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Letter of Recommendation: ‘Pistol Pete’s Homework Basketball’

By Barrett Swanson

• April 27, 2017

When I was 12, shortly after I joined a youth-basketball team, my father summoned me to the living room. He was holding a set of VHS tapes called “Pistol Pete’s Homework Basketball,” which he thought might help me get ready for the coming season. Naturally, I was dubious. In what sense could basketball be considered homework? And who was Pistol Pete Maravich anyway? With the solemnity that other fathers adopt when passing down heirloom rifles, Dad handed me the tapes and said, “Just watch.”

I popped the first one into the VCR, but Maravich’s appearance did little to curb my skepticism. Gawky and bird-thin, he wore a Chicago-cop mustache and spoke in the gentle exhortations of a youth pastor. “Practice, practice, practice,” he said, shaking a finger at the camera. “Remember: Don’t forget to do your homework.” What I didn’t know at the time was that Maravich was a legend; he set the scoring record in the N.C.A.A. and made five trips to the N.B.A. All-Star Game throughout the 1970s. But he was most famous for his on-court wizardry, for his nimble behind-the-back passes and persuasive head-fakes that made even the most adroit defenders look ornamental and weak.

“Homework Basketball,” which was released in 1987, started with lessons on the fundamentals, like shooting and dribbling. But as the videos went on, Maravich began to initiate his young viewers into a more esoteric set of skills. “I’m also going to teach you today how to do the creative — the more advanced — type of pass, the artistic type of pass.” The video then furnished a bevy of drills whose names sounded like dance moves that you would execute only at a wedding: “Different Strokes,” “Scrambled Eggs,” “The Laid-Back.” Alone in the penumbral glow of the gym, Maravich pirouetted across the hardwood, schooling invisible foes with breakneck sleights of hand. Again and again, I rewound the trick-shot sequence, watching as Maravich leapt into the air and looped the ball between his legs before completing a reverse layup.

Throughout that basketball season, I rose before dawn to begin my regimen. In the gloom of the driveway, I followed the Pistol’s workout, lassoing the ball between my legs (sometimes wearing a blindfold). Then I rehearsed behind-the-back passes, first with my right arm, then with my left, aiming for a bull’s-eye I had painted on the wall of our garage. My efforts were downright monastic — asceticism in the service of its opposite.

Yet whenever I applied Maravich’s instructions to actual games, my coaches grimaced at the theatrics. Occasionally it would work out: I still recall faking a behind-the-back pass and juking my opponent, only to retract the ball and flip it against the backboard for an uncontested layup. But just as often my glitzy passes veered into the hands of waiting defenders. So enamored was I with the aesthetic possibilities of the sport, I overlooked the simple urgency of competition. Eventually, my flashiness earned me a spot on the bench and, once I got to high school, a berth on the J.V. squad.

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Pistol Pete Maravich Homework Basketball: hours of drills and tips of how to increase your skill, coordination and fundamentals

They are pretty long but they are very fun and informative. Also the vibes are super 80s haha. My dad showed these to me when I was young and then in my early 20s I got much better at basketball by rediscovering them and practicing

Worth a watch if you are bored or want to get better. Some of the drills he does super fast show off his level of skill

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50 Basketball Dribbling Drills (Develop an Amazing Handle)

“Coach, I can’t train at home. I don’t have a basketball ring” or “Coach, there’s not enough space to train at home”.

These are excuses I hear all too often and it’s not necessarily the player’s fault. As coaches and parents, we need to teach our players that they can work on their game no matter where they are.

That’s why I’ve compiled this list of exactly 50 stationary basketball dribbling drills that your players can use to work on their game anywhere as long as they have a small area to use and a basketball.

Stationary 1 Basketball Dribbling Drills

1. Ball Slaps Continuously slap the basketball from one hand to the other. This is a great drill to start with to get your hands ready for the workout.

2. Straight Arm Finger Taps While making sure to keep your elbows locked, tap the basketball quickly back and forth straight out in front of you. When you become good at this drill start moving the ball up and down.

