All you need for this one is a ball and a bounce, well, lots of bounces.  Borrow a basketball from school and practice your dribbling skills around the play ground or make a competition with your mates and see who can do it the fastest. Or stand on the spot and see who can do it the longest.

Blake Paterson, Ashley Hills and Ethan Williams take on the double dribble

Tyler Jones doubles the balls for the double dribble

Learn from the experts

SPARC have a few tips on how to improve dribbling skills:

One major thing that sets basketball apart from other ball sports is the skill of controlling the basketball while bouncing it. This skill is known as dribbling. Children instinctively want to dribble the ball, often resulting in far too much dribbling. Good dribbling skills require a player to control the ball with either the left or the right hand. The ball needs to be protected from the defense, so ball placements and dribbling height must be understood. All these aspects of dribbling need to be developed while maintaining court vision, to see team mates and opposition players.

Dribbling equals control

The key to dribbling is control. Remember that in the game of life, being able to control your actions can mean the difference between winning and losing.

Mayfield's Mrs Strenhouse shows how it's done

There’s dribbling and there’s dribbling

To improve your skils think about these factors:

Controlling the Ball

Court Vision

Dribbling Height

Protecting the Ball from the Defense

Two Ball Dribbling

Information courtesy of SPARC.