coach Marcus Hodges here with ilb Elite Training and today I'm going to give you guys a five minute ball handling workout whether you're in the gym or you're at home or in your garage there's no excuse why you shouldn't get it done you're right no man let's get it do this as soon as you guys get in the gym right now I want you to control your body so I want to shift our weight from right to left as the ball is in your right hand we're going 20 seconds so I want a 20 second pound knee to hip level and as I pounding the ball I want the ball to stay in that same spot and all I'm going to do is simply shift my weight from right to left try to have that ball hit the same spot after that 15 seconds same thing left hand shift that weight from left to right right to left next I want crossovers going back and forth make sure it's wider than your knee and as the ball goes to the left and right I want your weight shift in that direction as well going here 20 seconds once again still warming up keep that core tight Crossing that ball over side to side really make sure you guys have a good base my hips are down now after the crossover I want pound to joke cross a joke cross is going to be when I use my fingertips to push the ball over or to cross the Wall over so I'm going pound and I'm crossing the ball over just like that you should hear the the ball go pop real quick one one so that joke cross is going to be lower this is going to be fingertip strength right here once again we want to go for about 20 seconds after we get that back and forth now I just want no pounds so take the pound away and I want to joke cross back and forth so I want one two one two one two or you'll have to float the ball have the ball spend more time in your hands than as it's going back down fingertips and had that jolt cross back over foreign you can get a little lower and speed it up still staying stationary the last one now I want to pound between and behind so right now we're just working on placement I want that ball to dribble right by your big toe that I want between the legs and then I want behind the back once again keep your feet on the ground hips slightly bent and I want to pound through and behind just as we started off with make sure you kind of sway your body from left to right almost falling the basketball when the basketball goes left I'm almost going here every time make sure you push that ball back forward by that big toe once you get your 10 reps this is going to be reps I want 10 reps to the left now let's get our feet moving so I want splits we're going to pound between pound between I have this line here once again once I get my pound and I split notice my left foot forward my right foot went back but my right foot is here right on its toe ready to explode if I need to but right now it's just feet when I go between the legs my feet are wide I'm not in a skinny stand so I can get knocked off balance I want to make sure I'm in a wider stance feet outside of my shoulders but then once I take this next dribble my feet replace right back on that line slightly under my shoulders and under my hips so I'm going here down between down between down and between here I want to get 20 reps total all right try not to have your hips go too high and too low kind of means staying that same level thanks now I'm just imagining the defenders in front of me he's turning from left to right from right to left so we're going pound crossovers really important to have my hips in One Direction and then as I cross my hips have to turn with the basketball that's how you're going to be a quicker player and a more explosive player out of the Cross all we're doing here is going down and cross down and cross down and cross down and cross if you if you're at a gym let's go sideline to sideline if you're at home and don't have much space let's try to get between six to ten Crossovers and then turn back around huh pushing off the outside foot every time I cross push push push right after our crossovers we're going to have the same exact process where we're going between the legs so as I go towards the right my inside foot will step this is going to be my dribble step so I'll step here boom then go between I'm in this stance once my inside foot once again steps dribble step and then I'm turning so every time it's dribble step change notice everything is in unison together my body's going forward with the basketball I dribble boom and turn once again the same amount of reps with the Crossovers if you have more space get more reps if not once again that's six six to twelve if you can back and forth foreign last rep we're going to blend so if the first rep is a crossover after that my next rep is going to be between the legs so we're going one and cross one and through one and cross one and through notice my back it's kind of in this slant position I'm not in this upper right perfect position with your back up it's going to be hard to be successful and get by Defenders so let's make sure our hips are down and once again my back has slanted in this stance where I'm able to be my quickest and also be able to be able to react by my Defenders foreign ball handling workout to keep your handles tight keep your hands sticky whether you're in season or out of season it only takes five minutes now you can go longer if needed but five minutes is all you need right there just to make sure you got your workout for the day to work on your handles coach Marcus Hodges with ilb you already know man let's get it if you enjoyed today's video let me know in the comments below give this video a like so YouTube knows you're getting after it and if you haven't yet click the Subscribe button and the bell notification so you can check out our next videos see you guys on the next one