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These games give ball-handlers opponents, space and time pressures to respond to. Choose one that reflects the problem your players face, then adjust the challenge. Watch whether players protect the ball and find useful routes, rather than judging only the appearance of a dribble move.
Ler o guia: Basketball Player DevelopmentChoose a ball-handling game by the problem
| Coaching priority | Where to start in the original collection |
|---|---|
| Protecting the dribble while tracking an opponent | George Cremos’s dribble-tag warm-ups and Verdell Billingsley’s knee-tap game. |
| Creating or disguising a change of direction | Adam Omiecinski’s Straight Line or Stoned 1v1 and Kenny Bui’s 1v3 Dribble Gates. |
| Advancing against repeated pressure | Ryan Blackburn’s 1v3 Dribble Gauntlet and Neil Houghton’s 1v1 (+2) Handle Pressure. |
| Introducing a game to younger beginners | Stevie Gillatt’s Treasure Island and Bastian Barthelmes’s Spiderweb. |
The original demonstrations below show the members’ versions. Keep their setups and attributions when using those games; change one feature in response to what your own players need.
A simple starting option: knee-tap dribble tag
Episode 26 describes two players dribbling while trying to tag each other’s knees. Use a clear bounded space, one ball each and controlled touches; the first to three points wins. Change partners after a short round. Each player has to protect their own dribble while tracking the other player’s movement.
If beginners lose the ball before they can engage with the opponent, increase the space or simplify the challenge. If the game becomes predictable, change the available area or partner. Observe how the dribble responds to the opponent, rather than asking for the same crossover on every attempt.
EP26: How to Use the CLA with Beginners
Organize these games when only one basket is available
Ball handling develops through solving problems with the ball: protecting it, escaping pressure, changing direction and advancing past an opponent. These ten community contributions vary the opponent, space and task so players can explore different dribbling solutions.
These games come from our members at the Transforming Community. We offer tri-weekly challenges where members can share their insights on evidence based coaching. Other examples of the challenge includes:
- Write a CLA Blog! (Read the winning blog here from Stevie Gillet)
- Explain the most important special situations you prepare your team for.
- Explain your Principles of play form transition defense.
- And the one below: Ideas for coaching ball handling
Ball handling games:
- Christoph Nicol - Box 1-on-1 & Kastenball
- Bastian Barthelmes - Spiderweb
- Mohamed Hayaz Haroon
- George Cremos - Dribble Tag Warm-ups
- Verdell Billingsley - Knee Tap Dribble Tag (3rd & 4th Grade Girls)
- Adam Omiecinski - Straight Line or Stoned 1v1
- Neil Houghton - 1v1 (+2) Handle Pressure
- Ryan Blackburn - 1v3 Dribble Gauntlet
- Kenny Bui - 1 vs 3 Dribble Gates
- Stevie Gillatt - Treasure Island (U8/U6)
Christoph Nicol
Box 1-on-1 & Kastenball
Box 1-on-1
Kastenball
Bastian shares a great activity labelled “Spider Web.” This is a particularly fun activity for youth basketball players!
Bastian Barthelmes
Spiderweb
In the next activity from Mohamed, see how constraining space and time effectively can be used to shape lots of creative dribbling solutions! This is a great way to see how dribble moves can emerge without having to be specifically taught.
Mohamed Hayaz Haroon
The next two contributions come from George and Verdell. Dribble tag is one of our favourite warm-up games at Transforming, and by changing constraints, there are an infinite number of ways you can play tag!
George Cremos
Dribble Tag Warm-ups
Verdell Billingsley
Knee Tap Dribble Tag (3rd & 4th Grade Girls)
In the next activity, Adam talks about how deception can be designed into activities through constraints. Developing deception in ball handling is particularly important, with Adam sharing great ideas for coaches looking to facilitate this in their players…
Adam Omiecinski
Straight Line or Stoned 1v1
A Transforming Members’ Challenge would not be complete without an entry from Neil Houghton! Neil does a great job applying a CLA with his youth teams in Melbourne, Australia. Neil shares numerous ideas for taking a basic activity but then scaling it in numerous ways through the creative usage of constraints.
Neil Houghton
1v1 (+2) Handle Pressure
1-on-3 gauntlets are some of our favourite activities for handling pressure in tight spaces, while having to advance the ball up the court. Ryan shares ideas on how he has used 1-on-3 gauntlet with his high school team in Illnois.
Ryan Blackburn
1v3 Dribble Gauntlet
1-on-3 gauntlet shares some similarities with 1-on-3 dribble gates. This is a great idea from Kenny to develop the ability of players to perform change of direction moves implicitly. This is the answer to your players developing cross-overs and through the legs dribbles without 1-on-0 moves!
Kenny Bui
1 vs 3 Dribble Gates
And finally, for all the coaches working with beginners out there. This is a great contribution from Stevie in the UK. We love the concept of making games that speak to kids in their language. Imagine how much fun youth players would have participating in this small-sided game while developing their skills simultaneously!
Stevie Gillatt
Treasure Island (U8/U6)
Looking to see more videos of these activities in-action? Be sure to join our Transforming Community where you can engage with coaches all over the world who are masterfully using a constraints-led approach and conceptual offense with their programs.
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