Players do not need more meaningless repetitions. They need training that challenges the skills required when the game speeds up.
After years of training athletes from youth basketball through the professional level, founder Jason Levy consistently saw the same problem: most basketball training equipment created difficulty without providing a clear purpose, progression, or connection to game performance.
LVLUP Handle was created to solve that problem. Every basketball in the system introduces a specific training constraint designed to challenge coordination, strength, control, touch, precision, or ball security.
The goal is not to replace training with a regulation basketball. It is to make every rep more purposeful and help athletes return to the game ball with greater control and confidence.
LVLUP Handle™ wasn't created to make another basketball—it was built to redefine basketball training.
Every performance basketball in our system is engineered to overload a specific skill that transfers directly to game performance. From hand speed and coordination to strength, touch, and ball control, every product has a purpose.
Today, the LVLUP Handle System includes the Mini Heavy, Heavy Ball, and MAX Oversized Ball—giving players the right tool to develop every aspect of their handle instead of relying on a single training ball.
We don't believe in gimmicks.
We believe in building basketball-specific tools that create measurable improvement and help players perform with confidence when the game speeds up.
Train Smarter. Play Better.
LVLUP Handle was founded by basketball trainer Jason Levy after nearly a decade of working with athletes across youth, high school, college, and professional basketball.The system is shaped by what players actually need on the court: adaptable control, coordination, decision-making, timing, confidence under pressure, and skills that transfer beyond scripted drills.
Every LVLUP Handle product begins with a real basketball-development problem—not a marketing gimmick.
A performance basketball should not replace the game ball.
It should expose weaknesses, create a focused challenge, and help the athlete become more adaptable. Players should train with the appropriate performance ball, return to a regulation basketball, and then apply the improvement through movement, reads, decisions, and competition.
That progression connects the training stimulus to the game:
Challenge. Adapt. Transfer.
Every LVLUP Handle product must solve a real basketball-development problem.
It must have a clear training purpose, fit within a usable progression, and help athletes develop qualities that matter during competition.
No random difficulty. No novelty for the sake of attention. Just purposeful basketball training equipment, intelligent development, and real game transfer.
A regulation basketball prepares you for today's game.
A performance basketball prepares you for tomorrow's.
Purpose-built training develops the skills that matter most—ball control, coordination, hand speed, strength, touch, and real game confidence. When you return to a regulation basketball, the game feels more controlled because every rep had a purpose.
The right tool. The right time. Real game transfer.
Build the coordination, control, strength, and confidence to handle the game when it speeds up.
