Basketball Dribble Goggles

Buying Basketball Dribble Goggles

You can buy the goggles you need without ever getting out of your seat. Here are some websites with dribble goggles:

• Awesome-Sports.com has a pair for $4.95. If you don’t order at least ten pairs, there's an additional $6.00 charge on your invoice, so get the rest of your friends or team together to make one big order.
• HotGlove.com is another site where you can order training goggles. They're $4.95 each. Because they have an adjustable headband, one size fits all. The Hot Glove style is also available at Dick's Sporting Goods, Sports Authority, and Joe's Sports. If you have one of those in your area and you wish to purchase your goggles in the store rather than online, check there first.
• Hoops King offers Heads Up Goggles for $9.95, but if you're buying five or more, you can receive a discounted rate. In addition, they have a few products you may also be interested in like DVDs with exercises that will help you become more capable of nimbly handling the ball.
• Full Court Basketball has training goggles for $5.99. They're white and have a protective "shield" at the bottom that blocks your view of the ball.
• Fogdog.com is another store you can order from if you're in pursuit of basketball training goggles. They're $4.99.

Why You Need Them

Basketball probably isn't the first sport that comes to mind when you think of buying protective eyewear before getting active. Goggles are important on the court just like they're important on the trail, though. They're not mainly for eye protection, though they do give you that too.

Another thing they do (other than protect your eyes like most other goggles) is allow you to learn to dribble the ball without looking at it. That's actually the primary goal of a pair of basketball dribble goggles. You improve your game by practicing in them. How do they assist you while dribbling? They block your view so you can't look down and see the ball. You'll learn to look ahead while navigating—with the ball—all over the court. You'll still be able to see to shoot, though; they only block your downward vision.

What they do:

• Help you learn to control the ball while paying attention to your surroundings
• With that ability to pay attention to your surroundings, you'll have a better idea of where everything and everyone is on the court.
• You'll trust your hands to feel their way around the court with the ball more. No looking down necessary.
• You'll feel better about yourself and your ability to play and navigate if you're not always looking down at the ball or your hands.

Before You Start

Before you don the training goggles, make sure you scope out the court. If you can't see when you look down, you increase your chances of tripping or falling. Make sure you see that there is nothing on the basketball court that could cause you to harm yourself.

A Final Word

Basketball dribble goggles can be your saving grace if you just can't break the habit of looking down at the ball, your hands, or even the floor while you're playing the game. You'll increase your confidence in your ability to play basketball, perform better, and learn to pay attention to more than just the ball. "Keep your eye on the ball" is advice for other sports—not this one—and basketball training goggles will help you learn to avoid doing just that.

If you or your children are about to begin playing basketball, a pair of training goggles makes an excellent tool. If the habit of looking down at the ball or the hand hasn't begun, stop it before it starts. If the habit has started, this is the perfect method for putting a stop to it.