Basic Dribbling
Welcome to the Basic Dribbling tutorial by 2KLab and Koza. This page will teach you how to complete 8 basic dribble moves that every park or pro am ball handler should be able to complete. Practicing these moves until they come naturally to you without having to focus on the inputs is key here.
These moves should generally only require 1 or 2 very basic inputs, such as a simple flick or hold of the right stick down. You will want to be aware of the hand that the ball is in at all times as you attempt to do these moves. If you do not position the ball in the right hand before attempting the move you will not get the desired result.
We recommend you learn these 8 fundamental dribble moves before advancing to the next section. After learning how to do each move we will teach you how to use them to create 3s by chaining them together.
WE NEED TO RECOMMEND A LOCATION TO PRACTICE YOUR DRIBBLE MOVES
Step 1: Dribble Style Speedboost
The Michael Jordan Dribble Style will allow you to do the quick stop and go move you see so often in Park. This is a good move to learn as it will be a fundamental move for comboing dribbles to create 3s.
How to Signature Size Up
Step 3: Size Up Escape
The Size Up Escape is actually 7 different moves depending on the angle of your input. As you watch the video you will see that these very recognizable moves are actually incredibly easy to complete.
Step 4: Moving Crossover
There are 3 different moving crossovers to learn here, all of them used in different situations.
Step 5: Moving Behind the Back
This is an important move to memorize for changing directions while moving towards the basket with the ball. It is a very simple move to add to your bag.
Step 6: Moving Spin
Learning this moving spin is another great way to keep your opponent guessing about whether you are driving or creating a 3.
Step 7: Moving Hesitation
Once again, our goal is to keep our opponent guessing and to add a move we can use to chain dribbles together.
How to Moving Stepback
Learning the Asta slide will have you ready to move on to the advanced dribbling page.