James Harden Double Step Back TRAVEL Made LEGAL!

The James Harden double step back travel has the basketball world going wild, especially after Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry both tried it.
This breakdown tutorial shows you how to James Harden step back in a way that's legal for players of all levels.
Now you can pull off this James Harden highlights move without getting whistled for traveling and avoid all the controversy.
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[@GetHandles]

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[@ballhandler3615]

Thanks for teaching me to dribble better.💯

[@TetFeMal]

If I do that move in my hood my teammates will send me home barefoot.

[@franklinenigwe8143]

😂😂😂

[@superrama7389]

Your hood weird

[@greatestclips6428]

@@superrama7389 stay in your lane bucko

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

@@greatestclips6428 shut up greatest clips lol lame

[@Journalz]

Straight up. That isht causes fights at the park.

[@GHOSTGAMING-jx3yx]

James harden step back doesn't travel he has a journey LOL

[@Lit_NightSky]

Oh my god LOL!

[@thecrackheaddisaster3561]

Naw it's not a journey it's an adventure road trip to. A to b

[@Chandasouk]

The game changed on me since I played. I'll stick to regular pound step backs and side steps. Gonna start fights doing this playing pick up lmao.

[@DeadPizza]

I love the hopeless face on my opponent when I do they cant argue I just bring up the FIBA rules

[@deeppatel7496]

its cuz its only a rule in the nba and FIBA but most people dont know the NBA and FIBA uses different rules so they call it a travel but in the nba its perfectly legal

[@79NeonBlaze]

The sad thing for those who say it's traveling is that typically the step back is a gather step so you could actually step back then take 2 steps forward, elevate, then either shoot or pass in the air...we see this all the time in the paint with a pump fake included in the gather...

[@supremeamine2382]

Once he takes one step back, he now has a pivot foot, so when he brings the other one back to collect his feet, that's a travel every time.

[@bguman]

Agree. Unless the rules have been completely changed over the last few decades (due to Harden) then travel all day long.

[@JustinYY]

I tried it and fell

[@GetHandles]

Lol, needs a little more practice I guess

[@MrAlexthegreat24]

Trash ass lol

[@lifeisagift5627]

You are funny as hell!

[@criminalconcept7126]

Its so easy

[@squintohighlights]

Fake Justin y

[@dashingdreww1185]

Zero step is a gather step right ?

[@GetHandles]

Yep, different phrases for the same thing

[@breezyminkk]

I see coach Jesse moved from the 2017 hyperdunks to the Kyrie 5s

[@GetHandles]

Loved the hyperdunks, top 3 hoops shoe I've ever owned if not the #1, but they're beat up pretty bad now

[@breezyminkk]

Get Handles Basketball i see they lasted a pretty long time. One question are the Kyrie 5s a good performer

[@GetHandles]

So far they're really good, only thing I don't like is the traction, but I heard after you break them in a bit they end up having great traction

[@breezyminkk]

Get Handles Basketball Should I cop. I have a play style kinda like Kyrie

[@explicit90]

I tried it and Harden got to shoot free throws..

[@lifeisagift5627]

😂😂😂😂

[@hellblazerhellblazer2129]

Idiot

[@FmT-fz3gw]

@@biasedfan wtf are you stupid?

[@mellowflow9718]

@@hellblazerhellblazer2129 lol what

[@janjerwin4747]

wow it worked I was like "refs are you blind?" HAHAHA ty coach

[@KalonjiLumbala]

Finnally early 😂on a real though thanks For the tips and tricks G ....all the way from Africa 🙌

[@GetHandles]

Happy to help you out and thanks for watching!

[@georgepaul6240]

Whos ur MVP this season coach? Also is there a video on moves to do in transition?

[@mohammedalshehhi3868]

The best definition ever for the step back .. Great work

[@ryanlai3654]

3:00 anyone else hear the geometry dash main menu music?

[@kosmique]

I'm binge-watching the heck out this channel ... Jesse already made me burn a pizza.

[@dipendrarai4773]

Coach where do you watch basket ball and in which day schedule do they go live in tv

[@tenydak6210]

Thanks very much Coach I appreciate your help about this step back because I am adding another style

[@GetHandles]

Happy that the breakdown helped you out!

[@kleqy8455]

Was waiting for this ! Thanks coach

[@GetHandles]

Cool man, glad I brought something you were looking forward to!