3. Wraps – Around Ankle Wrap the ball around your lower leg/ankles without letting the basketball touch the ground.

4. Wraps – Around Waist Wrap the ball in a circle motion around your waist.

5. Wraps – Around Head Wrap the ball in a circle motion around your head.

6. Wraps – Around the world Involves combining the wraps around the ankles, waist, and head into one drill. Start by wrapping the ball around your head, then bringing it down and around your waist, and finally around your ankles. Then back up to your waist, then head, then waist again, etc.

7. Wraps – Figure 8 Around Legs Wrap the ball in a figure 8 motion around your legs.

8. Wraps – Around Right Leg Starting with your right leg in front and your left leg back, wrap the ball around only your right leg.

9. Wraps – Around Left Leg Starting with your left leg in front and your right leg back, wrap the ball around only your left leg.

10. Wraps – Double Leg, Single Leg Start with your legs together. Step your right leg forward and circle your right leg with the basketball. Then immediately step back with your right leg so that your feet are together and circle both legs. Then step out with your left leg and circle it before stepping back together and wrapping the ball around them both. Continue this process.

11. Drops Start in a squat position with both hands and the basketball in front of you. The aim is to drop the ball between your legs (only a few inches off the ground), let it bounce once, then take both hands behind your legs before catching it. Then dropping the ball again from behind and taking both hands back to the front and catch it. Repeat.

12. Straddle Flip Similar to drops but instead start with one hand in front and one hand behind while holding the ball between your legs. The aim is to quickly flip the ball up and inch or two, swap hand positions from front to back, and catch the ball before it hits the ground.

13. Machine Gun Kneel down onto the ground and alternate both hands to keep the ball as low as possible to the ground. The ball should stay in the same spot.

14. Spider Dribble Start with your knees shoulder width apart and bent. The ball should stay underneath you the entire time of the drill. Dribble the ball with your right hand, then your left hand, then reach your right hand around behind your knee for a dribble, and then your left hand behind your knee for a dribble, and then back to your right hand in front. Continue this.

15. Pound Dribble – Ankle Height – Right Hand Dribbling the basketball a couple of inches off the ground with your right hand.

16. Pound Dribble – Ankle Height – Left Hand Dribbling the basketball a couple of inches off the ground with your left hand.

17. Pound Dribble – Waist High – Right Hand Making sure to be in stance, pound the ball as hard as you can into the ground at around waist hight with only your right hand.

18. Pound Dribble – Waist High – Left Hand Making sure to be in stance, pound the ball as hard as you can into the ground at around waist hight with only your left hand.

19. Pound Dribble – Shoulder Height – Right Hand This is used to get the player out of their comfort zone. Pound the ball as hard as you can while dribbling at around shoulder height with only your right hand.

20. Pound Dribble – Shoulder Height – Left Hand This is used to get the player out of their comfort zone. Pound the ball as hard as you can while dribbling at around shoulder height with only your left hand.

21. Dribble around Right Leg – Right Hand Start in a wide stance. Keeping the ball low to the ground, dribble the ball in a circle around your right leg with only your right hand.

22. Dribble around Left Leg – Left Hand Start in a wide stance. Keeping the ball low to the ground, dribble the ball in a circle around your left leg with only your left hand.

23. Dribble Figure Eight Again starting in a wide stance. Dribble the ball in a figure 8 motion around both legs using both hands.

24. Kills – Right Hand This drill involves dribbling from ankle to shoulder height. Start by dribbling the ball at your ankles and gradually dribbling the ball higher on each bounce. When you get to as high as you can ‘kill’ the basketball by stopping it a few inches off the ground and dribbling back up to your shoulder.

25. Kills – Left Hand This drill involves dribbling from ankle to shoulder height. Start by dribbling the ball at your ankles and gradually dribbling the ball higher on each bounce. When you get to as high as you can ‘kill’ the basketball by stopping it a few inches off the ground and dribbling back up to your shoulder.

