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Ball Handling
Cone Crossover Touch Drill
Video by Get Handles Basketball
Set two cones (or use a wall) more than shoulder-width apart. Dribbling low, the player touches each cone with their off hand behind their outside leg before crossing the ball over to the other side and repeating. Combines several fundamentals at once: an active off hand, a wide stance forced by reaching down to touch the cone, and a protective crossover move useful against a defender poking at the ball. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.
Ball Handling
Figure 8 Around Cones
Video by Get Handles Basketball
With two cones set about twice shoulder-width apart, the player dribbles a continuous figure eight around them, varying hand position on the ball as it moves around the body — four or five loops in one direction, then the same going the other way. Builds comfort controlling the ball in different spots around the body rather than just straight ahead, while keeping the same low, wide stance. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.
Ball Handling
Front-Behind-Behind the Back (Stationary)
Video by Get Handles Basketball
A stationary combo move: dribble once in front, once behind the body, then behind the back, repeating continuously with feet planted wide. Key coaching points are giving the ball a firm pop rather than letting it drift or get carried, and keeping the feet spread rather than narrowing them for the behind-the-back — a common shortcut that makes the move less game-realistic. Also builds the pull-back transition feel that on-the-move ball handling depends on. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.
Ball Handling · Footwork
Crossover Through Cone Gaps (On the Move)
Video by Get Handles Basketball
Five or six cones spaced about twice shoulder-width apart in a line; the player dribbles down the row, planting on the outside foot at each cone and crossing the ball through the gap to the other hand before continuing to the next cone. A moving version of basic ball control that also trains the footwork of planting and changing direction cone to cone. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.
Ball Handling · Footwork
Kill Dribble Cone-to-Cone (Height Transitions)
Video by Get Handles Basketball
Dribbling in a line of cones, the player stops hard at each one with a low 'kill' dribble, then explodes the ball back up to a higher dribble (shoulder-to-hip height) before stopping on the next foot at the following cone. Trains quick stops off either foot along with a powerful, controlled transition between dribble heights — the cue is popping the ball firmly back up rather than letting the hand drift underneath it, and eventually eliminating the in-between dribbles so the height change happens in one motion. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.
Ball Handling · Footwork
Retreat Dribble Cone Drill
Video by Get Handles Basketball
Using the same cone spacing, the player advances two cones, then retreats one, continuing up-two-back-one down the line — always stopping on the same foot each time and keeping the ball tucked behind the hip for protection. Builds the retreat dribble specifically: getting a controlled, single dribble back to the previous cone before immediately transitioning forward again, rather than losing momentum on the change of direction. This drill comes from Get Handles Basketball.