shoulder and your upper arm close to your defender's body and as low as possible so that you can retain your own position.
Your non-dribbling hand - Without pushing away your defender's hand, try to position your non-dribbling so that it is in the way of your defender's hand when your defender attempts a steal.
The rhythm of the dribble - keep a constant rhythm in your dribble right until you are about to dribble past your opponent. The change of rhythm can get your opponent slightly off-balance, also. Use this to your advantage.
The hangtime of the ball - After the ball bounces off the floor, the ball will have some hangtime in the air. You should use this hangtime well to execute eye and shoulder fakes or delay the following bounce to freeze your defender.
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