Dribbling

The Dribbling is the first fundam related to Basketball practice. Since they were children, the first thing that is done with an object is … manipulated by the hands.

Definition

‘The action of throwing the ball against the ground strong enough to return to the hand in such a way that you can repeat the action continuously and controlled’. (Cedric Arregui).

When you give us a ball or ball, to be the sport, we tend to check how much boot. And yes it is Basketball it seems that there is no ideal height of the dribbling (later we will see that yes, there is).

The dribbling is essential so you can move around with the ball. The travelling with the ball imply the possibility of change of direction and speed, as well as the power to stop and change the direction of the displacement.

Tactically the dribbling serves to:

Take the ball of a space overloaded when the pass is very difficult to perform

Leave a defence hustling on the court whole

Exceed the defender, and penetrate to the basket

Force the help of one or several defenders and able to give space to a companion

To improve the angle of pass

Create an opportunity to launch

The need for mastery of this foundation is imperative. All the players and coaches of Basketball should take care of and train this foundation always regardless of age or height. For a player to be competent with the dribbling you have to know how to use both hands in such a way that it is not noticeable if you are left handed or right handed. To have that level of dribbling hinder a lot of the defensive duties of defending players and will ‘give away’ a matter to be resolved to coach rival.

Objectives for teaching

1. Ensure the basic position of game. Knees slightly bent and back straight.
2. Adapt the triple threat position to get used to not throw out automatically each time you receive the ball.
3. Look at the front and not the ball. The tips of our fingers should become our eyes to see the ball.
4. The hand must be adapted to the shape of the ball and go with it.
5. The arm of the hand that does not throw the ball must be semi-flexed at the hip with the purpose of protecting the ball.
6. The force of the thrust ball down must be the right to be able to re-launch.
7. Bounce close to the body, but far enough away from the feet to not restrict movement.

Most common errors

1. The rounded shoulders and legs stretched out that lack of postural hygiene and hinder the perception of the environment.
2. The automation of the dribbling that it becomes a bad addiction for the player and his team.
3. Head down, looking only at the ball and/or the ground that prevents you from perceiving the environment and read the game.
4. The hand rigid and the striking of the ball that do not provide any control of the ball.
5. The arm pendant (‘arm dead’) who betrays the laterality of the player and invites theft.
   
6. Excessive force or poor not ensure the continuity of the dribbling.
7. The dribbling away that makes it difficult to control the ball or the Dribbling too close to preventing the displacement.

Now, the dribbling is a resource that must be used with intelligence. A ball past will always be faster than a ball thrown away. A good team play is based on the good circulation of the ball and the employment of the Dribbling must be as efficient as possible.

The excess of Dribbling kills the movement of the ball, it discourages the other companions to follow, moving away, and publicizes an individuality that has very little room in a collective sport.Dribble by dribble it makes no sense. The fact of receiving the ball does not mean that you have to throw it away because of an obligation to be characteristic of our sport. Below are the phases of the dribbling.

Before you start the dribbling

Will have to assess if it is better to pass to a teammate or shoot to the basket. To do this it is necessary that the player is aware of the environment in which it receives the ball. Once taken the decision to dribble, the player must know with what type of order to receiving the ball. This is an important detail to know what is the pivot foot and avoid making a bad output that will end up being ‘Steps out’ (see article 25).

Before lifting the pivot foot to dribble, you have to be logged in the dribbling and it starts at the moment the ball comes out of our(s) hand(s) (and not when it has dropped on the floor).

Finally, we must also take into account the rule of 5 seconds of retention of the ball that says that a player closely marked (see article 27) in possession of the ball, being defended by a player in the legal position of defense, and less than a meter away, you must pass, throw or bounce the ball within 5 seconds.
A defender can take this decision, but more often they do it once drained the dribbling since before the attacking player with the ball always has the ability to dribble and take advantage of the space lost by the defender.

During the Dribbling

You will need to know what is their placement in the field in relation to the baskets, to look around to be able to perceive the placement of the partner and the distance of the defenders, interpret their actions and to evaluate the actions to perform. Read the game properly entails a great responsibility. The dribbling must be used to control the ball and retain possession for his team.

In addition, it has to make progress towards the rim or to certain spaces to promote clear of the companions. You should not stop the Dribbling without knowing what action to perform. The consequences of leaving to dribble without having decided in advance what is going to make results in an increase of the defensive intensity as well as a greater difficulty at the time of passing. Just let you throw out when you’re running a decision that you think is going to foster the circulation of the ball or making a shot to the basket.

After the Dribbling

You must perform the action that we had planned. That is the reason why they stopped the Dribbling. In addition, the player in possession of the ball must know what kind of stop has been made (if made) to know how they were placed your feet and discern what his pivot foot. Remember that once you have stopped the Dribbling, the rules of Advancement illegal (relative to the pivot foot) and Player closely marked return to ‘kick in’

The definition of the start page explains what the action of throwing out, but doesn’t get to delve into the process of the action. It is a skill very complex, because it is carried out, there are many decisions to be made and in addition get to be the most successful for the collective game.

