Hostage Dribble

For the past several years, I've been teaching my JM3 Athletes in both boys and girls lacrosse the Hostage Dribble concept of getting a step on your man, cutting them off, and keeping them on your back .  Common in hoops, Hostage Dribble is an amazing way to buy time and space while giving yourself a great chance to create separation.

Watch this portion of an amazing breakdown by Alex Sarama of Basketball Immersion of Luka Doncic vs the "Drop Coverage" and you will learn a better sense of the power and opportunity of the Hostage Dribble!  If you want to see the whole breakdown for Alex's brilliant video, click here.

Watch the way Jeff Teat cuts his guy off, keeps him on his back, and uses the defender's effort to regain position to create separation for a roll back to his left hand.  This is similar to Luka allowing or baiting defenders to regain separation in setting up his step back.

Here's a great example of a women's lacrosse player using the Hostage Dribble concept at our winter training camp for JM3 Athletes in Delray Beach, FL.  As Alex Sarama states, this technique buys time and space for decision making which can be seen clearly here!  

As you can see from the video below, I've got JM3 Athletes using this counter intuitive dodging concept!