[@kleqy8455]

Get Handles Basketball you always bring something iteresting ! Anyways... I am averaging 28 points per game as a center forward but i can dribble and shoot i am like a little kd any tip to have my coach play me as a guard? I think he is not doing that cause i am doing well as a forward

[@ballhandler3615]

Keep up the good work,brother.

[@GetHandles]

Appreciate it! More on the way!

[@GetHandles]

Thanks man, more on the way!

[@invaderphantom9789]

Can you talk about off ball movement

[@ronniellgwapo5239]

Can you make a 2 ball dribbling drills to make handles sick and ball with tennis ball drills. Thanks

[@saiwaqa2573]

The NBA never should have allowed Hardens travel er... step back (i guess). This whole gather the ball on 0 step is just nonsense. Its not even harden manipulating the rules anymore, its the NBA saving face, trying to explain the move not being a travel when everyone can see that it is. Its like seeing blue and knowing its blue and the NBA trying to tell us, no, its green. Its a travel, its not legal and it should never have been allowed.

[@GetHandles]

They actually added the zero step to the rule book a few years before he was doing it. I really think he realized the rule change could be used to his advantage and did exactly that. Hard to say for sure though 🤷‍♂️

[@KieranCondon]

It makes total sense. If you gather the ball when your foot is on the ground you haven't taken a step --> zero step.

[@saiwaqa2573]

@@KieranCondon there is no zero step by definition. A step is 1.

[@KieranCondon]

@@saiwaqa2573 If you pick the ball up when your foot is on the floor (NB), you haven't stepped yet. Then you can 1, 2. Don't you agree?

[@saiwaqa2573]

@@KieranCondon But what is the definition of picking the ball up?

[@gonzalomartinez1256]

Technically if you don't put your other hand on the ball you can take as many step backs as you want. Obviously not palming nor carrying

[@fluxszs]

You can’t take as many step backs as you want without palming or carrying

[@Michaelmaggimee]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. Need to practise to make it smooth.

[@realfasis]

That's traveling period.

[@callidawkins85]

it isnt the ball is in the air no?

[@noahfiloteo5552]

Real Fasis ball in air=not travel period

[@deeppatel7496]

its not in the NBA and FIBA tho, most people dont know nba has different rules

[@EternalWavy]

Great video coach and love your Kyrie 5s

[@curtpy]

Your video is the only double step back instruction I found on the Internet that is very reasonable. Thanks to you, let me know how to make the right move.

[@xtrekrex]

I can’t be doing that at pickup basketball games. I’d get slapped and be told to not come back again.

[@joelformentera8777]

you can make triple step because, you are not holding the ball in 2 hands right? when i see you step in this video, i figure it that u can make 3 step back

[@_Maxten]

all of this is gonna be a pain to explain to people at the rec why its not a travel when you do these moves

[@GetHandles]

Not the last one in the video 😉

[@vw8886]

It is still a travel at the rec because they play by the rules.

[@reeseon10]

​@@vw8886this is legal in the rules buddy

[@TheIssiz1]

Hey Coach i am a fairly new basketball player i have been playing basketball for 1.5 years i started playing with a leg injury i had an partially torn acl on my left leg and after a year of playing i got completely torn but my doctor said i could play with a knee pad until the surgery so can you give me some advice on how could i play better with an injured leg i play shooting guard and small forward i am 6.0 i love basketball it makes me happy so i would be grateful if you gave me some advice on that topic thank you :) .

[@TheIssiz1]

@js59695 to be honest i dont think its torn because i am playing basketball for months with that leg and i am fine i am using a knee pad but its okey just sometimes i feel like my leg is gone then comes back and like that but thanks for the concerne appreciated it 😊😊

[@philipshirk1119]

No. If you have possession of the ball, then all your steps count. If you have possession, then "lose" possession all by yourself, then regain possession, it's a self-pass: still illegal.