Below are the types of Dribbling:

Dribbling Forward

This type of Dribbling is the most used. It is used most often in situations of climbing up the ball, passing the half-court, and when the defending team began to defend past half court.
Tactically the dribbling of advancement serves to:

• Pass the ball from half court in less than 8 seconds.
• Search options pass without being barely defended. 

Despite seem to be a dribbling-simple, the complexity lies in being able to alter with changes of pace, stops and changes of direction.

Objectives for teaching

1. Ensure the basic position of the game. Knees slightly bent and back straight.
2. Adapt the triple threat position to get used to not throw out automatically each time you receive the ball.
3. Look at the front and not the ball. The tips of our fingers should become our eyes to see the ball.
4. The hand must be adapted to the shape of the ball and go with it.
5. The arm of the hand that does not throw the ball must be semi-flexed, at the height of the hip, with the purpose of protecting the ball.
6. The force of the thrust ball down must be the right to be able to re-launch.
7. Bounce close to the body, but far enough away from the feet to not restrict movement.

Most common errors

1. The rounded shoulders and legs stretched out that lack of postural hygiene and hinder the perception of the environment.
2. The automation of the dribbling that it becomes a bad addiction for the player and his team.
3. Head down, looking only at the ball and/or the ground that prevents you from perceiving the environment and read the game.
4. The hand rigid and the striking of the ball that do not provide any control of the ball.
5. The arm pendant (“arm dead”) who betrays the laterality of the player and invites theft.
6. Excessive force or poor not ensure the continuity of the dribbling.
7. The dribbling away that makes it difficult to control the ball or the Dribbling too close to preventing the displacement.

Speed Dribbling

In the speed Dribbling, we must do two shades:

– Speed Dribbling without defender: it Is mainly used when the user leaves the against and there are no defenders near. The high bounce (the height of the shoulder) and is made by alternating the hand of dribbling. This is the dribbling in which the ball traverses the greater the distance between a hand and the other.

– Speed Dribbling with defender: Is used when there is a defender close by. The Dribbling is to the height of the waist, usually with the same hand, and the frequency of the dribbling is greater.

Objectives for teaching

1. Keep the head straight, looking at the ring.
2. Push the ball forward and run after him.
3. Adjust the dribbling in function of the closeness of the defender.
4. Dribble the ball with the fingertips.
5. Semi-flexion of wrist and fingers to wrap and direct the ball.
6. Use body and hand not botadora to protect the ball.

Most common errors

1. Raises and lowers the head to make a continuous tracking of the trajectory of the ball.
2. Don’t throw the ball far enough to be able to dispose of it with enough space and slows down.
3. Do not choose bien what type of Dribbling to perform because it does not have located the defender closest to you.
4. Do not direct the ball because he strikes with the palm.
5. Not in control of the ball because it has the tense hand.
6. It does not protect the ball and leaves free access to the defender on his way to steal the ball.

The most important of the speed Dribbling is to have the ability to adapt the height of the dribbling (as decreases the distance to the one or more defenders close) and to be able to combine it with a change of pace, direction, distribute, passes, etc….

Protection Dribbling

This Dribbling is often the first to employ the players to maintain control of the ball.

It is very intuitive because the first thing that players do young and/or inexperienced is to bring your body between the defender and the ball.

What is certain is that it works poorly because it is understandable to look for training players daring to face the defender and the ring. In recent years, the big players who can play backs have become rare, and each is more common to have big players with notable technical foundations, individual themselves of a player outside.

On the other hand, should be working more, not with the intention that it is the first and only resource, but rather to chain yourself with some movement (change of hand in front, behind, beneath the legs or the back) to give continuity to the action and evolve the game in a more direct and aggressive towards the ring.

Objectives for teaching

1. Keep your head up and look at the ring.
2. Dribble the ball close to the body.
3. Bounce the height of the knee.
4. Dribble the ball with the tip of your fingers.
5. Semi-flexion of wrist and fingers to wrap and direct the ball.
6. Use body and hand that will not boot to protect the ball.

Most common errors

1. Lowers his head to look at the ball.
2. Boot away from the body.
3. Boot very high.
4. Hit the ball with the palm of the hand.
5. You have difficulty to control the ball.
6. You do not have located the defender and there stands the body or use the free arm of the dribbling to protect the ball.

In any case the dribbling of protection should be continued. The players need to be able to use it in specific moments and think back to face the ring (and therefore the game). The best way to that is not “vicien” with the dribbling of Protection is to teach them to chain it with other types of Dribbling.

Lateral Dribbling

The lateral dribbling is a type of bounce that is usually used to improve the angle of pass (especially for the outside of the line of 3 points).

