Basketball Basics: Shooting Drills
If you are playing basketball, you want to play it excellently. Who wouldn’t want to be recognized as an outstanding basketball player? It is just not very fortunate that basketball superstars and the best players are never born; they are created. So how can you create a basketball star out of yourself? The answer is simple: Play it right.
Read more on Basketball Basics: Shooting Drills…
Topic: Basketball
The Basketball Pass: Passing to Excitement
One of the skills important for a player to learn before playing the actual game of basketball is passing the basketball. Passing is the act of the handing over the basketball to the player’s teammate. Communication between the team members is crucial in passing. You have to acknowledge the pass first, either verbally or nonverbally, before handing over the basketball to a player. Passing can be used as an escape route if the player is heavily guarded by the defenders in order to keep the ball in the team’s possession and later on shooting the basketball to the team’s basket. In basketball, passing skills are acknowledged by statistics, which are called an assists. Passing the basketball may be done in several ways.
Read more on The Basketball Pass: Passing to Excitement…
Topic: Basketball
Dribbling Your Way Out Of Trouble
Learning to play basketball is a lot of hard work. One of the most basic things a player has to learn is dribbling. Dribbling is the act of bouncing the ball continuously with one hand in a repetitive motion which ends when the continuity is disturbed or when the player touches the ball with both hands simultaneously. The ball must be continuously redirected to the floor so that the dribble isn’t ended. It can also end when the ball is allowed to rest on the hands of the player and when the ball is allowed to be moved parallel or fractionally to the court using one hand.
Read more on Dribbling Your Way Out Of Trouble…
Topic: Basketball
Basketball Training Aids to Improve Your Game
If constant practice and sheer dedication aren’t enough to improve your game, then you might as well consider acquiring some effective basketball training aids.
Shooting
Oversized basketball - is usually 3 inches larger in diameter than your regular basketball. This is designed to improve your accuracy in shooting.
Read more on Basketball Training Aids to Improve Your Game…
Topic: Basketball
10 Basketball Skills You Should Learn
Learning how to play basketball is learning its fundamentals. Here are those:
1. Dribbling
Dribbling is important to penetrate to the hoop, move the ball across the court, get away from the defense, and find a good passing lane. There are different types of dribbles:
Read more on 10 Basketball Skills You Should Learn…
Topic: Basketball
How to Execute Screen Play
Learning the fundamentals of a screen play is an important skill to improve your offensive game. Screen plays can be used in different ways: to free your teammate from his defender by providing your body as a wall, to allow a few seconds of free time to make a shot off the screen, to free yourself so that you can give a pass to another player, or to switch defenders to gain a height advantage.
Read more on How to Execute Screen Play…
Topic: Basketball
Three Key Lessons to Improve Your Rebounding Skill
There are two occasions where you can get the ball off the bounce: when you are on the offense and when you are on the defense. Either way, you need to learn these lessons to become an overall rebounder of your team:
Read more on Three Key Lessons to Improve Your Rebounding Skill…
Topic: Basketball
7 Areas in Improving Your Basketball Game
Becoming a better basketball player doesn’t happen overnight. It involves serious work, discipline, dedication, and the love of the game to become the player you want to be. So to help you out on your way to become a better basketball player in the future, here are 7 areas you need to improve:
Read more on 7 Areas in Improving Your Basketball Game…
Topic: Basketball
