Basketball DefenseOn The Ball Defense:One of the most important defensive concepts is the theory of keeping your body between your man and the basket. Your defensive positioning should always be between the ball and the man you are guarding. Be within an arms reach of your man, so you can put pressure on the ball. Focus on his belly button...where it goes, he will go. You can be faked out by his

Basketball MeasurementsA Numbers Game:Good question! A standard basketball court is 94 feet long, although many high school and college courts are 84 feet. In both cases, the court is 50 feet wide.And, a few more measurements for your information include: a backboard is 6 feet wide and 3.5 feet tall. The rim is 18 inches in diameter, and the top of the rim should be exactly 10 feet off the

Basketball ConditioningFour Squares:Find a place on the floor where two line intersect. These create four areas that are numbered one through four. Jump 1-2-3-4, then 4-3-2-1. Count the number of times you return to square #1 in thirty seconds. Try to better yourself every day.Intense practices:During the season it is best to do a majority of your conditioning within the body of the practice.

Basketball: Ball HandlingFigure 8 Dribbling:This is a drill to practice your ballhandling. Dribble the ball as quickly as possible in a figure 8 through and around the legs. Use the fingers when you dribble, and dribble very low and quickly. Switch from the right to the left and back to the right. Example: start with the right hand dribbling the ball in front and then dribble through your legs

Basketball ReboundingEvery missed shot is a pass to you!Perhaps the most important key to being a good rebounder, offensive or defensive, is to assume that every shot will be missed. If you do this, you will always be willing to get in position, ready to be a rebounder.Boxing Out & ReboundIf you are real close to the basket when the shot goes up, you must "box out" and create some space to

BasketballA WALL - A GREAT PLACE TO DEVELOP A SHOT MOTIONA great way to practice and learn the above stuff, especially the first two, is to work against a wall. Stand just 5-6 feet from the wall and start first with no leg power. Shoot upward, with the goal of having the ball glance the wall on the way down, rather than at the top of the arch or on the way up. Without the distraction of a basket,

(3) Basketball: IS THE FOLLOW THROUGH “CONNECTED” TO THE BASKET? One last thing you can point to that could make a big difference quickly is what happens in the Follow Through. The Release and Follow Through are the major determiners of shot direction. If these actions are in line with and “connected” to the target, accuracy will be high. If they’re unstable, then accuracy will be inconsistent. “

(2) Basketball: IS THE RELEASE REPEATABLE, OR IT IS FULL OF VARIABLES?Watch the Release action, how the arm, wrist and hand work to propel the ball to the basket. See you can tell (and ask the players to observe) if the motion has a lot of variables to it, or is it pretty consistent? The way to tell is to watch how the arm and hand end up in the Follow Through. If the arm stays straight toward

1) WHERE DOES POWER COME FROM? ARE THE SHOTS FLAT?Is it more from the UPPER BODY, or is it from the WHOLE BODY, lower and upper working in unison? The height of the shots will be an indicator of what the source of power is. Upper Body shooting tends to be flat and hot, with variables in the arm, wrist and hand action that are hard to predict and control. Whole Body shooting is generally higher

Improve Your Shooting Repetition is the key to improving your shooting. There are many basketball shooting videos out there to help you with technique. But no basketball video can make you go outside and shoot 1,000 shots a day. If you need help with your technique, find a shooting video that can instruct you on how to fine-tune your shot. After honing your technique, get a ball and a hoop and

Pass to the first Open TeammatePASS TO THE FIRST OPEN PERSONPassing the ball is faster than dribbling it.If you move the ball, you make the defense adjust and they might make a mistake and leave someone(maybe you!) open. Don´t wait for a better pass. Remember - "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"Basketball Speed TrainingSpeed training in basketball can give you an edge over your

Basketball is an amazing sport, played and practiced by many. I myself am a basketball fanatic.