One-On-One Basketball Moves
One-On-One Basketball Moves – Outside Live-Ball Moves Many times you will receive a pass on the court and find that, although you are guarded, you are the closest one to the basket. It’s now up to you to make a move with the ball so you can get off your shot. This is where you get to add your personal offensive touch. Being able to execute more than one of the following individual moves with the ball will greatly help you get free for your shot. Practice them when you’re alone, using different fakes and varied speeds.
When you practice these moves, be sure that you turn, face the basket, and assume proper basketball position: your feet a shoulder’s width apart and pointed toward the basket, your knees are flexed, and your shoulders are facing the basket. If you are right-handed, keep the ball on your right side. If you are left-handed, keep it on your left side.
The Drive
The drive, a quick move past the defender toward the hoop, is one of the most basic of all offensive basketball moves. If you are able to drive well, then you can get past your man and successfully penetrate the defense. Once you are close to the hoop you can then go for the shot yourself, possibly getting fouled; or you can dish off to a teammate who can get an uncontested lay-up or a short- range jump shot.
Don’t overuse the drive. What happens in a game when you continually look for the drive is that your defensive man automatically starts to back up once you have the ball. He knows what you want to do. By backing off, he denies you the first step to the hoop. This takes away any advantage that you had over him with the drive.
When this happens, a player has to bring out the best offensive weapon there is to get the drive back: the OUTSIDE shot. If the defense is laying off you to keep you from driving, then go for your jumper. After you make two or three of them, the defense will be forced to move back in close to keep you honest. Then you got your man right where you want him. He’s more vulnerable than ever to your quickness, and you can use your drive again.
Sidney Moncrief says, “When I receive the ball, I can set my man up for a drive by using ball, shoulder, or head fakes. Depending on the position of my defender, I can also fake a jump shot, get my man in the air, and go around him.”
Montcrief goes on to say this about the mechanics of the drive. “When my man does go for one of my fakes, I push off my pivot foot, take a long quick first step toward the hoop, as I put the ball down hard on the floor just past the hip of the defender. When the ball is put down, I lift my pivot foot, push past the defender’s shoulder and go for the hoop.”
It’s important to protect the ball with your body when you are driving. Do this by turning your trunk as much as possible to prevent any steals. For a drive to the basket, quickness and control are great assets to have. Practice your drive like this:
1. Face up and be square with the basket. Keep low, knees flexed, and in a good basketball offensive position.
2. With the ball in your hands, work on pushing off on your back foot and taking that first long step to the hoop.
3. Put the ball down hard on the floor, before you pick up your pivot foot.
Do this often. Once this first quick step starts to come naturally, you are on your way to becoming a dangerous driver.
When you do commit yourself to going up for the shot, after the drive, concentrate on making the shot. It’s going to be congested as you move to the hoop. Other players will pop out to pick you up. Concentrate on making the shot! Look to pass only if you can’t get your shot off, or if you can spot a teammate in a better scoring position.
The Jab Step
The jab step is a common foot fake which, depending on the defensive player’s reaction, is used to set up either a drive or a jump shot.
To perform the jab step, do the following:
1. Keep the ball in your hands at waist level or near your hips and establish proper basketball position.
2. Take a short, hard step (10 inches or less) toward the defensive man. At the same time, fake the dribble by bringing the ball down outside your knee.
3. Pause slightly to see the reaction of the defensive player.
4. If the defender lunges toward you, quickly take a longer step with the same foot and simultaneously push the ball out and drive right around his hip. (To get this move down in your mind, think of it as a one-two count move with a split-second stop in the middle.
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When you make the jab step move and your defensive player plays you for the drive (he backs up and blocks your path), your next offensive possibility is to take a jump shot. You can do this by first, pulling back your lead foot and then going up for the shot.
It’s important when you are going to make a jab step that your first step is not too long.
Secondly, remember to keep in a crouched position with your knees bent. This coiled position assures you enough power to make the drive or jump shot.
The Rocker Step
The rocker step is a quick head-and-shoulder fake you can use to set up a drive. It begins just like the jab step. Do the rocker step as follows:
1. Keep the ball in your hands at waist level or near your hips and establish proper basketball position.
2. Take a short, hard step (10 inches or less) toward the defensive man. At the same time, fake the dribble by bringing the ball down outside your knee.
3. Once you see he hasn’t been fooled, pull back to your original position.
4. When your defensive man moves toward you again, drive past him, using the same jab foot (think of this as a three-count move: jab step; rock back to your original position; powerful step and strong dribble past the hip of your defensive man.
Also See:
The Rocker Step, Shot Fake, And Drive
The Crossover Step
Dead-Ball Moves
The Shot Fake And Jump Shot
Crossover
Step-Through Move
Inside Moves with and Without the Ball
Make Yourself Bigger
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