Basketball Cone Dribbling Drill

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Advanced Basketball Cone Dribbling Drills

Written By Lamar Hull @ Google+

Emphasis:

Players should plant their feet when changing direction
Stay low with your dribble throughout the entire drill
Protect and control the ball as you dribble
Beginner players should start with fewer cones
Keep your head up as you dribble
Pound the basketball on the attack dribbles, make a quick move when changing direction
Push your self with speed, change of direction, and agility in this basketball drill
Basketball moves to use: behind the back, crossover, between the legs, in & out crossover, double crossover (will go back in the same direction), and any other advanced moves.
Use one move from the start to the end
The last phase of this drill, mix up the moves you make at each cone (ex. crossover at the first cone, behind the back at the second cone, etc..)

Instruction:

Set up 8 cones in a straight line the full length of the court
Players start on the baseline in an attack position
Player dribbles to the first cone with the right hand. Once he reaches the first cone he changes direction using any of the following basketball moves.
basketball moves: behind the back, crossover, between the legs, in & out crossover, double crossover (will go back in the same direction), and any other advanced moves.

The ball should go from your right hand to your left hand moving towards the 2nd cone
Every time you get close to a cone you should be changing direction. The player continues this interchange all the way down the court.
The player finishes at the rim (left or right hand) and speed dribbles back down to the beginning point of the drill
The next player in line starts the drill when the previous player has reached the 3rd cone
The 2nd player shouldn’t catch the 1st player
NOTE: I would time yourself to see how long it takes you to go through several different moves to track your progression overtime