For stationary drills, it depends on what you’re trying to develop and what stage the player is in. I generally do not do any stationary drills once a player is familiar with the basketball because the hand position on the ball for the dribble and the reception differs between stationary and when moving. Every drill that I do involves movement.

It’s not that any drills are wrong; it’s a matter of your goals and your time. Drills generally improve a player’s ability to do the drill; the transfer to game ball handling or moves depends on the drill and the player’s imagination.

Stationary drills, to me, do not develop ball handling. They develop better ball control, which is a part of ball handling, and they often introduce hand placements and dribbles used as dribble moves, but they do not teach the move because moves require motion.

However, I’m sure of the drills are similar to those used in my DVD.

As for teaching ball handling as a skill, it depends on the specifics of what you mean. I prefer to play games of tag with the ball to practice ball handling. However, I also use specific drills to develop the basic ball handling moves – most of the drills that I use are featured in Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development (available through amazon.com, lulu.com/brianmccormick or 180shooter.com) as well as on the DVD.