Ball Handling and Scoring Skills Camp

This is a youth and middle school camp for players looking to develop better scoring moves and better ball handling and playmaking ability. Each location will have a featured guest player to work on skills with our campers!

You improve your scoring, ball handling, shooting, passing, athleticism, footwork, decision-making, and 1 on 1 moves to take your game to the next level.

You will learn:

• ​Explosive dribble moves that make you hard to guard.
• Highly effective scoring moves that work at any level.
• Game like shooting drills to drive up your shooting percentage.
• How to create 2-3 feet of separation from any defender for better scoring opportunities.
• The best hand-eye coordination and ball handling drills that will accelerate your feel for the basketball. These drills will make dribbling during game situations feel easy.
• How to develop an explosive first step. The secrets behind the proper shin angle, head position, shoulder position, and hip position.
• Critical components of basketball IQ required to become a great offensive player from an individual and team aspect.
• How the top pros create advantages which allow them to make plays for themselves and their teammates.
• The most efficient scoring moves around the basket that helps you finish against any defender.

Here are some of the topics covered throughout the camp:

Ball handling

• Stationary ball handling routine that improves rhythm, feel, and coordination with the basketball.
• Live ball moves to help you blow by the defense at will. You will learn how to shift (or setup) the defender with your body and feet.
• Critical progressions to ensure that your dribble moves are effective and explosive.
• How to stay in attack mode, dictate the tempo, and control the defense

Shooting

• How to position your feet and align your body to increase the chance of shooting the ball straight.
• A form shooting routine that almost every great shooter has utilized that can be done at home.
• Proper footwork and how to develop a quick release.
• How to shoot game shots from game spots at game speeds.

Finishing

• Finishing techniques used to reduce turnovers, finish over larger players in the paint, and make more shots.
• How to finish through contact.
• 1 on 1 finishing drills that ingrain good habits while competing in a fun way.

Offense

• How to cut and get open. You will learn v-cuts, basket cuts, l-cuts, backdoor cuts, and more.
• Attacking down screens, back screens, and more.
• How to score and make plays using ball screens. Learn how to run defenders into screens and make lightning quick decisions.
• How to use dribble hand off actions to attack the defense and put them in a constant disadvantage.

Footwork

• How to use your feet to gain a better position to score from almost anywhere on the floor.
  
• Utilize front pivots, reverse pivots, step throughs, sweeps, drop steps, and hops to make you an elite player.
  

Passing

• Improve hand eye-coordination and passing skills that make players like Chris Paul one of the best playmakers in the game.
  
• Competitive passing drills to develop game-like passing with head and pass fakes.
  
• How to be strong and pass out of double teams and traps.