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Ways to Improve Your Shooting

Ways to Improve Your Shooting

You will find here 6 major tips to improve your shoot.

1. Get open.

Create a lead before you receive the ball. Take advantage of your teammates to find an open shot position. Set up the shot you want. "Hoped Shots" rarely end up in the basket.

2. Shot selection.
Know your ability and your shoo...

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Love for the game

Love for the game Love is a word that is loosing its real meaning these days. Looking it up on the dictionary, the definition that it yields is as follows; "A deep, tender ineffable feeling-An intense emotional attachment to a person or a treasured object". I love Basketball. It consumes my thoughts, affects my actio...
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Water rehabilitation for player with lower back pain

A small portion of all backaches do have clear causes-for instance, a ruptured disk or some underlying disease. But in the great majority of cases, the exact diagnosis isn't known. Is the cause of a basketball player's backache that sudden movement yesterday when he bent to pick up a ball, or is the...
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Ankle sprain

You feel the ankle twist, you let out a cry and you know you've got a sprain. It sounds like a minor thing, but the injury can have a serious affect on your season unless it's treated correctly and the ankle retrained. Basketball is a game of rapid changes of direction, as well as continual jumping ...
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Defense on fast break

Fast Breaks are always to the advantage of the offense, but if you stop one it can be very big for your team. One On One If you are running back by your self to defend against one man, you first must run to get in front of him. Now that you are in front of him, wait until you get inside the 3 ...
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Defense on a pick 'n roll

Defense on a pick 'n roll A pick and roll is an offensive play that is designed to create mismatches and open players on the offense. This is a very nice offensive play and that is why you have to know how to defend against it. There is no one thing that I can tell you that will hold true for every screen, it all depends on ...
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Shot block

Shot block Hitting a huge shot, grabbing a rebound, getting a steal, all are very big aspects of getting the momentum. But none can get your team fired up like a huge shot block. A blocked shot really takes the wind out of a team that is doing well. Having a few shot blockers on a team makes the opposition fea...
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Court position

When on defense the big rule is to never let the player get behind you, if you do there are concequences. If he has the ball the offenseman has an easy layup. If the guy you aren't covering doesn't have the ball but is behind you, you can't see him and he can easily get an open pass. So keep the ot...
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Defensive tips

You should always follow these few defensive tips and you will prevent a lot of baskets. 1. Always know where the ball is so that you can help out team mates and read passes. 2. Never cross your legs, always slide when going sideways. 3. Always make sure you are between your man and t...

Body position

You must insure that you are playing defense in the right position so that you can defend to your greatest potential. First you must bend your knees so that they are half-way bent (half way from being totally straight and totally bent) so it almost appears that you are sitting in mid air. You also m...
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