[@thewonderfulland6207]

You are a genius .you literally just create a new move

[@cozmic2908]

Coach, can you do a review on the Kyrie 5

[@COOLSAUCE21]

Those are Kyrie 5s right ?? I've heard they have amazing grip (all that Kyrie balancing stuff 😂🏀)

[@qwertyzxcvb5551]

That man kyrie is a freak of nature

[@xntify8831]

Thank you very helpful

[@bboyalanleung123]

Awesome tutorial and you do it so good, sub

[@squidrangutan1308]

pretty much supposed to be like the euro step except for shooting

[@mysticpops3081]

Hi coach can u plz help me i have got a good vertical jump bt with the ball i cant do that much and when faceing a player i tend to fade away from him and take the shot earlier Can u plz help me ...😇

[@grimmy8522]

Anyone notice the kyrie 5 🔥🔥

[@GetHandles]

Nope 🙈

[@rxtroxwrld1746]

I got the kyrie 5

[@cloutman]

@@GetHandles no* 😀

[@eastballerz5832]

I'll try the last one

[@GetHandles]

Good call, that one you shouldn't have anything called on you no matter what!

[@davidlalrinsanga2908]

Thanks coach for that brilliant move

[@daishawnlovick8471]

He gathers with it in both hands before he takes the 4.

[@dionnunez7657]

Thanks for another awesome vid

[@hiei6706]

I played his double step back shoots video in slow motion and I was laughing out loudly, like what the hell? Seriously?

[@subhanniazi156]

Question Why don't we just jump back?

[@jerrydallas3066]

if you just let the ball float for the first stepback, then catch, then do another stepback, is that still legal?

[@allanflores25]

Late sorry 😂 ( but yes technical it would be but it’s not effective anyone could steal it or your arms might not be able to catch it fast enough during the stepback

[@jerrydallas3066]

@@allanflores25 just a bit mate 😂 but cheers

[@Lit_NightSky]

After watching this I realized I do this sometimes , in fact I did this in the middle of the latest training with my team. I knew it looked weird ~it looked weird to me too but I subconsciously knew it was okay~ and nobody said a thing. It bothered me every time I did and now I know that it's nothing wrong thank god.

[@GojoRamsay888]

It supposed to be 1 2 not 0 1 2. 0 1 2 is 3 digit means its 3 steps. There's a lot of players that drives to the hoop hugging or cradling the ball with 1 hand/arm, so the rule about you should have control over the ball with 2 hands is BS.

[@ncotype]

Good Video.. But the US Flag in the background is hung incorrectly. "backwards"... If you're in that gym often, you could ask someone to correct that for us. That would be appreciated. (Flag Code)

[@monocyte2210]

Just ask your ref before the start of the game if he will call it a travel

[@Eminosrrr]

It is a travel. What kind of basketball do you play in high schools?

[@deeppatel7496]

its a travel in highschool and college but its not in the NBA and FIBA and harden plays in the nba so its perfectly legal for him to do that move

[@terencelee8056]

Harden somehow got foul in the video

[@HRMapuan]

James Harden is a genius!!

[@OnceABustAlwaysABust]

This is gold ty

[@glizzygladiator3507]

This helps a lot but watching harden live in game still looks like 30 steps!

[@kray97]

Harden stepback is a travel...it's even a travel for Steph Curry. What the refs allow from Harden is just ridiculous.

[@lani6356]

if u do those exact steps to go forward you are definitly gonna be called for travel as u put 1 foot forward and then u gather with other foot and then do it 1 more time its deffo travel lol

[@lani6356]

but this being NBA they will ignore that as they love them stats ...

[@kunnn3665]

ok, i traveled 17 times in one game...

[@meephero5413]

U could just pull back into a normal 1 dribble step-back.

[@verndellporter4447]

Thanks

[@GetHandles]

No problem man, going to try this one out, too?

[@verndellporter4447]

@@GetHandles yep

[@ron88303]

I'm surprised they even require them to dribble anymore.

[@draco6.2]

When I am playing 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 my friends call me trash and they call me a try hard when I'm trying to make a statement it disencouragex me what should I do somebody tell me

[@supremeamine2382]

Ignore them and have fun

[@lifeisagift5627]

At 1:32 you don't count the 3 as a step, because you already stoped on the other foot, so it is just two steps, it's legal, check it again please.

[@superbuu122]

Exactly, that was his pivot, and him bringing the other foot back to plant it is the equivalent of being in a triple point stance and just jabbing your non pivot foot. A lot of people are not realizing this is why it isn’t a travel. Once he reestablished his pivot the other was just a jab it’s just going backwards so it takes some getting used to as it’s new. But definitely not a travel and very legal.

[@dominiquecambel2884]

I practiced now i mastered it.

