BASKETBALL MOVES

Basketball is a sport played between two teams each consisting of five players. Each team tries to score points by placing a ball through the opponents’ hoop under special rules. The game is played on a court. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins the game. The game has grown in popularity and is played professionally by both men and women.
During the game, the ball is passed among teammates by bouncing or throwing to each other. The ball must remain on the court and is out of bounds if it touches or crosses the boundary line drawn on the court. To play basketball effectively, there are a number of moves that are utilized to get ahead in the game. Some of these moves are:

Attacking a Defender – first try to analyze the defender’s feet position. The defender has to pivot and recover in order to stop your move, making their front foot defenseless.

• If your defender is staggering, attack that front foot.
• Drive to the hoop when your defender plays with straight legs or rushes toward the ball. When the defender eases up, take a perimeter shot.
• If your defender moves alongside your fake, drive toward the basket in the opposite direction.

Faking – Most times successful fakes create shots. Your fakes must look real often incorporating ball fakes, shot fakes, foot fakes, head fakes or eye fakes.

• When using shot fakes, stay down keeping a bent knee while the ball goes up.
• Maintain your gaze in the direction of the fake.
• Be quick with the ball when using pass and shot fakes.

Direct Drive – this move is used to drive past the defender and is used when there is an open driving lane.

• Keep your head up and make your way past your defender while pushing the ball forward.

Jab Step and Drive – a jab step is a short, quick step made to the defender using your non-pivot foot.

• Whenever the jab step is utilized, if the defender fails to respond to this move, push off your pivot and make your way past the defender and straight towards the basket.

Crossover Step and Drive – This is implanted when your defender responds to the jab step.

• Use the same foot used to make the jab step to make a quick crossover step. Crossover with a long step past the defender and swing the ball across your body. The pivot foot must be kept still while these actions are taken.

Rocket Drive – to use the rocket drive you must first make a foot fake by moving forward or backward.

• If the defender reacts to the foot fake the rocket step is used to set up a perimeter shot or a drive to the hoop. Take a long step if the defender moves forward.
• You must be able to read your defense with regards to where the ball is and always read the defense to make your next move.

Shared from basketballmoves.org