The player with the ball moves to one side, keeping your feet facing towards the line of the bottom of the basket that is attacked. Depending on the situation of the defender, the player with the ball may go with the ball in the hand of the side to which you will or with the ball in the hand farthest from the side towards which it is directed.

Objectives for teaching

1. Keep your head up and look at the ring.
2. Keep feet apart without a cross.
3. Dribble the ball separate from the body and at the height of the hip.
4. If you boot the ball with the hand of the side to which it is addressed, with the hand pushing the ball.
5. If you boot the ball with the hand farthest from the side towards which it is addressed, with hand wrapping.

Most common errors

1. Lowers his head to look at the ball.
2. Crosses the feet to move.
3. Boot the ball very close to his body and very high or very low.
4. Do not direct the ball to where you are headed.
5. Do not wrap the ball, and it left behind.

The Lateral dribbling should be taught and practiced in combination with other types of Dribbling, changes of hand and changes of pace.

Retreat Dribble

The Retret dribble is used to overcome the pressure from a defender. It is usually combined with a change of hands and a speed Dribbling to avoid a possible two against one.

First you’ll go back with the Dribbling to gain space in order to make a change of hands followed by speed Dribbling. To gain space, there are supports short and quick to the time that you throw the ball back.
While backing, protects the ball to the couple that the balance is maintained.

Then the change is made and printed in the speed Dribbling. While doing the gesture, it is very important to keep your head up and look towards the hoop to read the game with a view of possible passes.

Objectives for teaching

1. Keep your head up and look at the ring.
2. Bounce the height of the knee.
3. Protect the ball with the body and the hand that does not boot.
4. Perform steps short and quick withdrawal.
5. Change to Dribbling speed at the height of the waist.
6. Throw the ball forward and run after him.

Most common errors

1. Lowers his head to look at the ball.
2. Bounces too high (the height of the waist.
3. Not standing the body and uses the hand that does not boot to deny the defender the opportunity to steal the ball.
4. Perform steps long and slow.
5. Does the change in speed Dribbling because it fails to push the ball in the output of the change to the proper height.
6. Do not throw it far enough from the ball and gets the ball too close.

The Backup dribbling should be taught. Every player must know how to move in any direction. This dribbling is very useful when you take a distance to chain it with another type of dribbling, with a change of direction and/or a change of pace.

Power bounce

Why is the Dribbling for the centers in the Lowm Post when you do and post it does not have a specific name in Spanish?
Why do we discriminate the big men to not put a name in Spanish to one of the few bounces that may be performed?

In the English-speaking world use the term “PowerHouse”. Usually there is more talk of moves in the Low Post (Post moves), but as the bounce itself is not used for much of the term mentioned above.

It is mostly used in the Low Post. As a general rule, so they tend to use more of the big players (Ala-Pivots and Pivots).Once you have received the pass (have previously received laterally or with the ombudsman on their backs), loaded with the weight of your body in a balanced and controlling force. Not a lot of bounces due to the scarcity of space, and for having a defensive pressure greater for being closest to the ring. In addition, depending on the offensive player who performs the Power bounce, defenses tend to make aids intermittent and put a defender in support continues (2-on-1 defensive).

At the time of conclusion of this Dribbling, if you have managed to get close enough as possible to the ring to throw it, typically ends with a back or a hook. Another option is to play between the posts, although that option is usually performed before using the Charging Dribbling, in the case of not getting enough advantage to launch, the most common option is to get the ball out with a pass safe corner or 45°). A last option is to make a investment from the Low Post.

Objectives for teaching

1. When posting Low Post contact with the defender (either lateral or back).
2. Load with strength control, and balanced.
3. Give the minimum number of bounces possible to get closer to the hoop.
4. Finish near the hoop.
5. Take the ball out if there is no advantage.

Most common errors

1. Do not contact with his counsel and it is expected to steal the ball.
2. It does not measure the force control in the load. Is unbalanced and not about the ring, or fouls in the attack.
3. Gives more bounces than is necessary and loses the ball for an assist, defensive, or a 2-on-1 defensive
4. Ends next to the ring without advantage.
5. Don’t read the disadvantage and does not retain the ball being unable to get the ball out.

The most important of the charging Dribbling is having the ability to do this efficiently. Usually consist of few bounces (1 to 3), the necessary to gain space on the way to the ring (or force the defenders to make a 2×1 and to have a partner released).

In summary, the dribbling stands as one of the technical foundations most essential for any player. To master the proper technique, which includes maintaining a balanced posture, control the height and strength of the Dribbling, as well as to use speed and direction changes with skill, players can overcome defenses, create shooting opportunities and to facilitate the movement of the ball.

The constant practice of the dribbling, in combination with a solid understanding of the game and the anticipation of the defensive movement, allows the players to maintain control even in high-pressure situations.

Cedric Arregui Guivarch
National Coach of Basketball (CES 2014)

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