[@stevenvela7811]

Your wrong he gathered the ball on his back leg his right leg what you did was gather the ball with your left leg so what your doing is illegal rewatch the James harden step back he picks up the ball on his right leg and then hops off his left then lands 1 2 pivot foot 3 step so clearly a legal move 💯

[@akinobuiwasaki2132]

But I saw high school didn't

[@GetHandles]

The normal double step back isn't legal in high school but the variation at the end of this video is

[@minhtanvu144]

kyri 5 highlights my eyes.Coach🏀🏀

[@jakefromstatefarm9139]

So the pivot foot is now feet?

[@mohsinb18]

It's not a travel because James Harden is doing it. Can't wait for the triple double step back. Lol

[@johnlevalc6152]

Duble step back is like a fastbreak without dribbling then layup i dont think so hehehe

[@arjay_2002]

Literally got my kyrie 5 too!!

[@DaFlash50]

It's a "travel". No way around it

[@johnlevalc6152]

as long as you move faster

[@decoyboy483]

who thinks harden will be a ref when he retires. he has the officials in his back pockets

[@chronicn8256]

#EarlySquad where you at

[@GetHandles]

I see you! Going to try this out?

[@chronicn8256]

Get Handles Basketball I play jr high so it will be a travel

[@GetHandles]

Not the variation I show at the end, mentioned that in right in the beginning of the video 😉

[@chronicn8256]

Get Handles Basketball I Might

[@dannyforeal5339]

Well I guess you don’t have to dribble anymore just palm the top of the ball and hesi step till you get to the cup lol

[@FlaatBeat]

In the original rule of basketball it s clearly a travel. It s weird that this rule is effective all around the world and not in NBA for an american sport lol

[@deeppatel7496]

its a rule in the FIBA to tho so its not just america

[@supermingsu]

This is travel. Don't talk young players into using this move. The fact is if your name is not James Harden, you WILL NOT get away with it.

[@Rafaeu777]

Why are u mad?

[@Cashgangjr]

I do it too fast to be called

[@rockmamz8011]

3 step is travel?

[@prekad8733]

In Europe bascketball you can not do that

[@akinobuiwasaki2132]

I meant highschool player did this move

[@GetHandles]

Akinobu Iwasaki depends on the high school refs and league, most will call it a travel but a few won't

[@akinobuiwasaki2132]

Sense in short I feel it effective to use it against taller people but I kind want to use in scared

[@akinobuiwasaki2132]

Sense I'm short I meant

[@btkcamowick4406]

You gotta train me if you live in fondy

[@guoymo291]

I tried but i was called for a travel.....

[@GetHandles]

You probably picked up the ball too early then or it was just a bad call. If you don't let it come into your until your final 2 steps it is 100% legal in any league

[@17thN.O]

I respect you bruh, but Harden be travelin like flewed out Instagram "models".

[@ggisold]

Lmao people hate me cause I take advantage of the zero step

[@mvlevone]

i dont want to be rude, but if it was better to do that way i think harden would do like that

[@GetHandles]

It's not that it's better, it's that the way that he does it will get called for a travel in most non-NBA leagues

[@akinobuiwasaki2132]

High school couch don't call it because NBA

[@castleleasau1968]

Do not do this, you'll be frowned upon unless you're in the nba

[@nicholashallmark6837]

you get 3 steps so it's ez to understand

[@alvinbee6194]

No need to dribble in today's NBA no travelling, oh NBA also doesn't need anymore referees and they don't need anymore defense. Each team will be on there own side of the half court never to make physical contact.

[@shaunbang]

Cmon it’s just a travel regardless lol I don’t know how the nba refs just allow it when it’s so obviously a double step

[@ohitsjt5498]

👌

[@GetHandles]

Giving this move a try once?

[@marvinedmonds-br5yr]

Zero Step? GTFOH TRAVEL going back the other way!

[@ChampDietingAndFitness]

This move is the most broken thing in basketball 100% stepbacks are already hard af to guard now this dumb shit is even worst

[@Firme_Gee93]

Idc what anyone saying that a dam travel but everyone doing it I suppose 🙄

[@MrAlexthegreat24]

No it wasnt travel even NBA messed up, some of those steps harden did were stutter steps, he stutter stepped into his gathering which you can take a million, THEN took 2 steps, was no travel at all

[@fatihurhan9915]

👍🏻

[@GetHandles]

Going to try the variation?