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Trainer Hunter Rhodes · 5 min workout · 8s clip
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This intense wide-stance dribbling drill hones ball-on-a-string handling, enhancing rhythm and quickness for shifty moves.
The drill
Maintain wide stance → dribble ball continuously between three cones, alternating hands.
Do this handle drill daily to get the ball on a string and just move different. Add that heavy ball as well.
Is this drill for you?
For beginners (Level 1) building ball-on-a-string control - continuous wide-stance dribbling between three cones, alternating hands.
Variations: Alternate hands every rep.
In a game: Keeping the ball alive in a wide stance through cones is the base every shift move sits on.
5 minutes; needs markers; a heavy ball scales it up.
Harder: Elite Ball Handling Workout →
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