Working on my ballhandling

[Atrokkus]

Well, if you really want to push it to the extreme in a game or practice, you might want to go for a completely smooth-surface ball. I once had to use a ball that was slick and smooth as hell, not a single cleft or pimple on it -- the difference was somewhat noticeable, especially when your hands are dry, and it's definitely far more noticeable than if you're using normal ball that just happens to be dirty.

But I still question merit of such experiments...
If you want to use something extra, I'd just recommend dribbling a tennis ball or some other toy ball of similar size. It just improves your overall reflexes, but, again, I think it's a bit overhyped and not really that useful or important. Frequent in-game practice coupled with a variety of streetball AND1-style drills is far superior to any such artificial method.

[JG000]

Originally Posted by Lancerballer21

Just a quick question

Does playing in the cold (not to cold but just cold enough for by fingers to slow a bit) and/or with a dirty ball help your ball handling when your playing inside with a clean ball?

In theory it might help a little bit.

It's the same idea behind dribbling with gloves

[jerzymade]

i can't start a thread but i'll wanted to ask a question about dribbling. I'm new to playing basketball, I've been playing football my whole life so it's a lot for me to learn. But i know when you dribble your suppose to use your fingertips, but when i crossover the ball bounces into the bottom palm of my hand, idk if thats suppose to happen?