Basic Stance Handling

05.01.17

BASIC STANCE

It’s like being seated without chair

Killing two birds with one stone

We practice DEFENSIVE BASIC STANCE while we do handling. We make the player get use to this unnatural position for the body

If we implement the BASIC STANCE in player's DNA, will improve

BALANCE and CONTROL of own body

QUICKNESS in the start of the movements, offensive and defensively

REACTION ability against stimulus

HANDLING control while we dribbling and passing

ARMING THE SHOT in any game situation

Being more UNPREDICTABLE

There are very few players who naturally, thanks to their physical talent, acquire the basic stance as an ability to play without train it. Most of the players tend to play standing and out of balance in many situations.

When I do specific work with Pro Teams or I’m coaching Young Players Teams, I always start the practices doing BASIC STANCE HANDLING

WHY?

It’s ESSENTIAL for a current player to do ball handling every day for at least 5 or 10 minutes, no matter the age or the position is playing

Ball handling is an SENSATIONAL ACTIVATOR of the most important connection in the body to play basketball: brain and fingertips

There are many variations to WARM UP the rest of the body, especially: lower body isometrics and shoulders activation

It helps the player to WAKE UP smoothly and start connecting to the practice

Most common corrections in BASIC STANCE HANDLING

OPEN HANDS AND FINGERS EXTREMELY to occupy more space and feel the ball better. This is the reason why most of the turnovers during the drill

SEPARATE AND FLEX YOUR LEGS is usually an impediment. Players don’t realize, so it's good to record them and show themselves on video

DON’T LOOK TO THE BALL NEVER and keep your head up. In some cases with complex exercises, it’s necessary to look to the ball but just during adaptation period

BOUNCING HARDER AND FASTER is the main correction when we do exercises that player dominates

Improving is pushing our limits further away

When it comes to training, reaching the limits is the basis to keep improving. Especially, in ball handling case that rule is always true. If the player doesn’t reach the limit (in this case it’s LOSING THE BALL) then there is not improvement. Player is settling in the comfort zone.

It’s our job as coaches to push the player to the limit every time, so progressively goes putting the bar further.