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Date Posted: 20:52:20 12/01/08 Mon
Author: Hope it helps.
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Tips, drills and other tid bits.

HOOP SHOOTERS....
The information below is on here to direct and inspire you to be a better ball player!
Pick something to work on for each game/practice.
These are also great topics for conversations on the way to the games/practices. ;-)
Good luck. Work hard!

# 1 TIP:
Basketball Is a game of mental and physical fitness.
If you want to outperform others in the game of basketball, you have to remember you use your brain just as much as you use your body.
Thus, You should not just workout your body, but your brain as well.
This will give you an edge on a lot of players who simply workout their bodies.
READ !! READ!! READ!!!

BASKETBALL TIPS:
RUN HARD:
TRY TO OUT RUN YOUR OPPONENT EVERY TIME
You will usually break their will with your first three steps.
It will help you get easy shots on offense with your fast break.

Getting back on defense will help stop their fast break.

USE TWO HANDS:
GAIN POSSESSION WITH TWO HANDS
Catch the ball with 2 hands-concentrate on the catch before you do anything else.

REBOUND:
You have to get off the ground to rebound. Practice jumping at every opportunity.
Rebounds are usually taken by the player who wants it most. BE the player who wants it most!

BE A GOOD PASSER:
Great post players can pass off the dribble. By this I mean once they have put the ball on the floor during a post move, they have the skills to immediately pick up the ball, center it and pass it back out to an open perimeter player, teammate cutting freely toward the basket, or with ease back to the person who entered the post pass.

PASS TO THE FIRST OPEN PERSON:
Passing 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 (basket)"

FAST BREAK:
Court Vision: Every time players get the ball they should square up and look up the court before initiating transition. Poor court vision results in forced passes, offensive fouls against an unseen defender, and inability to see open teammates who might more easily advance the ball up the court with more effective results. Dribbling Only after the player looks ahead should be the rule here.

BASKETBALL CONDITIONING:
Keep it simple Use basic drills to improve your basketball performance. Running stairs, suicide runs, and interval training are time-tested and great ways to get in "basketball shape". In fact, playing and practicing basketball is the BEST way to get in "game shape". Laps around the court never hurt anything either.

DEFENCE!!!!
Perhaps the most important of all basketball tips is...
while good offense can win you a game,
great defense will get you the championship!!!

Every member of the team must be a defense expert, never letting their guard down for a second.

ON 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 hips...where it goes, he will go.

SHOOTING:
Shots start at your feet. Set up every shot. Slop shots will only make your team mad. They need your points to win the game.

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 are unstable, then accuracy will be inconsistent.

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 or coach that can instruct you on how to fine-tune your shot. After honing your technique, get a ball and a hoop and get to work!

REBOUNDING:
Every missed shot is a pass to you! Perhaps the most important key to being a good re-bounder, 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 re-bounder. Boxing Out & Rebound If you are real close to the basket when the shot goes up, you must "box out" and create some space to rebound.

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Tid Bits:
Basketball Measurements It's A Numbers Game: 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 free throw line.

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DRILLS

Basketball Conditioning Four 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.

Ball Handling Figure 8 Dribbling: This is a drill to practice your ball handling. 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, hard 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 and around each of your legs.

Wrist snaps. Lye on your back and flip the ball straight up, catch it with the same hand.

Wall jumps. Find a solid wall. Toss the ball up and catch it in the air. You MUST just to catch and rip it from the sky.

Shooting. Start close to the basket. Once you have made several in a row... take two steps back and continue until you get to the three's. No reason the practice 1/2 court shots. (Too often)

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REMEMBER, THIS GAMES CHANGES ALL THE TIME.
If you think you know it all... then it's time to hang up your ball shoes. Your beat.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE BIGGER... BETTER... AND STRONGER... THAN YOU ARE.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE FROM THIS PLAYER - THAN THE ONE YOU CAN BEAT BY 40 POINTS.

PLAYING AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS BETTER THAN YOU.... WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER PLAYER!!!

YOU MUST GIVE IT YOUR ALL EACH TIME YOU STEP ONTO THE COURT!
If you do (give it your all) - you'll find a whole lot more WIN'S in your game book.

WORK HARD.
Someone has to win the game. It might as well be YOU!

HOPE THIS HELPS!
HAVE FUN!!!

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