10 Youth Ball Handling Drills -- The Maravich Series

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If you’re looking for a great set of ball handling drills for beginners or youth basketball players, go no further than the Maravich drills.

The Maravich drills are named after the legendary "Pistol" Pete Maravich. Maravich still holds the NCAA single season scoring record and the career scoring record while only playing three seasons. In addition to being a great scorer, anybody who watched him marveled at his ability to handle the basketball. He was truly a magician with the basketball.

If you would like to be a great ball handler like Pistol Pete, the Maravich drill series is an essential foundation.

This is a great stationary ball handling series that improves your feel for the ball while improving...

🏀 Hand-Eye Coordination
🏀 Hand Quickness
🏀 Rhythm
🏀 Hand, Wrist, and Finger Strength

With youth players, we’ll spend about 3 to 5 minutes with this at every practice until we build a solid foundation.

Here is a list of the progressions mentioned in the video with approximate times:

MAVARICH DRILLS 0:00
Ball Slaps 0:25
Finger Tips 0:43
Ball Circles 1:00
Ball Wraps - One Leg 1:26
Figure 8 - No Dribble 1:42
Front To Back Toss 1:57
One Leg Dribble 2:11
Figure 8 Dribble 2:29
Figure 8 Dribble - 1 Hand 2:52
Spider Dribble 3:09

With youth players, we'll spend about 3 to 5 minutes with this at every practice until we build a solid foundation.