Drills play
Drill: Two-Ball Chair Weave
- Court
- Full court
- Length
- 5 steps
About this play
Two-ball handling on the move: a line of chairs down each lane of the full court, the first player dribbles two balls up the floor and makes the called move at every chair, two-ball crossover or one behind the back with the other crossing, then dribbles at the called height between chairs. Why: stationary two-ball work builds the weak hand, but the chairs force a lateral move while handling, so the control transfers to a game. Two balls also break the habit of watching the ball, since nobody can watch both, and they refuse to let the strong hand do the weak hand's work. Setup: four or more lines on the baseline, two balls per active player, three to five chairs per lane at the free throw lines and half court (the cube is the designer's chair). Runs two trips per move, three or four moves, six to eight minutes; the next player goes when the one ahead clears the first chair. Common mistakes: slowing to a walk at the chair, balls drifting out of the lane, looking down. Progression: make the move on the coach's whistle instead of at the chair. High school and strong youth players. This one comes from Breakthrough Basketball's two-ball dribbling page and their two-ball video; start there for the full list of moves.
