The difference between someone who can hardly bounce a ball without breaking the neighbor's window and a master ball handler is fingertip strength.
Of course, there are other reasons, but this is the most important aspect of basketball dribbling.
Dribble with your FINGERTIPS, not the palm of your hands.Keep your head up, DO NOT look down at the ball. (if you're a beginner, looking down will be second nature, but keep this in mind and you will gradually improve)
If you're always looking down, you won't know whats going on around you!
Start off by bouncing the ball at about waist level and bend your knees slightly, bouncing with one hand at a time.
Focus on using only your fingertips.
THIS is what your fingers should look like after a few games outside and bouncing the ball a few hundred times.
Remember the yo-yo analogy? Well, think of the basketball as an extension of your hand; imagine the ball attached to your fingers by an imaginary thread. You have complete command of the ball no matter what its doing.
After some experience, you will begin to know where the ball will bounce depending on how you bounce it.
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