Basketball Defense: 10 Keys to a Great Basketball Defensive Stance

10 Keys to a Great Basketball Defensive Stance In order to stop the ball and deny dribble penetration, you must begin with a good stance. If you don't have a good stance, you won't have a good defensive slide, and you'll constantly be out of position and off-balance. This will enable the

Defense Fundamentals – How to Play to Man-to-Man Defense

Fundamentals - Proper Man-to-Man Defense - It's all about Balance and speed! Tip #1 - Never lose your balance If you lose balance for one second, YOU ARE BEAT! The purpose of every offensive move is to get YOU off balance - because as soon as you lose balance, the offense can blow

Layup Basics – How to do a Basic Layup for Beginners

Lay-ups are the backbone of any team offense and every player's offensive repertoire. Without the threat of a lay-up, all other shots would become next to impossible. Just think, how you would defend if you knew that lay-ups were not allowed? What offense, what screens would be set, what dribble

Shooting Basics – Fundamentals of Shooting a Basketball

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If you want to be a superb shooter, you MUST HAVE very good basketball shooting form and technique. However, you don't need "perfect" shooting form. In other words, your shooting form will never be 100%, and you don't want to be robotic. With that said, you'll never be a great shooter unless

Passing Basics – 4 Basic Basketball Passes for Beginners

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Developing young players' passing abilities is one of the keys to successful basketball coaching. The basis of any basketball team's offense is their aptitude for passing the ball between each other effectively to create the shooting opportunities. If players cannot pass then they will make it easy for the opposition to

Dribbling Basics – The Maravich Drills for Beginners

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The following video from Breakthrough Basketball demonstrates the Maravich Drills - 10 very simple and basic drills to introduce new players to handling the basketball. Beginning players should master these drills before progressing to more advanced dribbling techniques. With youth players, we'll spend about 3 to 5 minutes with this

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