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Dribbling tag will improve dribbling and ball-handling and the kids seem to love it.

Set-up:
Every player on the team has a ball, and is restricted to an area of the court. All the players must dribble the entire time.

The Drill:
Start the game every player for themselves. While maintaining the dribble, each player must try to try to steal or knock way the other player’s ball. While all players must  continue dribbling, and must not double-dribble, stop dribbling or leave the playing area. This is and dribbling tag game where the players dribble around and try to knock away the other player’s ball away. Once you lose your ball, or stop your dribble, double-dribble, or leave the area, you are “out”, while the others keep dribbling. Eventually you will get down to a smaller number of players. Then change the playing area and make them stay inside the lane or “paint” area, and then probably the circle until you have one remaining— the winner!

This drill will help develop ball handling, and to avoid getting tagged, players must keep their heads up. If you have a large group with some good ball handlers, and some not so good, you can put the better dribblers on one end, and the other group on the other end, so the same kids don’t get picked on all the time. You can vary this drill by making them use the opposite (weak) hand only.

Here’s another variation:
Start the game with one player as being “it”. While maintaining the dribble, each player must try to tag another player, who is then “it”. Players try to avoid getting tagged and becoming “it”. They must stay within the half court area and must continue dribbling. If a player leaves the area, or double-dribbles, stops dribbling, or gets tagged, then he/she is “it”.

Dribble tag drill will improve dribbling and develop ball handling, and to avoid getting tagged, players must keep their heads up. If you have a big group with some good ball handlers, and some not so good, you can put the better dribblers on one end, and the other group on the other end, so the same kids don’t get picked on all the time. You can vary this drill by making them use the opposite (weak) hand only.

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