10 Basketball Skills You should Learn
Learning how to play basketball is learning its fundamentals. Here are those:
Learning how to play basketball is learning its fundamentals. Here are those:
- 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:
- change-of-pace,
- crossover dribble,
- behind the back,
- pull back dribble,
- low dribble,
- basic dribble,
- between the legs dribble
- Passing - A good offensive attack requires good passing from players. This helps find an open man, to find a good shooter or to get away from a defender. There are several types of passes you need to learn:
- Overhead Pass
- Chest Pass
- Push Pass
- Baseball Pass
- Off-the-Dribble Pass
- Bounce Pass
- Shooting - The object of the game is to win by scoring the most points. Therefore, improving the team's shooting is important to win a game. There are several ways to score in the game:
- Jump Shot
- Dunk
- Alley oop
- Free throw
- Layup
- Three-Point Shot
- Hook Shot
- Rebounding - is essential to gain or regain possession after the shot. Usually, the team who has the most number of rebounds after the game has more shot attempts and chances to score.
- Offense - is the only chance that the team has a shot at the basket and scoring. Playing a good offense requires coordination among players and individual skill to execute well plays.
- Defense - To be able to get a chance to score and gain possession, the team should play good defense and try to stop their opponent from scoring. As said, "A good defense is a good offense."
- Moves - There are different kinds of basketball moves that are important in executing both a good offense and a good defense. Moves are helpful in finding an open man, make a good shot or create an amazing play.
- Violations - Knowing the kinds of basketball violations improves your game.
- Assist - is given to a teammate to help him score easily. Thus is it important to find an open man on the court
- Foul - is often an accidental contact made by the defender to his opponent or an aggressive move by the ball-handler towards his defender. However, a foul is also used as a strategy to stop the clock or to keep the shooting player from scoring easily. Learning how to use your fouls well is important in the game.
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