Pete Maravich Basketball Dribbling Breakfast Menu

The late Pete Maravich was one of the all-time great ball handlers and one of the original basketball showmen. He was this skinny white dude with floppy socks and mop hairdo, but he could straight up ball. He still holds the all-time college scoring record, despite only playing three years and no three-point line. Pistol Pete, the nickname he picked up while playing for his father at LSU, averaged 44.2 points per game for his career.

Maravich also wasn’t bad in the NBA, averaging 24.2 points per game during his 10-year career.

“You don’t get here by just wishin.”

- Pete Maravich after explaining how he spent 8 hours a day on basketball drills in the summer months (4 in the winter months).

First check out one of the original basketball dribbling wizards, who’s flash and style were way ahead of his time, so when you watch his basketball dribbling drills you will know why you're listenin’ to this dude.




Now, take a look at this clip with the late Red Auerbach and start doing these five drills today. You’ll improve your ball handling confidence. Just be careful with that bullet ricochet drill. That could go very wrong.



OK, now check out the breakfast special drills and take your dribble to the next level. Pistol kind of looks like a backporch moonshine swillin’, roll your own smokin’ hick in these dribbling skills videos he shot after his playing days, but you can’t deny the man had handles. Don’t be scared off by the smarmy musical intro:



After his career was over, Maravich made a series of videos called Homework basketball, including tape three called Ball Handling. The clip above was from that instructional. I highly recommend this video for its terrific dribbling drills, though they are very advanced so make sure you’re ready or you’ll get frustrated.