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title: "Basketball Drills: Hesitation Moves with Zia Cooke"
description: A great hesitation moves drill with 2022 National Champion Zia Cooke!  Use the hesitation after catching the pass to free up space for a midrange jumper.
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# [Basketball Drills: Hesitation Moves with Zia Cooke](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/basketball-drills-hesitation-moves-with-zia-cooke)

 Written by [Adam Kaul](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/author/adam-kaul) | Nov 2, 2022

A great hesitation moves drill with 2022 National Champion [Zia Cooke](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/why-i-joined-dr.-dish-zia-cooke?hsLang=en-us)! In this drill work on dribbling into a jumpshot with a combination of moves. Use the hesitation after catching the pass to free up space for a midrange jumper. [Zia Cooke](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/why-i-joined-dr.-dish-zia-cooke?hsLang=en-us) demonstrates how to keep your defender on their toes and shows off an underrated move, the hesitation. Checkout the full breakdown in the video below. 

# Hesitation Moves Drill with Zia Cooke

Players will work on two different options off the hesitation

1. Hesi one dribble pull up

2. Hesi step back

### Train Like a Champion: Access more drills from Zia Cooke

We recently released a series of drills and workouts for our Dr. Dish Fam to train alongside Zia. Players will work on various skills such as ball handling, floaters, shooting, and agility. [Access her FREE workouts](https://info.drdishbasketball.com/zia?hsLang=en-us&__hstc=208776513.6ffcd0c1bdc065b3d77640d4a83776e6.1655143647512.1666627986406.1666797954767.43&__hssc=208776513.4.1666797954767&__hsfp=1977013107).

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