The Cross Over Dribble

An hour on the crossover dribble? A full of hour of nothing but crossover dribble? Seriously??!!

Yeah, seriously. I was at a practice last week where the coach spent a full hour on the crossover dribble. He mixed up the kinds of drills that addressed this skill, but the main point was still the same. The cross over dribble.

What's just as important is that within teaching this concept, the coach was teaching a greater point. He talked about balance, keeping your weight within the circle of your feet, and not being afraid to use a little "shimmy-shammy" to get yourself or another player open.

So these 8 kids spent the first hour of their practice working on just the crossover. And the next ten minutes after that introducing the double tap. That's the progression you should be using to. And here's another critical point: while most of the other coaches his team will be playing against were studiously and enthusiastically working on their half-court offense, this guy was working on dribbling then he played 4 on 4 while running no plays at all. Yeah, his team might get beat this year. But the year is coming soon when all of these kids will have their way with those other kids who spent all their time working on offenses.

More on that later.