Basketball--improving ball handling

[M2d]

not basketball per se, but the same concept could apply. a friend of mine was a short white guy in middle school. for some reason, he loved volleyball and wanted to play for our high school team. since he was short, ball handling was of utmost importance, so his father (who was a basketball coach, but knew nothing about volleyball) gave him the best advice possible: have a ball with you at all times. he did this, even going to bed with the ball, setting over and over again to himself as he lay there in bed, in the dark.
long story not as long as it could be, he developed massive handling skills, grew out of his pubescent shortness, is now kicking butt on the beach tour and has a very real shot at making the next olympic team.

if you want to get good at a precision athletic movement, you have to do it over and over again.