What kind of coach says "handling isn't necessary" but always makes players shoot before a game? 🤔

This is Coach J.

"Dribbling isn't necessary. Passing is enough."
"I emphasize handling, but basketball isn't all about handling."
There was someone who felt uncomfortable with such coaching
and came to the Lab.

Certainly,
dribbling without a purpose is unnecessary.

But just because of that,
it doesn't mean handling itself is unnecessary.

On the contrary, modern basketball
cannot function without handling.

At the Lab, we don't think of handling as just "dribbling technique."
Handling is the synchronization rate between the player and the ball.

Dribbling, passing, shooting.

It is the foundation for everything.
Dribbling is the technique of returning the ball from the floor to yourself.

Passing is the technique of getting it to a teammate.
Shooting is the technique of getting it through the hoop.
The essence is the same for all of them,
"How well the body and the ball are synchronized."
This is what handling is.
If you say "handling isn't necessary" while

always shooting before a game,
why is that?

It's to align your body with the ball, right?
Checking your touch.

Checking the rotation.
Checking the rhythm.
Checking the sense of distance.
In other words,

you are increasing the synchronization rate between your body and the ball.
This is exactly what handling is.

If handling were truly unnecessary,

pre-game shooting and touch checks shouldn't be necessary either.
But in reality, every team does it.

That is because basketball is a sport that cannot function unless the body and the ball are in sync.

So, while I understand that aimless dribbling is unnecessary, saying "handling isn't necessary" is theoretically quite unreasonable.

In fact, even top NBA players

have a high synchronization rate with the ball.
Modern basketball is evolving on the premise that everyone can handle the ball.

Even big men bring the ball up, connect plays, and make decisions.
That is why at the Lab, we think of handling

not as "dribbling skill," but as the foundation of basketball as a whole.

For those practicing under a coach who says,
"Handling isn't necessary."

I don't know what kind of basketball player you want to become, but handling is absolutely necessary.

If you can only play basketball there,
I recommend that you at least learn the correct way to dribble and practice on your own.

Please, take a look at the Lab's dribbling theory!