Hello! My name is Amy Sturkey. I'm a
pediatric physical therapist. And I'm working
with my co-instructor. Her name is
Ariel, and we're teaching ball handling
skills. So one of the skills I work on is
bouncing and catching a ball. It's a
precursor to dribbling. You've got to be
able to bounce and catch before you can
dribble. So I start off the very earliest
part, if a kid is having a hard time, is I
bounce it and they catch. So get your
hands out wide. I'm going to bounce it. You
catch it. You ready? One.
Let's do three. - Two. Oh, sorry.
Ready? I forgot my job. Three. Excellent.
This time you bounce it, you catch.
Wonderful. Two, three. This is a little bit
harder than catching a ball that's
tossed to you because she has to time
both dropping it and catching it. It's
also a little bit harder because
 when somebody tosses it to
you, it's easier to trap it against your
body. And when it's out here, it's a lot
harder to catch it against your body. So
it's a step up from one of the earlier
catching skills we did. Once you get good
at a playground balls, we go to a smaller
ball. So I want you to bounce and catch. You
want me to bounce it first, then you
catch it? You ready? I bounce it. You catch.
One. Let's do three. Two, three. You want to do it?
You want to do it yourself? Two hands. One,
two, three. Outstanding. So I hope these
are easy ideas to work on ball handling
skills that you can do at home. And we'll
look forward to seeing you next time.
Thanks! Bye-bye!
