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When I was a kid I used to just practice moves in the park. Stuff like that definitely helps your handle. I would practice what you don't feel comfortable with (off hand, spins) and try to get as many practical moves as you can into your arsenal. You oughta aim for being able to pull off any move while closing your eyes. It's up to you to go through drills. Do them as fast and smoothly as you can in order to get the most benefit out of it.

Hope that helps.

Yeah that does help, thanks. Think I will stick to a few basic moves and get them down really well (with eyes shut, like you said), rather than trying anything to fancy.

where abouts in the uk are you from?

I'm from the South West - Devon originally, but studying in Cornwall at the moment.

Hey. Another new person. From UK. Just started playing basketball last month. I'm 23 so bit late to the game but enjoying it. Been going to a game night once a week with a friend, and also a training night. Started the gym again on Friday (went previously in attempt to put on some weight a but lacked solid goals so ended up stopping), doing the 'Introductory block' found on here. Really enjoyed the first workout, legs were killing afterwards!

Being new to training and the game I'm open to any tips anyone can give me. I've been trying to practice on my own twice to three times a week and trying to do something structured that looks like this...

warmup shooting:
close shots, front and sides, 10 makes each

dribbles:
figure-of-8,
spider ball,
letters; M, W, L,

(thinking of changing the above to taylor hortons dribbling drill I found on here)

jump for rim layup from stationary, 3x5 times each side
sprint in jump-high layups/put ins, 10 makes each side

left hand dribbling forwards/backwards covering court, 3 times
moves on two obstacles: crossover/behind back to layup, 5 makes each side (using left hand as well)
moves on two obstacles: crossover/through legs to layup, 5 makes each side

(what kind of crossover should I be practicing? At the moment I'm bouncing dribbling the ball up to the first obstacle, crossing the ball into the opposite hand as if to go that way then back into the initial dribbling hand and moving to next obstacle then either putting it behind my back or through legs, is something like this OK/worth while practicing?)

moves on two obstacles: crossover/behind back to jump shot, 5 makes each side (still practicing left hand dribbling)
moves on two obstacles: crossover/through legs to jump shot, 5 makes each side

(these shots take the longest, I miss a lot which makes me think I should focus on stationary shooting more before moving onto this?)

fake shot, dribble right, jump shot, 5 makes
fake shot, dribble left, jump shot, 5 makes

jump shots from baseline (both sides), freethrow, then in between base line and freethrow (both sides) for 5 makes each

17s sprint with ball, 1-2
suicides sprint with ball, 1-2

Then some more shots If I'm not exhausted...

Am I off the mark with what I'm practising here? Can anyone recommend things I should be concentrating on as a beginner? I have limited time to practice so I need to keep it quite structured. The stuff I got here is from looking on youtube etc. but I couldn't find a routine already made up so had to put my own one together, and obviously don't know too much!

Sorry to start off with so many questions!

Cheers for any help.