I guess I didn't mention this before so my philosophy isn't really clear.
There is a difference in what I consider ball-handling drills and what you guys probably consider ball-handling drills.
I'm going to guess most people lump and kind of dribbling practice into ball-handling drills.
But what I was talking about and what I teach my kids are that ball-handling drills are (stationary, and 2-3 step drills w/ the ball), then I teach my kids that dribble-drive moves are (used on the go, or to break down a man 1-on-1 or in the open court or in the key under heavy pressure and defense).
I was only talking about ball-handling drills before and assumed that's what he meant. But I think he may have been asking more for what I consider dribble-drive moves. There's a completely different mentality when training these two different styles of dribbling.
Exactly.
The drills I perform stationairy are usually moves and include footwork or a specific task (pounding hard, getting the crossover tighter, getting shoulders to move, keeping back straight, landing on the balls of the foot, stepping forward not sideways etc).
I have noticed a huge difference when applying these myself because I can really focus on a couple of these aspects before performing the moves, on the move. In my experience, not doing these drills stationairy first, will make for a less effective on-the-move drill, plus you get a lot of reps in short ammount of time doing them stationairy.
This is ofcourse, only when trying to learn of perfect a move you have not mastered yet.
Not sure if they fit the mold of strict stationairy drills though as the player does move back/forth (pivot stays though), def don't advice figure 8's etc.