26. Crossover Dribble Cross the ball continuously in front of your body. Make sure you’re crossing over wide.

27. Behind the Back Dribble Cross the ball continuously in behind your body. Make sure you’re crossing over wide.

28. Scissors – Alternating Between the Legs Start with your right foot forward and left foot back. Cross the ball between your legs and jump to switch the positioning of your feet so you can immediately cross the ball back to the other side. Every time you go through the legs you should be switching feet.

29. 3-Dribble Crossover. Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it over in front of your body. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

30. 3-Dribble Through the Legs. Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it over through your legs. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

31. 3-Dribble Behind the Back Pound the ball 3 times before crossing it behind your back. Then pound the ball 3 times before crossing it back. Repeat this process making sure that you’re pounding the ball hard.

32. Triples – Crossover, Through the Legs, Behind the Back The drill must be performed in this sequence: crossover, between the legs, behind the back, through the legs. Continue this sequence.

33. Front V-Dribble – Right Hand Using only your right hand, dribble the ball from side to side in the shape of a ‘v’ in front of your body.

34. Front V-Dribble – Left Hand Using only your left hand, dribble the ball from side to side in the shape of a ‘v’ in front of your body.

35. Side V-Dribble – Right Hand Using only your right hand, dribble the ball backwards and forwards beside your body in the shape of a ‘v’.

36. Side V-Dribble – Left Hand Using only your left hand, dribble the ball backwards and forwards beside your body in the shape of a ‘v’.

37. Freestyle Using all the moves in your arsenal, while staying in a stationary position, combine as many moves together as you can. Be creative and work on your handle!

Stationary 2 Basketball Dribbling Drills

38. Double Pound at Ankle Height Dribble both basketballs as hard as you can at ankle height.

39. Double Pound at Waist Height Dribble both basketballs as hard as you can at waist height.

40. Double Pound at Shoulders Height Dribble both basketballs as hard as you can at shoulder height.

41. Double Pound Alternating With the balls at a comfortable height, alternate the dribbling of each basketball.

42. One High/ One Low Dribble one of the the basketballs at ankle height and one of them at shoulder height.

43. Double Wall Dribbling Dribble both basketballs against the wall simultaneously at shoulder height.

44. 3 Dribble Double Crossover Pound dribble both basketballs 3 times and then cross the balls over at the same time. Then perform another 3 dribbles before crossing over again.

45. 3 Dribble Through the Legs/Crossover Pound dribble both basketballs 3 times and then cross one ball over in front of you and one ball through your legs at the same time.

46. 3 Dribble Behind the Back/Crossover Pound dribble both basketballs 3 times and then cross one ball over in front of you and one ball behind your back at the same time.

47. Two Ball Figure Eight. Keeping the ball close to the ground, use your right hand to dribble one ball around your right leg and use your left hand to dribble the other ball around your left leg.

48. Double V-Dribble in Front Dribble both basketballs side to side in front of you simultaneously.

49. Double V-Dribble on Side Dribble both basketballs from back to front beside you simultaneously.

50. Kills Pound both basketballs higher and higher starting from ankle height. When you reach the shoulders ‘kill’ both balls stopping them a few inches from the ground before dribbling both balls back up.

5 Quick Basketball Dribbling Tips

• Keep your eyes up when dribbling the basketball.
• Dribble the ball as hard as you can.
• Don’t be discouraged if you mess up. It means you’re pushing yourself!
• Make sure you change which way you’re wrapping the ball.
• Perform every drill as fast as you can.

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These are all fantastic basketball dribbling drills to develop your ball-handling skills.

Print these drills off or share these with your players. Depending on the age of players I’m coaching, I like to pick out a few of these drills and set them as their ‘basketball homework’. They’re great because any player can do them as long as they own a basketball.

If you don’t understand what any of the drills are, make sure you YouTube the name or ask in the comments. I’m more than happy to answer any questions on any of the drills.

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