Skills Checklists

1. Footwork - Motor skills, Dribble stops, Getting open, Pivoting, Triple threat, Dribble triple-threat, Shooting, One-dribble pull-up

See YouTube skills playlists (Footwork).

Motor skills

• Athletic (ready) stance
• Start, stop (jump stop, stride stop)
• Running - forward, backward
• Change speed, direction (agility)
• Lateral movement - crossover, carioca, step-slide
• Jumping, skipping, bounding, lunging

Dribble stops

• Jump stop - off the inside foot
• Stride stop - 1-2 outside-inside, protect the ball
• Speed stop - 1-2 inside-outside stop
  • Speed stop exchange - behind the back dribble

Getting open

• V-cut, backdoor cut, blast cut
• L-cut, spin off, step over (lockdown)
• Flash cut (ball cut)
• Iverson cut (horizontal)

Pivoting

• Forward and reverse pivot
  • permanent pivot foot
  • either foot
• 360 pivot
  • step thru
    • options - shot fake, jab and cross
    • Kobe - reverse pivot
  • spin back
  • step out (around).

Triple threat

• Basic
  • Square up, ball in pocket (option - other hip)
  • Protect the ball - sweep (low), rip (high), space (shield) pivot
    • shield options - go, spin back (front pivot), sweep (reverse pivot), sweep and cross
  • Read your defender
  • Crossover step, blast step (direct drive)
• Intermediate
  • First step - advantage (separation), ball and foot hit floor at same time; second step - angle to the rim
  • Jab step (create space)
    • options - cross, go, shoot
    • jab sideways - move defender laterally, crossover attack
    • jab at - defender backs up, shoot
      • counter - side jab and cross
    • Reid Ouse - side jab, front jab, middle jab (closed stance), cross jab (can spin out)
  • Shot fake (get a defender out of stance, or to close in) - go, cross, shoot
  • Combination
    • rocker step - jab step, shot fake, blow by
    • back-up move (create space) - shot fake, jab step, shoot
  • Sweep (low), rip (high), pass fake, step-off (long jab), cross-jab
• Advanced
  • Shimmy - a double fake with the ball (can also be done on the dribble)
  • Attack the top foot if it splits you, otherwise go at the bottom foot
  • Sell opposite
  • Read the help
  • Catch to shoot before triple threat

Dribble triple-threat

• Open stance, closed stance (against pressure)
• Inside foot - side jab, jab-at (rotate hips, closed stance)
• Front jab - outside (dribble) foot

Drop stance

• Split feet on a catch or off the dribble (dribble foot forward)
• Attack, shoot (step in), drag pullback, go through the legs (drop thru/split)
• Inverted drop - dribble off the back foot (e.g. into a push crossover)
• Hip swivel - from a closed stance to a drop position

Shooting footwork

• Spot-up
  • Silent feet - no hop or steps
  • Foot replacement - bunny hop
  • Hop - off the permanent pivot foot, or either foot
  • Anchor foot - anchor the permanent pivot foot, step with the shooting foot
  • 1-2 - step left-right (for a rightie)
  • Stride stop or rhythm step - right-left-right
  • Split catch - shoot (step-in) or attack
  • Wide base - catch in a wide stance, move one foot in to a shooting stance
• On the move
  • Hop stop - off the inside foot
    • or off the outside foot
  • Inside pivot foot
    • 1-2 inside-outside front pivot
    • stride stop (3-step push-off) - catch on the outside foot, into a 1-2
    • cheat step - brake with the outside foot, front pivot
    • reverse pivot (drop step) - counter on overplay
      • jab step, square up
    • catch and go crossover step (baseline)
  • Outside pivot foot
    • reverse pivot (sweep series)
      • jab step, square up
    • reverse hop, land on two
    • front pivot - baseline spin-back
    • catch and go crossover step (middle)
  • Jump stop facing the passer, or facing away from the basket, pivot to square up
  • Permanent pivot foot
  • Split feet
  • Side step (outside plant)
• Off the dribble
  • Hop - off inside foot
  • 1-2 inside-outside
  • Freeze footwork - outside-inside

One-dribble pull-up

• Basic
  • Hop stop (three-step)
    • crossover step, e.g. going right, L-R-hop
    • blast step (R-L-hop going right)
    • permanent pivot foot
• Intermediate
  • Hop stop (two-step)
    • crossover-hop (L-hop going right)
  • Three-step 1-2 (create separation, gain space)
    • crossover step (L-R-L going right)
    • blast step (R-L-R going right)
    • permanent pivot foot
• Advanced
  • Two-step crossover (L-R going right). e.g. to keep space (already have separation)
  • Permanent (left) pivot foot - R-L-R going right, R-L going left (or R-L-R to gain space)