to hold your hand. hold your open hand directly over the basketball hoop and ask the bird to fetch the ball. when the bird drops the ball in your hand, click the clicker and give a treat. this teaches the bird to bring the ball toward the basketball hoop.
step 6: continue having the bird fetch the basketball to your open hand above the hoop, but now pull your hand away just before the bird drops the ball. this way it will accidentally drop it into the basketball hoop when it really just intended to drop it into your hand. click and reward so that your bird realizes that the goal 