10 Basketball Skills You Should Learn By: Jason Richards Learning how to play basketball is learning its fundamentals. Here are those: 1. Dribbling - is important to penetrate to the hoop, move the ball across the court, get away from the defense, and find a good passing lane. There are different types of dribbles: • change-of-pace, • crossover dribble, • behind the back, • pull back dribble, • ..